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You're really overplaying the financial angle. Only 8% of prisons are private. And even then, it's the government that has to pay the prisons. Imprisonment alwa
by dahfizz 4y ago
You're really overplaying the financial angle. Only 8% of prisons are private. And even then, it's the government that has to pay the prisons. Imprisonment always costs tax money.
- hedora 4y agoThe prison labor alone is worth $11 billion dollars a year (from 800,000 workers): https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/15/us-prison-workers-low-wages-exploited https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/15/us-prison-wo... Also, many state run prisons outsource things to contractors that price gouge.