Should the government hire private companies to run prisons?

No, private companies want to grow and they grow with more inmates. A viscous cycle that private companies will take advantage of for their gain ... not what is morally right.

Yes and switch to a tent city prison system

No, private companies can easily lead to corrupt leadership

Regardless, funding should be given based on how well prisons rehabilitate convicts.

No and switch to a tent city prison system

Regardless, prisons should be regulated well enough to not qualify as cruel punishment.

No, only non-profit or state owned enterprises should be allowed to operate prisons. Prisons by default should be ran for profit or at least break even.

Regardless, the prison system needs an overhaul

Government shouldn't hire anything, allow private prisons to operate without aid of government.

No, private prisons will emphasize contractual occupancy quotas and profit over all other factors

Yes, but every prison should be completely privatized

Yes, fully privatize all prisons

Yes, and create rehabilitation programs for non-violent criminals, and allow them to be freed sooner.

No, private companies should be allowed to finance the construction and maintenance of prison facilities if they so choose, but nothing further.

Humane and honorable people need to be housed here. What is more economical private or public. Can reviews of the services provided be publicly available?

No and yes, I'm in favor of nationalization for high-security but privatization for low-level prisons. I think the El Salvador model is befitting for our prisons once the inequality issue is settled. I wouldn't mind indentured servitude for some the prisoners depending on the crime, slavery for the worst.

Yes, the government should be ALLOWED to hire private companies, eliminate contractual occupancy quotas.

No but private companies can run their own prisons as long as the government still oversees them for corruption and mismanagement.

No this leads to corruption from officials investing or being bribed to keep sentencing everyone who commits a crime no matter how small, we need to bring back the death penalty for murderers and rapists and actually do it no sitting on death row for 5, 10, 20 and 50 years, theres no point in paying all that money to jail these people. waste of tax money.

This is premature, and can't be answered until we have a consensus on what prisons are for, i.e., what they are actually supposed to do.

No, but private companies should be allowed to finance construction of facilities if they so choose, but nothing further.

No, prisons are a legitimate use of government and private prisons have historically had lots of corruption.

It's optional to hire private companies to run a prison, it need government oversight for the protections.

Yes, but make private companies work with the government as well as some sort of financial alliance.

Both government run and private prisons lead to forms of slavery and torture. Prisons should only exist for people who committed violent crimes, felonies or large-scale crime. They should be run by either the government or private companies but should be closely monitored by a 3rd party to ensure the prisoners' rights are not being violated.

No, prisons are owned by the nation and by states and should remain run by their respective governments

Yes, but provide incentives to reduce recidivism, such as financial incentives for successful job placement once prisoners are released.

No, I don’t have much knowledge on the subject but based on what information is shown here it sounds to me like such prisons have too much incentive to fill themselves up — think about that one a while…

No, but the government should disregard creature comforts and freedoms for prisoners and spend the bare minimum to keep prisoners alive but not comfortable

The government should ban prison on our American soil and move them all to an island they can't escape from or we don't have to pay for out of our taxes..or frontlines of war .we need to figure a way to save the hard working americans money so we can live .

prisons should be strictly regulated to prevent mismanagement and corruption, whether private or government run, they should be focus on rehabilitation services for those who are estimated to have the opportunity to be rehabilitated.

Yes. However, privately run incarceration systems should profit solely on rehabilitation and education rates and penalized on recidivism rates.

No, the State should sacrifice quality of care and rehabilitation for profit, not the private companies

No. We need to focus on restoring justice to the victims and having the criminals take responsibility for the crimes they committed.

No, private prisons have to keep an minimum occupancy rates, and are a drain on taxes payer's dollars.

Yes, however prisons should be heavily regulated and goods created by prison inmates should be listed on market and prisoners should be able to make a living wage that would be placed in holding until their sentence has ended.

yes but with bonuses for lack of recidivism at major milestones (ie 1, 3, 5, 10 years) and punitive monetary damages for recidivism.

No as currently practiced, but if we can shift the contracts to reward reductions un recitivism I could support them.

Yes, but only if they can be ran cheaper, but they should be regulated to prevent corruption, ensure prisons are kept clean, prisoners are kept safe, and no rights are violated. Governments should still provide wrap around services and rehab programs

No, the private companies should bid for the jobs and pay the government if they want to operate prisons

..well isn’t there already private prisons maybe just military, which btw should just be strictly regulated to prevent mistreatment and corruption

No this is ludicrous, and this should be stopped and non violent criminals who fueled these profit centers should be released.

No, I don’t think there can be a truly effective private prison system. It’s one thing the government does better.

In this generation private prisons have been a wide open door for corruption.
Until we can see these prisions responsibly administered on a regular and consistently good basis we should not allow private corporations into our prison systems.
As of right now there has been way to much abuse and outright corruption.
I don't think that we are responsible enough on any end for private corporations to run these government programs in the current ways that they have been allowed to.
Maybe when the public gets back into the Bible and starts caring about the prisoners and other vulnerable populations we can try again.
But please keep in mind that the prisoners have no say in this current system nor do their families, and the prisoners are being treated as commodities to be profited off of.

