Private prison

interviewed, believing that telling the truth would be the only path to justice. In their honest, simple language, which turned out to share commonalities, they have shed light to the truth about one of the most concealed corruptions happening behind private prisons. Some of the prisoners have been tricked or coerced through life threats into…

its forms, but there is one exception-- prison labor. Private prisons are free to exploit the work of inmates without compensating them in any way. Forcing someone to work for no pay, regardless of socioeconomic status, is a violation of human rights. Before this is expanded upon, it is crucial to first understand the current scope and state of the United States prison system. According to the World Prison Brief (WPB), the US has the highest total prison population (2,145,100) out of any…

and prisons. What do these four things have in common? All are products people invest in for maximum profit. Prisons are making profits off of their prisoners, promoting the ideals that, “You just sell it like you were selling cars, or real estate, or hamburgers” (A brief history... 1). Although prisons were originally intended to be a place to detain and rehabilitate criminals, they are now a business where every prisoner is no more than a number. A private prison is defined as a prison or…

The Downfall of Private Prisons The privatization of jails and prisons in the United States are becoming more and more popular with 122 adult prisons and 252 juvenile facilities, capable of holding more than 160,000 inmates for the past 8 years. These facilities have pros and cons however, 32 states contract with private sector prisons and almost 17 percent of adult inmates are held in private prisons. (Allen, Latessa, and Ponder) The major arguments against privatization are cost, insurance,…

How can private prisons be a Billion-dollar business? It’s simple supply and demand. The prisoners are the supply and filing the prison is the demand. When the supply and the demand hits, the market clearing price they can start making money. In the private prisons contract with the government if the prisons are not filled to a certain amount the US government is fined for not filling those prisons. This adds an incentive for the government to deny parole and cut rehabilitation for…

incarceration rates, which leading to overcrowding of prisons. In an effort to find a solution, private prisons were created. A private prison is a third party that is contracted by the US Government and is run as a for-profit organization. More inmates in private prisons, translates to more money for the government and the third party. In the 1980’s, it is the year that was recognized as the origin of private prison. Former…

technique of increasing profits and reducing cost. The privatization of prisons or involvement in state prisons by companies that gain from the forced labor of prisoners advanced by high numbers, low wage and extremely long sentences is one system that brings strong moral questions to mind. Prisoners acquiring jobs in jail, no matter how insufficient the compensation, may be deemed positive. However, when corporations own prisons or get extensively involved for this purpose and it is apparent…

lead to a lot more people committing crimes and that directly lead to a rise in the amount of people in prisons (Hough, Allen, and Enver Solomon 4). This was all before the established program of prisons and trying to reach their goal. Looking back at the time, there was controversy among everyone, every race, every ethnicity. Around the 90s, the population in prisons rapidly increased and prisons across the United States were operating at 115 percent above total capacity. In order to increase…

Worker and inmate safety and conditions Concerns over the conditions of life and work in private prisons also render them an issue of great contention. One proposed benefit of private prisons is better relationships between workers and inmates. It is argued that private prison staff are organized in a more “flexible” way, meaning having less levels to the bureaucracy of the system, and that their staff are characterized by more “youthful enthusiasm” (Crewe, Liebling, & Hulley, 2011, p.…

talked about how private prisons operate its prison more effectively than public. However, it depends based on the cost of the prisons itself such as minimum and maximum prisons. For example, almost 88 percent of all private prisons are minimum institution while 43 percent of public prisons are minimum institution (Anderson 2009; Stephen 2008; Blakely 2007). Naturally, minimum security prisons don’t need much technology or staff to run the institution. Two of the largest private correction…