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.
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Deleted3yrs3Y
No, and prisons should be entirely revamped to a better system handled by the state or federal government. Instead, fine non-violent offenders or make them do community service, and provide education and skill-building services, and rehabilitation programs for prisoners.
Deleted3yrs3Y
Yes, and lock up more drug and sex traffickers.
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@9334YP33yrs3Y
Yes, but they should be independently and publicly monitored to prevent mismanagement and corruption.
@9344LDW3yrs3Y
Yes, but they should be non-profits
Deleted3yrs3Y
No, prisons should be entirely revamped to a better system and then handled by the state or federal government.
@heatherdvdprincess3yrs3Y
Yes, but prisons should be standardized and reformed according to available research on reforming prisoners.
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Deleted3yrs3Y
No; prisons should be entirely revamped to a better system and then handled by the state or federal government.
Deleted3yrs3Y
No, and prisons should be entirely revamped to a better system and handled by the state or federal government. Instead, fine non-violent criminals or make non-violent criminals do community service, and provide education and skill building services, and rehabilitation programs for prisoners.
Deleted3yrs3Y
No, and prisons should be entirely revamped into a better system, either handled by the state or federal government. Instead, fine non-violent offenders or make them do community service, and provide education and rehabilitation programs for prisoners.
Deleted3yrs3Y
No, and prisons should be entirely revamped into a better system, either handled by local government units or the national government. Instead, fine non-violent offenders or make them do community service, and provide education and rehabilitation programs for prisoners.
@3H7HTG64yrs4Y
No, State prisons should be run and funded by the State and state taxes.
@8QG5XSM4yrs4Y
if it will help cut funding
@5643HNN4yrs4Y
No, abolish private prisons and incorporate rehabilitation services in their place
@8P35L6M4yrs4Y
Yes, but the government should still highly regulate the comapnies running the prisons.
@8KX67Q94yrs4Y
No, private companies should not be profiting off the imprisonment of citizens. They will ultimately sacrifice quality of care for profit and disregard prisoners' rehabilitation.
@8G3KWCQ4yrs4Y
No, private prisons are unethical.
@michaelconnely3yrs3Y
I need to be given more details.
@8ZGPKM93yrs3Y
depending on the certain types of prison and the way the prisoners get treated depending on what they did
@8R7SQ2V4yrs4Y
Yes, but regulate them and allow prisoners to select (within reason) which prison they will be going to in order to generate competition.
@8MKH7D84yrs4Y
i think they are still human and deserve they same basic rights so in some situations yes but in some no
@8H4DF7B4yrs4Y
No and eliminate quotas and be strictly regulated.
@5PW8C6R4yrs4Y
No but private companies should be allowed to partner with local prisons to provide training and opportunities after convicts release.
@4ZTD62K4yrs4Y
The current prison system as it is should be abolished and replaced with laws and insititutions that actually help criminals turn their life around, rather then perpetuating the prison slave-labor system.
@5RY8R2H4yrs4Y
Yes, but such companies should be required to adhere to strict guidelines and rehabilitation quotas to encourage reintegration and discourage the criminal justice system from imprisoning people for profit.
@77JF5QJ4yrs4Y
Yes, and they should be encouraged to execute more criminals
@7W3SBDC4yrs4Y
No, this is not the area for private businesses. Too much opportunity for abuse and greed.
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
No, private prisons will emphasize profit and contractual occupancy quotas over and above rehabilitation
@85QL69F3yrs3Y
No, private prisons should not exist
@8CN7P7L4yrs4Y
No, that what corrections is for
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
No, private prisons emphasize profit and contractual occupancy quotas over and above rehabilitation
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
No, incarceration is a social responsibility and using private, for-profit prisons is negligent
@7PTCG384yrs4Y
No, reform the government-run prison system instead to put primary emphasis on rehabilitation services, as incarceration is a social responsibility
@7PTCG384yrs4Y
No, incarceration is a social responsibility and usage of for-profit prison care is negligent
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
No, incarceration is a social responsibility and usage of private, for-profit prisons is negligent
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
No, incarceration is a social responsibility and use of private, for-profit prisons is negligent
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
No, incarceration is a social responsibility and entrusting quality of care and rehabilitation services to for-profit prisons is irresponsible and negligent
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
No, incarceration is a social responsibility that should not be entrusted to for-profit companies, who will disregard any rehabilitation services
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
No, incarceration is a social responsibility and the entire prison system needs thorough rehabilitation due to mismanagement, corruption and inhumane treatment of the prisoners who are non-violent
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
No, incarceration is a social responsibility and the entire prison system needs thorough rehabilitation due to mismanagement, corruption and inhumane treatment of the non-violent segment of prisoners
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
No, incarceration is a social responsibility and should not be entrusted to for-profit companies
@8JN8BGC4yrs4Y
If they can run at the same standard or better than the government, then yes. Also provide a nation wide standard for running the prisons and do inspections.
@LangworthyUS9th4yrs4Y
No this creates incentives to fill the prisons. We need prison reform focus more on rehabilitation, job skills, life skills and coping skills.
@8L28NK44yrs4Y
Yes, but make sure they can be funded enough to provide rehabilitation
@8NY47RM4yrs4Y
No, privatization will lead to longer sentences and corruption.
@8PQPWS74yrs4Y
should be up to the state
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@8RPZ3MP4yrs4Y
No, privatized prisons incentivizes increased imprisonment. However privatized police incentivizes higher standards
@8TB798W3yrs3Y
It should be left to the discretion of each individual prison system.
@8TLGGNV3yrs3Y
No, and abolish private prsions
@8VHBC3L3yrs3Y
No, prisons should be run by a counsel of religious scholars
@8VTBF8J3yrs3Y
No. If the government sentences someone to prison, why should their punishment be dealt by someone other than the government.
@8VW68P63yrs3Y
No, privatization of prisons should be illegal
@MSelvig3yrs3Y
I would need to look at real numbers and recidivism rates for private prisons to make an educated decision on this issue.
@93CS3TH2yrs2Y
Yes, but they should have rehabilitation quotas and not occupancy quotas.
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