tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373131336974671914.post1923996623026583192..comments2023-10-31T04:51:07.590-04:00Comments on Potomac Fever: Private Prisons: mo' money, mo' problems?TJEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16658864498584155557noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373131336974671914.post-14484419613492423262012-02-24T18:30:14.536-05:002012-02-24T18:30:14.536-05:00"Without going down a sociological path and t..."Without going down a sociological path and tackling the issue of whether the current system is working or not" <br /><br />I take serious issue with this. Maybe from an economic standpoint (but I guarantee I can find an article saying that private prisons don't numerically and fiscally make as much sense as this one says)...but prisons are housing human beings, members of our population. I just think that the law, and punishing people for breaking the law falls under the governments jurisdiction, not private sectors. I am obviously giving the moral, ethical and theoretical argument the upper hand, but I just don't think it is right for companies to gain money by locking people up, without any government or public accountability. Furthermore, if private prison companies are less costly, its because they are cutting costs that are inexcusable (re: inmate medical care, safety, etc). <br /><br />There are probably ways to solve the problem without eliminating every private prison that might be more politically feasible (such as making sure FOIA applies to private prisons). I don't necessarily think it is reasonable to expect private prisons to go away, but I do think something has to change.Amy S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05185605951983940775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373131336974671914.post-50843628975574983112012-02-24T16:13:59.950-05:002012-02-24T16:13:59.950-05:00I think it would be very interesting as well. The...I think it would be very interesting as well. The less government involvement the better. Wasteful government spending is never good, if you can turn something into the private sector, it will be economically beneficial. Wasting money building and maintaining prisons is not a good thing.. <br />An example is a prison that was built in the last decade by the Spanish government in Catalunya, just outside of Barcelona. They spent 5 million dollars building the structure to create jobs and then realized when they finished that they could bnot afford to put prisoners in the prison. Now the government spends 1.5 million euros a year to maintain the prison without any prisoners.. Talk about wasting tax payers' money.. No wonder Spain and the rest of Europe are in such trouble. Does this sound familiar? If we continue on the track that we are in this country will be facing a similar crisis.. <br /><br />but anyway, if this prison was funded privately then it would be a bummer they can't aafford to put prisoners in the building, but it certainly would not be wasting tax dollars/.. Think about it!B. De Graffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12715667292982220265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373131336974671914.post-12213523555827748842012-02-24T12:49:42.304-05:002012-02-24T12:49:42.304-05:00Just sayin:
http://www.correctionalnews.com/artic...Just sayin:<br /><br />http://www.correctionalnews.com/articles/2009/12/30/when-the-law-numbers-can-no-longer-be-ignoredTJEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16658864498584155557noreply@blogger.com