Obviously private prisons incentivize incarceration. Creating a market that depends on crime rates remaining high is not a good thing, especially when the industry is closely related to law enforcement and government.
There was a case in Pennsylvania a few years ago where a judge was getting kickbacks from a private prison, and was sending juvenile offenders to lengthy terms for offenses that would normally be considered fairly minor (and outright not giving them a fair trial). The fact that this was possible to happen even once is enough reason for me to say prisons should not be privatized.
There was a case in Pennsylvania a few years ago where a judge was getting kickbacks from a private prison, and was sending juvenile offenders to lengthy terms for offenses that would normally be considered fairly minor (and outright not giving them a fair trial). The fact that this was possible to happen even once is enough reason for me to say prisons should not be privatized.
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