Purpose
From an early age in the United States children have been taught, that the things that are common in this country are not common in most. The United States is widely considered as a first world country compared to most nations across the world. The most important thing that we grew up on was, freedom of being an American. We are now in an age when freedom is fast becoming exception rather what we are entitled to. Imprisoning Americans in private prisons that are being controlled and operated by corporations should be immoral and illegal. American’s freedom should not be for sale to make a profit.
Imprisoning humans at record levels should be a moral issue along with an economic one. Especially when so many hard working Americans are …show more content…
But that has quickly gone downhill the last 30 years with the burden being left on the government, families, local communities, and the taxpayers. Initial construction of private jails begin by asking the government for loans to build their jails, the government gets their revenue from the taxpayers and surrounding communities. When private jails are built but are unable to land a contract to harbor inmates the jail sits empty but the taxpayers are the ones who really hurt the most because they paid for …show more content…
Especially in terms of inmate care, some inmates at the highest and lowest levels are all treated the same between public and private sectors. The cost benefit of private prisons is also misleading in the fact that they do not accept inmates who can be costly to the prison. (Devine, "Prisoners Are Not Profits – End Prison Privatization in the United States") They can deny him and send him to a different federal institution. With received profits of $800,000 in recent years should see some expansion but nothing has happened yet at the Marion County Jail since the
From an early age in the United States children have been taught, that the things that are common in this country are not common in most. The United States is widely considered as a first world country compared to most nations across the world. The most important thing that we grew up on was, freedom of being an American. We are now in an age when freedom is fast becoming exception rather what we are entitled to. Imprisoning Americans in private prisons that are being controlled and operated by corporations should be immoral and illegal. American’s freedom should not be for sale to make a profit.
Imprisoning humans at record levels should be a moral issue along with an economic one. Especially when so many hard working Americans are …show more content…
But that has quickly gone downhill the last 30 years with the burden being left on the government, families, local communities, and the taxpayers. Initial construction of private jails begin by asking the government for loans to build their jails, the government gets their revenue from the taxpayers and surrounding communities. When private jails are built but are unable to land a contract to harbor inmates the jail sits empty but the taxpayers are the ones who really hurt the most because they paid for …show more content…
Especially in terms of inmate care, some inmates at the highest and lowest levels are all treated the same between public and private sectors. The cost benefit of private prisons is also misleading in the fact that they do not accept inmates who can be costly to the prison. (Devine, "Prisoners Are Not Profits – End Prison Privatization in the United States") They can deny him and send him to a different federal institution. With received profits of $800,000 in recent years should see some expansion but nothing has happened yet at the Marion County Jail since the