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Only 8% of the prisoners in US are in private facilities according to DoJ: http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/p13.pdf http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/p13.pdf
by Erwin 12y ago
Only 8% of the prisoners in US are in private facilities according to DoJ: http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/p13.pdf http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/p13.pdf -- where is your source for the claim that every prison is a "profit center" ?
- stefantalpalaru 12y agoHow many of them have to use overpriced banking and telephony services because some monopoly needs to make a profit?
- awor 12y agoAs well as the commissary, which is often operated by a private company. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/magazine/what-a-tv-show-can-teach-us-about-capitalism.html?pagewanted=2&_r=0&hpw http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/magazine/what-a-tv-show-ca...
- Ntrails 12y agoThe wages paid to prisoners for their (required) labour means someone somewhere is saving money/making a profit. How that interacts with the costs of keeping them etc I don't have any feeling for