Jackie Fellows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hi Sue
Like everything there are pro and con for making prisons, and other human
service organizations a profit making organization. And many are well run,
but there is always the risk of some putting profit ahead of the goal just as
in any other organization. One thing that often happens is what you found in
this incidence. The staff are not always paid well and you sometimes get what
you pay for as some would not be hired in state and federal run prisons
because they are not well-trained, etc. The other problem that has occurred
is that it is not solving our overcrowding problem as the private prisons are
accepting prisoners from other countries because the fee paid by the other
country is more than the state they are in will pay. I would imagine it is
just like nursing homes were before all the regulations were put into place.
Once the problems are ironed out, private prisons may evenutally help ease the
overcrowding without these types of incidents.
jackief
Sue Hartigan wrote:
> Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Hi Jackie:
>
> I didn't even know that they had "private prisons" until that deal came
> up in Texas where the prisoners were being beaten.
>
> I don't think that private prisons are a good idea because there isn't
> anyone to really watch over how they are run, I don't think. Actually
> the whole prison system should be revamped. There was a story on
> Nightline that ran three nights about the prison system. One prison
> that they went into seemed to be alright. The prisoners said that they
> were treated as human beings rather than animals, and that made all the
> difference in the world.
>
> Sue
> > Hi Sue
> >
> > This wonderful cost-benefit solution doesn't seem to work so well. This
> > article appears to support the contention of some that there are some
> > areas that for-profit organizations will cause more problems than they
> > solve in the short-term. The issues of possible abuse have been raised
> > since this solution was first proposed, but saving a buck (or so it
> > appeared) became the criteria for deciding the private prision was the
> > way to go. Of course, they are only inmates, so that's ok <TIC>
> >
> > jackief
> >
>
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