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OK let's talk some real.
For-profit prison companies are an abomination.
While they remain in the mix none of the incentives change.
For-profit prison companies are an abomination.
While they remain in the mix none of the incentives change.
Creating an institution that benefits from increased imprisonment results in more and more imprisonment over time because financial incentives continuously demand it.
The US rate has long been outrageous and unlike any other in the civilized world.
The US rate has long been outrageous and unlike any other in the civilized world.
To imprison people you have to arrest people, so drug laws also create all sorts of perverse and corrupting incentives, especially those aimed at popular ones such as cannabis where there are countless millions of potential "criminals" to arrest.