No, instead, prisons should be managed by both the government and organizations that are committed to rehabilitating convicts

Yes, but only if the court these prisoners were convicted of are also run by private companies. If not, the government should be responsible themselves for the citizens they declare to be guilty of imprisonment.

If they can be ran cheaper then yes, but they should be regulated to prevent corruption, ensure prisons are kept clean, prisoners are kept safe, and no rights are violated

No, private prisons sacrifice quality of care and rehabilitation services for profit and incentivize judicial misconduct

No, prison systems are already corrupt, privatizing them will only incentivize the current issues for profit.

Yes, but States should handle their own system of corrections at all levels and determine the best way, public or private.

yes, only if private prisons are cheaper than public prisons. if private prisons are more expensive, then no

Yes but remove any quotas and require that employees treat inmates with mutual respect as much as possible, these are still humans regardless of charges

Yes, and they should be strictly regulated, but public prisons should make up the majority of incarceration facilities.

Should the state incentivize incarceration by privatizing institutional violence? I think not, but again, British East India Company was traded on British stock exchange so this satanic compulsion towards violence seems more like a feature than a bug in western “democracy”

Yes, but the government should provide incentives for prisons with the best-cared for prisoners, and by utilizing those better prisons, the prisons have a competitive drive to improve themselves.

Regardless, prisons should be for rehabilitation and corrections not punishment. the manor in which this is achieved is irrelevant, though i prefer private institutions not public.

Yes, but with the caveat that incentives should be geared towards excellence and recidivism rates, not quotas. Any work opportunities for inmates should be paid and strictly voluntary.

Yes, but compensate them based on how well they rehabilitate the inmates, rather than how many inmates they are housing

The government needs to completely reform the prison system because it sucks and provides very little real beneficial form of rehabilitation.

no prisoners shouldn't even be taken care of let alone spend more money on private officers just lock them up

No, collusion between government and business should not occur especially regarding law enforcement and imprisonment

Yes. But Prívate prisons should be managed and actually take care of the prisoners and help them build a life after and prevent reoccurring sentences causing humans to be deemed as a paycheck for them

No, collusion between businesses and the government should not occur under any reason or crcumstance

I think maybe a mix of both types. Let us see which works best. Both systems should be strictly regulated to prevent mismanagement and corruption

Yes and No, because prisons should be strictly regulated to prevent mismanagement and corruption but private companies that are running prisons could sacrifice quality of care and rehabilitation services for their own profit

Yes, but only to address overcrowding in existing publicly-owned institutions and only if regulated to prevent corruption and mismanagement

It should be an option in the market place so long as private prisons are strictly regulated to ensure inmate safety and health and to prevent mismanagement and corruption.

Private prisons should be allowed but they should still have the full amount of rules and still be as strict and guarded as government controlled prisons.

yes, so that the government can correctly deal with the dangerous prisoners without getting their hands dirty.

Yes but it also depends on the person who is running the private institution, as they have the power to either better or worsen the prisons and immates' health.

Eliminate contractual occupancy quotas. Private prisons will sacrifice quality of care for government profit.

If the private companies are paying for everything then yeah but I'm sure they would use our taxpayer dollars so No. Also, I'd need to do more research on that.

Private companies should never be allowed to be in a position where they control the lives of other human beings. This is abhorrent and absolutely disgusting.

I feel all prisons should be run by people who can help rehab all prisoners even those with a life sentence. I feel if they have a purpose when and if they get out there may be less of a chance they will reoffend. I also feel when they get out they should be given help to find housing and to get and keep a job. I also feel if they have a purpose there may be less violence in the prisons.

No, but a third party that is independent and nonpartisan should regularly audit prisons for quality of care to staff and prisoners as well as compliance with regulations and policies.

All private prisons should be abolished and placed under the control of the state or city they reside in, or the federal prison system

No, we should build more private prisons available to reduce criminal over-occupancy but they should not be hired by the government

Rehabilitation centers yes, prisons no.

No, government prosecutes them and should remain tasked at supervising their incarceration.

No, we should be making more prisons to reduce overcrowding.

Prisons should not be for profit

No, prisoners should be given jobs that generate income. That income will then pay their room and board, and then addtionaly any extra's like education or training. the only thing shat should be government funded is rehab programs and security.

Abolish the prison

No. This creates a police for profit incentive.

No, just another excuse to tax hard working citizens

Prisons should be self sufficient. Prisoners should have to work for room and board.

No, if the government sets the laws, prosecutes, and detains, it should only make sense that they are responsible for the care said convicts are given while in their control

It depends on the situation. The US shouldn't let private companies run all of their prisons, but maybe some of them would be good. In any situation the government should keep close watch on these private companies if they are running prisons.