MikeK
Gold Member
You are absolutely correct.The more towns, cities, counties and even states that have financial problems, the more we are likely to see these types of schemes.
If law enforcement (or corrections, as has been brought up) is to make use of private companies, it should be with no profits attached. This is the worst place for government to be interested in making money, as it is the most likely to lead to abuses of citizens' rights, and likely to be some of the worst such abuses.
But the private prison industry has existed for some time now and happens to be the only remaining growth industry in the U.S. It is extremely profitable and there already have been examples of judges accepting kickbacks (bribes) to sentence adolescents to prison who ordinarily would have received community service. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/b...the-injustice-system.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
This practice of profiting from punishment, combined with other negative economic indicators, is manifest evidence that America's laissez-faire capitalist culture is beginning to feed on itself.