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SsiSsiSsiSsi t1_j0vu951 wrote

Reply to comment by AudibleNod in Man mistakenly released from jail charged after allegedly killing man at Ohio gas station by AudibleNod

Generally speaking the people talking about private prisons have little idea of what they’re talking about; a lot of that has changed, and only about 14% of inmates are in private hands, and that number is falling.

BUT it was a talking point years ago, and people are slow to catch up.

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AudibleNod OP t1_j0vv1a9 wrote

I've noticed that.

It also doesn't absolve responsibility on the part of government. Prisoners are still 'wards of the state' regardless of who's directly running the thing.

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riptide81 t1_j0w0npv wrote

That cuts both ways as significant portions of day to day operations have been privatized so there is still an industry and lobbying. Some people use the statistic of completely privately run prisons to hand wave away the issue.

(Obviously, it doesn’t apply to this particular muck up)

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Thr0waway3691215 t1_j0xn5e7 wrote

Yeah, now they just privatize all the really profitable prison services like phone calls and commissary. They let the state handle the unprofitable stuff like incarceration.

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