Private
prisons are not a good idea.
In fact, private prisons are a really bad idea.
In
fact, private prisons could be characterized as evil.
Incarcerating
human beings for profit?
Herding
human beings for money?
Locking
humans in cages for financial gain?
Granted, they are there for punishment, but
that is the job of the state. Period.
One of the worst facets is there is no incentive to provide any care that costs
money (and subtracts from profit).
Who's going to decide if that prisoner needs
dialysis?
A dedicated public service professional trained in penal matters or
some minimum-wage functionary scared of losing their job?
Obama, to his credit,
began winding down the role of private prisons.
The first week in office, Drumpf
granted them a reprieve (see above stock market reference photo).
Care to guess
how many pardons Drumpf will give?
And there is no incentive for early release, parole, probation, or rehabilitation.
And
lots of them deserve a chance on the outside.
If you're paid by the day, why
would you release them a moment early?
Hell, make their lives so miserable, they
misbehave and then you have an excuse to lock them in solitary confinement.
Fewer
costs; more profit!
(You'd
think with the slotted floors, a private prison would consider a toilet a needless
luxury.)
That's
far more cost effective than maintaing a general prison population that might require
social amenites.
And there have been cases of judges bribed to give longer
sentences so as to up the private prison population.
No wonder they want to criminalize
everything.
Evil!!!
God hope you never end up there and God hope you don't need dental work.
(I
almost wrote "during your stay", but they prefer to keep you forever or
at
least release you the day before you die so the state has to dispose of the body.)
Evil!