Private prisons, also known as for-profit prisons, are alternative institutions contracted through the government that take the place of typical prisons. They are funded generally through businesses and not the government, where taxpayers' money ends up paying for the prisoners. Private prisons are contracted through the government and expected to maintain a quota of a specific number of prisoners and to provide basic, essential services to every prisoner, if needed. There is a grand deal of controversy surrounding private prisons, especially in recent years with a noticeable spike. Private prisons are, at its core, fundamentally flawed and should be abolished due to the avoidance of many issues such as mental health.
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It all comes down to what prison is open and available for a new inmate. The Trump Administration, through the Bureau of Prisons, has issued a memo ordering federal prisons to submit eligible inmates to private contracted facilities. The memo calls for the trasnfer of low-security male non-United States citizens with 90 months or less remaining on their sentences to transfer to a private facility, to combat the issue of overcrowding, as well as to maximize the effectiveness of the contracts according to the memo itself. Private prisons receive the same amount of money no matter how many prisoners are in the prison itself. This is to prevent the potential exploitation of having an overpopulated prison for the sake of profit.
Private prisons are not new to the United States. According to Pauly Madison, 1983 was the year that the world's first private prison was formed. By the next year the Corrections Corporation of America, often abbreviated as the CCA and now known as CoreCivic, started a private county jail and private juvenile detention center in Tennessee. Along with this, they also founded a privately-owned institution in Houston, meant to house immigration detainees. In the past presidential election, Bernie Sanders in 2015 co-sponsored the Justice is Not for Sale Act, which proposes banning all
Private prisons are for-profit, …show more content…
It all comes down to what prison is open and available for a new inmate. The Trump Administration, through the Bureau of Prisons, has issued a memo ordering federal prisons to submit eligible inmates to private contracted facilities. The memo calls for the trasnfer of low-security male non-United States citizens with 90 months or less remaining on their sentences to transfer to a private facility, to combat the issue of overcrowding, as well as to maximize the effectiveness of the contracts according to the memo itself. Private prisons receive the same amount of money no matter how many prisoners are in the prison itself. This is to prevent the potential exploitation of having an overpopulated prison for the sake of profit.
Private prisons are not new to the United States. According to Pauly Madison, 1983 was the year that the world's first private prison was formed. By the next year the Corrections Corporation of America, often abbreviated as the CCA and now known as CoreCivic, started a private county jail and private juvenile detention center in Tennessee. Along with this, they also founded a privately-owned institution in Houston, meant to house immigration detainees. In the past presidential election, Bernie Sanders in 2015 co-sponsored the Justice is Not for Sale Act, which proposes banning all