marshaul
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40s-and-wfan wrote:
Please explain to me where the money comes from to fund private prisons. Prisons generally cost money, they do not make it. Do you really expect me to believe these privately owned prisons turn a profit producing license plates?
If so, I would argue that function should still be performed by government. Overseeing criminal justice is one of the few valid functions of government. If justice can be run as a for-profit business, then why should that business not be owned by the people so that the tax burden necessary to support penal justice may be reduced?
Edit: Gosh darn it, I just triple-posted again. Apologies all. Please see my posts at the end of the previous page.
40s-and-wfan wrote:
I've heard this before. The part I have a hard time understanding is as follows:As for your original comment in the paragraph I quoted above regarding wasting tax-payer money on these prisons, don't worry about that. The prison in Hardin, Montana is a privately owned prison. The prison in Shelby, Montana is also a privately owned prison. No tax-payer money is wasted that way. If you own the prison, my money isn't being wasted. I don't know how a private company can waste tax-payer money like that.
There are several examples of criminals from one state being housed in an institution in another state. If one state doesn't have room at their crowbar hotels, they can and sometimes do contract with other states to house the more serious offenders.
Please explain to me where the money comes from to fund private prisons. Prisons generally cost money, they do not make it. Do you really expect me to believe these privately owned prisons turn a profit producing license plates?
If so, I would argue that function should still be performed by government. Overseeing criminal justice is one of the few valid functions of government. If justice can be run as a for-profit business, then why should that business not be owned by the people so that the tax burden necessary to support penal justice may be reduced?
Edit: Gosh darn it, I just triple-posted again. Apologies all. Please see my posts at the end of the previous page.