Private prison

in funding for Arizona’s public universities. But it earmarked $5 million for new, 3,000-bed private prison that even the state’s most notorious law enforcement official, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, argues is unnecessary” according to azcentral. It is most likely that Ducey’s budget plan was influenced by Arizona’s contract with private prisons and also by his friends over at the private prisons industry who helped him during his campaign by investing money into Governor Ducey’s…

The Problem with For-Profit Prison Private or for profit prisons are facilities that are contracted with the local, state or federal government to operate correctional facilities. In the 1980’s President Reagan said that government was the problem and proposed privatizing many institutions (Selman & Leighton, 2010). According to the American Civil Liberties Union, currently about 6% of state prisoners and 16% of federal inmates are in a privatized institutions. The most common argument in…

of these kids in exchange for a hefty finder’s fee paid by a for-profit juvenile detention center that would profit from these new inmates (Getlen). While this is an extreme example, it is still one worth noting, because it is no secret that these private firms rely on more inmates to turn a profit — they admit as much themselves in their investor reports. The CCA’s 2010 Annual Report reflects an awareness that business is threatened by changes in immigration and drug policy: “The demand for our…

the prison industrial complex. The prison industrial complex is a term used to describe the overlapping interests of government and industry that use surveillance, policing, and imprisonment as solutions to economic, social and political problems. The prison industrial complex allows private prisons to profit off inmates, thereby giving the motivation to retain non-violent inmates and fueling corruption throughout all levels of the US criminal justice system. The true victim in all the prison…

money by privatizing the prisons. By privatizing the prisons the government will be saving money by not having to take care of all the inmates in the prison. But the responsibility of taking care of the inmates would be transferred from the government to the companies that are running the private prisons. This looks like a simple way of cutting costs but at what expense. “Accountability is diluted to the vanishing point when the government delegates the running of prisons to for-profit…

The Price We Pay for Cheap Labor: Prison Labor Revealed The average American citizen probably doesn’t notice that many of the things they use in their daily lives have been produced by the hands of prison inmates somewhere in the U.S. The same person also probably doesn’t know that often when they call a phone number for technical support for a product they are having an issue with; they could be talking to a prison inmate. This in and of itself really does no one any harm and usually the…

largest prison population in the world. Yes, higher than dictatorships and military states. Prison privatization is a major issue for many important reasons. However, it is an issue that is completely overlooked and unknown in the rhetoric of our nation. Private prison corporations can influence our government and lawmakers into making and enforcing stricter laws on us, the citizens, and make life difficult for those in the prison system, their families and those who work there. Privatized…

To begin with, for-profit prisons can be viewed in two different perspectives, either in a good or bad way. I will begin by stating some reasons on why for-profit prisons benefit the United States. The good thing about for-profit prisons is that of course they are for-profit and make billions of dollars every year. Another way to look at it, is that all the prisoners are in there working hard labor instead of just standing around doing nothing. If prisoners are going to be committing petty…

During year one of the problem confronting the United States prisons is the overcrowding population in prison. Drugs problems, recidivism, and non- violent offenses are the main causes that the United States prisons has no spaces for future criminals. The privatization of prisons in the United States has shown challenges regarding administration, political and economic According to the book “Prison Privatization”, the government in the United States has been experiencing problems with specific…

It is unethical for the criminal justice system to let private companies make a lot of profit from inmates, their families, and the community. For companies like JPay to charge a lot for families to send money to their loved ones, it is so unethical. Most of those families have to sacrifice everything that they have to give their loved ones some money. Pat Taylor is a single mother whose son is serving a 20-year prison sentence. She tries to send her son as much money as she can so she can help…