here in Nevada, I've heard from a friend of mine who is a guard there that conditions are horrible.
Private run prisons should be outlawed in the U.S..

"Private prisons" have no place in our country at all.

because having the state run the prison would amount to 'expanding government'.

Congratulations, Grover.

Obviously you can tell that I don't read all the comments before posting, one of the reasons my screen name is faux pas.

'red' states wised up . I see s slight sliver of light dawning.

k&r

or is some kind of shit about to hit the fan?

In red states, no less. So much for "market efficiency".

Prisons pay quite well under the table, so I hear.

Prisons should NEVER be "outsourced" to a corporation who is in the "business" for profit.

the cost of incarcerations should always loom over a state so they can re-evaluate just how they prosecute criminals. Are the sentences for some too long? Does it really make sense for a state to pay tens of thousands of dollars a year to lock up someone whose entry into crime may have been poverty?....or might it make sense to spend some of those incarceration costs (by the state) to rehab, train & yes.. even subsidize some poor criminals before they BECOME hardened criminals in jail?


Prisons should be places to "warehouse" the vicious killers, rapists, and of course white collar criminals who may not kill their victims, but who cause mass-mayhem on whole communities, states & the nation when they swindle people out of their life-savings.

We outlawed slavery a long time ago, it died hard, thrashing around wrecking vast areas of the country (one eighth of the population. more american war casualties than all our other wars combined). The idea that it was, in any small way, an acceptable practice for the government to temporarily enslave it's own citizens is vile. The fact our prison population exploded after privatized incarceration for profit was legislated is the special diarrhea sauce to this shit sandwich.

I am inclined to react....aggressively. I want to crush this backslide into evil. Smash it serial killer style, burn the bridge (to it) behind us and napalm the surrounding countryside. I want to know all who started this, all who abused the system, all who fed the system, and all who profited. And as much as I want to subject them to the monster they created, no one deserves that. Apply justice where it is called for and to a fair extent. Remembering that, post WWII the legality of German actions based on existing German law was not questioned, only the justice according to common human beliefs.

now that corporations are people, this one should be sent to jail. Bad thing is, if prosecuted can it be sent to one of its' own prisons or would that be a conflict of interest?

Our piece of shit new Governor Mike Pence received 30k in campaign contributions from GEO and one of his very first orders of business upon becoming Gov was to push for longer prison sentences for marijuana use and sales and to LOWER the amount needed for felony conviction. The Governor, it seems, is eager to send bodies to the prison as long as the political donations keep flowing.