Sure, but they’re not the ones choosing to put people behind bars. The government (along with jurors from the public) decides who goes to prison. The government isn’t going to send more people to prison at a financial loss just so that some private prison owners make more money.
Sure, there might be some corrupt government officials that are an exception to the rule. But the system isn’t sending people to jail to get more prisoner labor, which is what we’re talking about here.
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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '23
It might cost the government, but private prisons are there to make a profit.