Beyond any incestuous relationship between state governments and private prison companies, I think the article would have benefited from addressing other issues that can be measured almost as easily as money changing hands. For instance, the living conditions found in state v. private prisons, recidivism rates for convicts housed in each, rates of reported abuse of prisoners by correctional officers for each, rates of inmate abuse of each other, etc. Florida Corrections Secretary McDonough said he thinks “the state is better at running prisons”, but the reader is left with only that quote, with no indication of what he was referring to in practical terms.
Also, I have to disagree with the author that it’s “worse” for prisons to be privately run, relative to New Mexico’s high incarceration rates, which are merely said to be “disenchanting” without further elaboration. High incarceration rates are among the top factors driving the problem of prisons being unmanageable by states, and are one big source of the perceived need to privatize in the first place, over and above the issue of profit.
Perhaps another article can follow up along these lines if the agenda is to show that privately run prisons are inherently more objectionable than state-run facilities, since this one had a primary focus upon allegations of corrupt financial relationships.
Posted by Kuya on Sep 5, 2006 at 1:00 AM
In many ways the private prison industry is at least more overt in their stance towards the oppression of people as a result of the prisoner trade. Whereby, in California you have the Prison Guards Union operating with a 22 million dollar annual budget, at least 3 full-time lobbyists, and a staff of 90 pushing tough on people (also known as “tough on crime”) legislation. You have the guards union supporting the victims rights movement with both budget and office accomodations. . . lots of people are making lots of money off the prisoner trade, CCA and the GEO group are simply more overt about their human trafficking.
Posted by dpstein on Sep 5, 2006 at 11:21 AM
It is easier for the state governments to dole out the cash for the private prisons than take on the burden of incarcerating and rehabilitating inmates. That way they can pass the blame along and keep themselves clean. As tax paying citizens it is our money that paying for these failing prisons. We need to hold our elected officials accountable.
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Beyond any incestuous relationship between state governments and private prison companies, I think the article would have benefited from addressing other issues that can be measured almost as easily as money changing hands. For instance, the living conditions found in state v. private prisons, recidivism rates for convicts housed in each, rates of reported abuse of prisoners by correctional officers for each, rates of inmate abuse of each other, etc. Florida Corrections Secretary McDonough said he thinks “the state is better at running prisons”, but the reader is left with only that quote, with no indication of what he was referring to in practical terms.
Also, I have to disagree with the author that it’s “worse” for prisons to be privately run, relative to New Mexico’s high incarceration rates, which are merely said to be “disenchanting” without further elaboration. High incarceration rates are among the top factors driving the problem of prisons being unmanageable by states, and are one big source of the perceived need to privatize in the first place, over and above the issue of profit.
Perhaps another article can follow up along these lines if the agenda is to show that privately run prisons are inherently more objectionable than state-run facilities, since this one had a primary focus upon allegations of corrupt financial relationships.
In many ways the private prison industry is at least more overt in their stance towards the oppression of people as a result of the prisoner trade. Whereby, in California you have the Prison Guards Union operating with a 22 million dollar annual budget, at least 3 full-time lobbyists, and a staff of 90 pushing tough on people (also known as “tough on crime”) legislation. You have the guards union supporting the victims rights movement with both budget and office accomodations. . . lots of people are making lots of money off the prisoner trade, CCA and the GEO group are simply more overt about their human trafficking.
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It is easier for the state governments to dole out the cash for the private prisons than take on the burden of incarcerating and rehabilitating inmates. That way they can pass the blame along and keep themselves clean. As tax paying citizens it is our money that paying for these failing prisons. We need to hold our elected officials accountable.
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