Should there be privatized prisons? 11 Articles

by Eric Bradstreet

While I do not claim to be an expert on criminal justice, I do see the value of privatization in most areas traditionally thought to be the province of the state. With the right safeguards, the incarceration (and hopefull...read more

by Michael Tabbs

Private for-profit prisons are long overdue and would allow prisoners to actually repay their debt to society. A private prison could produce goods at a cost lower than our foreign competitors and actually create jobs in t...read more

by Jeff Vidrine

Privatized prisons have a checkered history in the United States. The theory is that private, for-profit corporations can incarcerate felons at a cheaper rate than public institutions. As you will see, cost is very import...read more

by Melinda L.

Prisons in general are not the happiest of all places to probably work, or be sitting in because of any crime. Either a public or private-runned prison will still implement similar rules, regulalations and standards as eac...read more

by Ben Hughes

In my humble opinion, with a Masters degree in criminology and criminal justice, prisons should remain part of the state responsibility and should never be wholly privatised. They deal with criminals some of the toughest ...read more

by Steve Martin

Absolutely not. For the following reasons: 1. Why should private companies have the right to control anybody to the extent that prisons do? The morality of this is dubious in the extreme. 2. Private prisons run for profi...read more

by Laura Leigh Fields

People who break the law should be punished, plain and simple. There should not be certain rules set in place for certain people. It sickens me to think that wealthy people can break the same laws that poor people can and ...read more

by Holly Rogers

While this may not be the case with all privatized prisons, I actually do work for one which is privately run, and personally, I believe this prison is more effective in rehabilitating prisoners than any other prison I am ...read more

by Bryan Fisher

As with many other questions of privatization, I believe that privatizing prisons can be a very good thing. Contrary to many opinions, private prisons give their employees the opportunity to make significantly more than t...read more

by Gloria Cannon

We definitely need privatized prisons. Without the private prisons we would not have room for the inmates we currently have. Private prisons serve as an over flow for other prisons. If not for these private prisons we w...read more

by Jackie Griffey

Should Prisons Pay for Themselves? There has been a lot of publicity lately about privatizing government programs and projects which have problems (have problems being the understatement of the year). The prison sys...read more