Damik Posted March 9, 2011 Author Share Posted March 9, 2011 There have been cases in the US of local judges taking kickbacks from privatised prisons to give out longer sentences. Makes sense if your business model is utilising convict labour- but does inject perverse incentives into sentencing policy. nobody is talking about prison privatisation here ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injin Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 nobody is talking about prison privatisation here ... That's right. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damik Posted March 9, 2011 Author Share Posted March 9, 2011 That's right. Well done. The work is done by Unicor, previously known as Federal Prison Industries. It’s a government-owned corporation, established during the Depression, that employs about 20,000 inmates in 70 prisons to make everything from clothing to office furniture to solar panels to military electronics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injin Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 (edited) The work is done by Unicor, previously known as Federal Prison Industries. It’s a government-owned corporation, established during the Depression, that employs about 20,000 inmates in 70 prisons to make everything from clothing to office furniture to solar panels to military electronics. Yes, and all the principles of imprioning people in order to make a profit apply to government agencies just as much as private ones. Edited March 9, 2011 by Injin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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