Private prisons are incarceration centers that are run by a for-profit company instead of a government agency. The companies that operate private prisons are paid a per-diem or monthly rate for each prisoner they keep in their facilities. In 2016 8.5% of the prisoner population was housed in private prisons. This is an 8% decline since 2000. Opponents of private prisons argue that incarceration is a social responsibility and that entrusting it to for-profit companies is inhumane. Proponents argue that prisons run by private companies are consistently more cost effective than those run by government agencies. In 2017 President Trump reversed an Obama administration directive to gradually reduce the number of contracts with for-profit prison operators, saying it would interfere with meeting the demands of the prison population. In January 2021 President Joe Biden signed an executive order which banned the Justice Department’s use of private prisons. In 2020 the Justice Department paid more than $945 million to private prison companies.
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No, private prisons will sacrifice quality of care and rehabilitation services for profit
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Yes, but they should be strictly regulated to prevent mismanagement and corruption
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Yes, but eliminate contractual occupancy quotas
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Private companies running their own prisons sounds pretty suss, but I can imagine that the government overseeing all of this work would be very costly and probably not executed at a high level. More likely, there should be high standards set by the government that then private prisons would have to obey and follow.
No, but they should be strictly regulated to prevent mismanagement and corruption.
@97X8SFX1wk
Yes, but should be strictly regulated to federal standards and guidelines.
@97X2S8J1wk
Regardless, a formerly private company working for the government is a public actor.
No, we should abolish current prisons and return to biblical imprisonment policies
No, private prisons continue to make revenue with repeat offenders so rehabilitation is not an incentive.
@97VRQ322wks
No, eliminate prisons altogether
@97TYQYZ2wks
Yes and switch to a tent city prison system to save money
@97TBGKL2wks
No, they may or may not provide a better quality of care. More importantly, the private prisons could be bribed by or side with the criminals or other dangerous organizations.
@97N7TM63wks
No, private prisons have poor conditions and are for profit organizations designed to be cheap labor and offers little to no rehabilitation.
@97MFZFX3wks
I think a little bit of both because you would have to do back round checks on every one so there will be no jail breaks or criminal escapes I also know that people get busies so there will not be enough people to run the prison.
@97LZWCT3wks
No. If the state can sentence them, then the state can incarcerate them.
@97HTKL73wks
No there should be a separate agency that runs prisons with citizen oversight and advisory with power to sanction questionable actions of prison personnel.
@97KJJT33wks
No and abolish all private prisons
@97KGX3M3wks
No, America has a mass-incarceration issue that thrives with the privatized prison system.
@97G3JRQ3wks
Prisons should not make a profit.
@97G6FMV3wks
Only if they are disincentivized from keeping recidivism rates high and incentivized to reform prisoners.
@97FTLXM3wks
Before deciding on public or private we should know what we actually want them to accomplish and have a way to measure success.
@97CQS543wks
There should be no private companies doing prisons. And prisons should not be for profit...!
@97CPRSD3wks
No, capitalizing the prison system is a bad idea and would make accountability more difficult.
@97BVLC23wks
No, and prisons should not exist.
Yes, as long as they are strictly regulated and abolish occupancy quotas.
@97B5ZVT3wks
No Quotas - Yes, but they should be strictly regulated to prevent mismanagement and corruption
@978YD5Y3wks
Yes, but make it only if that company owns, and is sponsored by the U.S. Government
No, stop letting the government interact with private corporations.
@975YCYB4wks
Yes, but add a basic level at which prisoners must be treated to prevent corruption and torture.
@974TDPC4wks
no, why would companies have the right to take care of prisoners
@975D8TF4wks
I do not have a stance as I don't believe I understand enough about this problem.
@974STSB4wks
Yes if they commit to stringent rehabilitation policies to help criminals become law abiding productive citizens
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No, and prison should be abolished
@972TS5H4wks
Prison should be like a dungeon in medieval times
@96Z62J41mo
No, this concept of private run prisons doesn't even make sense to me.
No, private prisons will emphasize contractual occupancy quotas and profit over rehabilitation
@96Y8BHH1mo
No, but they should be allowed for contract things like providing the food or equipment
@96WX6B21mo
No, and end the practice of using prisoners as slaves for profit
@96W3KDV1mo
Only if it's cheaper and cuts the annual prison spending in half
@96WGJ2S1mo
No, prisons already force prisoners to make state goods, and I could see them being exploited even harsher by a privately owned company
@96W2TXX1mo
Only If it's cheaper than government-run prisons
@96VSVJH1mo
no because there are a lot of police that kill innocent people
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Yes, but eliminate contractual occupancy quotas AND they should be strictly regulated to prevent mismanagement and corruption
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