I see several not understanding that prisons are profit centres.

No one is saying that people that commit serious crimes shouldn't be locked up.

The problem is, for the third time, that when you privatise prisons, there is an incentive to lock people up, for anything.

Literally and figuratively on the money.

that was truly amazing. I am glad I watched it

well it is the land of the free and the brave.
i agree there is a prison problem and it goes deeper than that.
way too many young people, mostly in the urban areas (LA, Chicago, Detroit, NY ETC) are told from very young age that they will never become anything, their dad was a thug and thats all they know.
this issue combined with a very strong policing, meaning if you do the wrong thing you WILL get punished produce a lot of criminals.
i dont see a problem with running prisons for profit, why would it be different than healthcare.
for all i care, they can put the hard time criminals on the northpole.

So stay home.

I read this the other day and it just made me sick. Kids being arrested and sent to prison for school issues! Instead of suspending them or disciplining them as children, they're fed into the prison system for more profits! http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/24/ju...uit/index.html

I think its funny they fail to point out prisons actually end up costing most money then they bring in.

So for all that 'cheap labor'... It must not be cheap enough. But eh, who cares about pesky facts when trying to act like some thing is what it isn't..

People who actually live in the USA, can tell you first hand why there is so many people in prison... It's mainly because we have so many people here who THINK prison is a joke and don't care about going there because they get free health care, food, a roof over their heads, and they can STILL make money inside.

fitty ...........not so free lands

Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

serbia...as for financial "AID" we got 20+ years of crippling sanctions, 2 wars, lots of non stop bombing around the clock ect ect and we STILL have less crime than the USA will ever ever ever have....

barbarian, ethnic cleansing, butcher, crazy eyed serbs have a safe society than the USA...absolutely no gangs...none...street drug dealers? :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh good luck with that....street prostitutes? a few...you will be lucky to find 2-3 total in the capital city walking the street...

not saying we have NO crime...but what goes on in the USA is seriously a joke...you are safer in the most ghetto part of ghetto serbia than any normal place in the USA...

not saying my county is special...just saying that yours is...

That's exactly what it's all about. I've seen video's of inmates making electronics!!!

Prison populations are largely symptomatic of cultural problems, nothing else. Perhaps in Canada it's not a badge of honor, goving you respect from peers to do 7 years for armed robbery or some other retarded shit.

Cultural problems + worlds largest drug market = FAIL

"Prisons are a business" doesn't explain why people commit violent crimes and end up in prison to begin with.

Land of "Free", oh yes, sure.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...rceration_rate

UNICOR

https://www.google.com/search?q=unic...&oe=utf-8&aq=t

I enjoy my time in foreign countries including the US, I don't break laws & enjoy my life.

If you can't do the time, don't do the crime. Those in prison are guilty, what's the problem with this.

The land of the free, maybe you want it as the land of the criminals?

Anyone believing it's just a money maker must be either guilty of something or just plain stupid :2 cents:

youre lost. come back to reality

Government owned and operated prisons cost more than they bring in, but more and more prisons are now owned and ran by private companies and they are hugely profitable.

Part of why we have so many prisoners is because those who make money from the prisons realize that incarceration is good thing for them so they lobby for tougher sentencing on crimes. Those laws are easy sells for politicians who are eager to embrace them.

More than that, though, is that the prisons do littler to actually rehabilitate a person. I read that if a person spends 24 months or more in prison there is an 80% chance they will end up back in prison at some point. These people end up mentally fucked up and have Post Incarceration Syndrome so the deck is stacked against them when they get out.

Sure, if a person does some terrible crime I don't care if they ever get out, but if someone makes a mistake, commits a crime and goes to jail for a few years I would hope they could get out, get a job and make something of their life, but the system is not set up to work that way.