Private Prisons
Can the punishment of offenders be delegated to nonpublic agencies? I find this unfavorable for Private Prisons. While there seems to be conflicting evidence of the morality of this question, I believe that Private Prisons open up the opportunity for lack of resources and quality programs and counseling for prisoners. In the book, it states that the ACLU commented by saying “taking away an individual’s freedom is the responsibility of the government and should not be abdicated to the lowest bidder”. I couldn’t agree more with that statement, I feel that it is doing a great disservice to our criminal justice system.
Are private prisons operated less expensively than public prisons? Private prisons have not proven to provide …show more content…
I believe that the profit motive does diminish the opportunity for prisoners to be rehabilitated. Contractors can lobby the government for more and stiffer punishments, in order to make more money from the prison. I find this to be unfavorable for private prisons. The lack of quality provided in some of these privately owned prisons, isn’t always regulated and I think that this is too dangerous and too much of a hazard. Prisoners, although convicted felons, deserve the right to proper programs, decent food and protection, if these are things that are skimped on, only to maintain a reputation of being “cost efficient” than that is not acceptable.
Does the involvement of the private sector to make a profit encourage the expansion of imprisonment beyond beyond what is in the public interest? This would be unfavorable in regards to Private Prisons. I do believe that the privatization of prisons, inevitably promotes the opportunity of housing more inmates in the long run. When people make profits off of prisoners, they hope for that income in their private prison. This perpetuates the “tough on crime” approach to crime, sending the message that criminals need to always be in prison for committing crime, and that everyone deserves the harshest
Can the punishment of offenders be delegated to nonpublic agencies? I find this unfavorable for Private Prisons. While there seems to be conflicting evidence of the morality of this question, I believe that Private Prisons open up the opportunity for lack of resources and quality programs and counseling for prisoners. In the book, it states that the ACLU commented by saying “taking away an individual’s freedom is the responsibility of the government and should not be abdicated to the lowest bidder”. I couldn’t agree more with that statement, I feel that it is doing a great disservice to our criminal justice system.
Are private prisons operated less expensively than public prisons? Private prisons have not proven to provide …show more content…
I believe that the profit motive does diminish the opportunity for prisoners to be rehabilitated. Contractors can lobby the government for more and stiffer punishments, in order to make more money from the prison. I find this to be unfavorable for private prisons. The lack of quality provided in some of these privately owned prisons, isn’t always regulated and I think that this is too dangerous and too much of a hazard. Prisoners, although convicted felons, deserve the right to proper programs, decent food and protection, if these are things that are skimped on, only to maintain a reputation of being “cost efficient” than that is not acceptable.
Does the involvement of the private sector to make a profit encourage the expansion of imprisonment beyond beyond what is in the public interest? This would be unfavorable in regards to Private Prisons. I do believe that the privatization of prisons, inevitably promotes the opportunity of housing more inmates in the long run. When people make profits off of prisoners, they hope for that income in their private prison. This perpetuates the “tough on crime” approach to crime, sending the message that criminals need to always be in prison for committing crime, and that everyone deserves the harshest