Should Not Privatize Prisons

Prisons should not be privatized because punishing criminal activity should not be a

profit business. It is not the place of private prisons to administer punishments. It is the State or

government that decides who is a prisoner so they should remain responsible for them until

rehabilitated. It is wrong to put a private company that makes a profit off a being in charge of

prison operations because their goal is profit not punishment or rehabilitation. Private prisons

that cut costs may risk security problems because cutting costs often means cutting corners. I

think private prisons are wrong, but .

Prison should not be privatized because the path to profit is to treat human beings badly.

Prisons are based on two things custody and care. No one wants to cut corners on the custody

aspects of a prison. Care is the only part of a budget that has room to be cut. "One way for-profit

prisons to minimize costs is by skimping on provisions, including food. "A psychiatrist who

investigated a privately run prison in Mississippi found that the inmates were severely underfed

and looked "almost emaciated." During their incarceration, prisoners lost anywhere from 10 to

60 pounds." Citation Steven Starkey/nAdditionally, there is a financial incentive to do a bad job. The more effective a

correctional facility is, the less need of its services. If the inmates have educational, work release

programs, medical care such as anger management or mental health while locked up its less

likely for them to return to a prison after being released. There will never be a point of not

needing prisons; if there is better correctional policies and administration could result in a

SHOULD NOT PRIVATIZE PRISONS

reduction of need. Privatized prisons are disastrous from the point of view of a profit

organization./nFinally, the most important reason Prison should not be privatized is the right to punish

belongs only to the state. The criminal justice system is the process by which legally deprive

human beings of their guaranteed rights. When someone other than the state tries to deprive

someone of these freedoms and rights, charge them with crimes so if it is a privatized prison

doing no different than one that committed the crime.

Prisons should not be privatized because punishing criminal activity should not be a "for

profit" business. It is not the place of private prisons to administer prisoner punishments because

it is the State government that determine who is a prisoner and they should remain responsible

for them until time has been served. Private prisons that cut costs may risk security problems

because cutting costs often means cutting corners which is less/nSHOULD NOT PRIVATIZE PRISONS

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