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…
Read moreNarrow down which types of responses you would like to see.
Narrow down the conversation to these participants:
Discussions from these authors are shown:
Voting for candidate:
These active users have achieved a basic understanding of terms and definitions related to the topic of Private Prisons
@8RQY2NS4yrs4Y
No, we can't afford a prison-industrial complex. Corporations that will run them will want them filled to increase their profits. They'll want even more people convicted of crimes. Instead of freedom we'll end up with tyranny.
@8RQJRTC4yrs4Y
And create a powerful prison-industrial complex? Oh, they'd love to lock up more and more people to increase their profits. NO THANK YOU!
@8RNXNV44yrs4Y
No, private prisons will sacrifice quality of care and rehabilitation services for profit. They'll also want more people in prison to increase their profits.
@8RP8P6F4yrs4Y
No, a prison industrial complex will want more people in prison not less in order to maximize profits.
@8RMG5LB4yrs4Y
No, we don't need a prison industrial complex. With privatized prisons the corporations owning and or running them will want to fill prisons up to maximize profits.
@8RKDFWP4yrs4Y
No, we don't need a prison industrial complex.
@8RTVQ6V4yrs4Y
No, we don't need any prison-imndustrial complex. Companies that operate prisons will want more people populating those prisons to increase profits. Soon we could end up where way to many people are in prison, well that has already happened, but even 10% of the US population could end up there. Of course there won't be enough that have not been convicted of any crime to support those who have been convicted, so these companies will want to hire out their inmates to farmers, manufacturers, mail order, and online retailers to make more money. And those companies such as Amazon, will want to use them to drive employment costs down.
@8RR9DDN4yrs4Y
No, we don't need any prison-imndustrial complex. Companies that operate prisons will want more people populating those prisons to increase profits. Soon we could end up where way to many people are in prison, well that hs already happened, but even 10% of the US population could end up there. Of course there won't be enough that have not been convicted of any crime to support those who have been convicted, so these companies will want to hire out their inmates to farmers, manufacturers, mail order, and online retailers to make more money. And those companies such as Amazon, will want to use them to drive employment costs down.
@8RTWFP34yrs4Y
No, we don't need any prison-industrial complex. Companies that operate prisons will want more people populating those prisons to increase profits. Soon we could end up where way to many people are in prison, well that has already happened, but even 10% of the US population could end up there. Of course there won't be enough that have not been convicted of any crime to support those who have been convicted, so these companies will want to hire out their inmates to farmers, manufacturers, mail order, and online retailers to make more money. And those companies such as Amazon, will want to use them to drive employment costs down.
@8RL7MDR4yrs4Y
No, private prisons will sacrifice quality of care and rehabilitation services for profit. And we don't need a prison industrial complex. It would be to their advantage, but an unconstitutional disadvantage to citizens, to have more laws passed so more people will be sent to these prisons.
The historical activity of users engaging with this question.
Loading data...
Loading chart...
Loading the political themes of users that engaged with this discussion
Loading data...
Join in on more popular conversations.
