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Originally Posted by freeform911
The problem is for profit prisons.
They're paid big$ to keep them full.
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That was my point, and why I think private, for-profit prisons can work better than government run prisons. If they get paid by the head, sure, they are going to want to keep the cells full.
But if, as I said, they get paid according to the recidivism and employability of the prisoners when they get out, they'll work at preparing the criminals to function in normal society.
As I said:
" If a prison's success was measured by how many inmates were prepared and obtained jobs after release vs how many ended up back in prison, and they were paid on the basis of their success, we would have better outcomes from our prison system. The idea of warehousing people for some number of months and then just turning them out into society hoping they will behave is insane - but that's our system."
I am amazed at how ignorant J (the kid who works for me) is of normal life. He doesn't know how to use cash for legal transactions. His other employer deposits his pay in some kind of account and J has a Walmart debit card that he uses to debit that account for everything he buys. He didn't know there were penalties for driving without a license or insurance. He wastes incredible amounts of money just because he doesn't know how spend wisely. Three years of sitting around with nothing to do and he was taught NOTHING about how to live once he got out. Totally effed up system.