lilsqueakyone t1_iqoa2wy wrote on October 1, 2022 at 9:40 PM

Nothing will change until "for profit" prisons are eliminated.

danteheehaw t1_iqq9vx7 wrote on October 2, 2022 at 9:13 AM

Most are not for profit, only 8% of the prison population is in a private for profit prison. What keeps the non profit prison growth and demand is private prison guard companies, construction contracts, etc etc. Plenty of people are making money on the prisons that don't exist for profit.

Draziray t1_iqro4so wrote on October 2, 2022 at 4:37 PM

If the facility isn't for profit, but most of the companies running it are private/for profit companies, that's still a for profit prisons in my books.

charleswj t1_iqq44dp wrote on October 2, 2022 at 7:57 AM

Most prisons aren't "for profit"

Drivos t1_iqrvvus wrote on October 2, 2022 at 5:27 PM

Because most prisons aren't in the US

charleswj t1_iquo6lr wrote on October 3, 2022 at 5:47 AM

Irrelevant to a discussion about Hawaii, US.

PhillyTaco t1_ir27clp wrote on October 4, 2022 at 8:04 PM

Incarceration levels have been going down since 2008 but we had the peak number of private prisons in 2013.

Not seeing much correlation.

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/08/16/americas-incarceration-rate-lowest-since-1995/

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/04/11/u-s-private-prison-population-has-declined-in-recent-years/