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how?
Police unions. Less than ten percent of federal prisons are private. Who do you think lobbies more: 10% of prisons or the unions for 90% of federal prison employees?
The public ones still give out contracts for all of the services performed.
oh i see, you mean every US prison. couldn't think of a reason why any prison would be for profit this side of the pond
I mean the UK put a dude in prison for four months for having a miniature Master Sword on a street alone thanks to CCTV.
UK has outsourced prisons to for profit companies, too.
As a country we spend too much time looking at the US and deciding we want to be more like that. It's infuriating.
yes but i seem to be missing the for-profit bit of that arrest
CCTV operators, piggies doing the arrest, entire court system, prison, all the fucking private contractors involved?