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Many of the prison systems in the US are privatized
by Zetaphor 8mo ago
Many of the prison systems in the US are privatized
- metalcrow 8mo agoThe United Kingdom also extensively uses private prisons, along with Japan and Australia, among others. If that is it then it would be a lobbying problem specific to the US, which seems like it could be pinpointed to more specific laws or sentencing guidelines.
- acuozzo 8mo agoOnly 8% of prisoners in the US are kept in private facilities.
- Anonbrit 8mo agoBut that 8% is almost as many prisoners as comparable countries have, total. The lobbying and sometimes outright corruption around private prisons doesn't care if it also feeds people into non-private prisons as long as it also feeds the private prison beast