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elizabeth-cooper t1_iwv20av wrote

Reply to comment by set-271 in Federal Monitor Who Watches Over Rikers Island Has Made $18 million from NYC Taxpayers...and counting by mattkatz00

There are no for-profit prisons in New York State.

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set-271 t1_iwv2zby wrote

Correct...but Hochul is trying to bring them back. And its still costing tax payers billions annually.

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elizabeth-cooper t1_iwv3pw1 wrote

Source? The only think I see she's looking to allow is prisoners working for private companies for higher wages than they could earn working for the DOC, and would assist with re-entry after incarceration.

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-jails-jobs-new-initiative-improve-re-entry-workforce-and-reduce

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set-271 t1_iwv42yl wrote

Maybe we're taking the same thing...

https://www.nysfocus.com/2022/02/23/hochul-proposes-bringing-back-private-prison-labor/

Here's the critique of it which I agree with.

https://citylimits.org/2022/03/10/opinion-new-york-should-reject-a-return-to-private-prison-labor/

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elizabeth-cooper t1_iwv53ne wrote

Yes, we're talking about the same proposal. It doesn't mean for-profit prisons. There will remain no for-profit prisons in New York.

Anyway, I don't see any critique in that article. It only says that it doesn't work out so well in other states because the companies don't offer much in the way of worker protections. New York has much stronger worker protection laws than many other states, so it's likely things will be different here.

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