On 7/7/07, raghu wrote:
The whole concept of for-profit prisons is seriously messed up. How long before these companies start lobbying for tougher prison sentences to increase demand for their "services"? -raghu.
it seems that they already doing so in effect. The folks who build prisons-for-profit join the same coalitions that the tough-on-crime folks do, so they support each other. The tough-on-crime folks are often in favor of privatization, including that of prisons. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
