Private Prisons Pros And Cons

There has constantly been a fight between whether or not private prisons should be legally allowed in America since 1984, when the first private prison was created. Although some private prisons may help with jobs within the prison, rehabilitation and benifiting “the inmates with some acquired skills that they could use during their reintegration process that [helped] welcomed them back to the society” (logan, 1990). Despite numerous advantages of private prisons, such as cost effectiveness and relieving public prisons of overcrowdedness. A variety of disadvantages exist that ultimately hinder the process of privatization. For instance; neglected prisoners, patrens turn into profit, and do not always keep staff training up to date. One of the main motives behind private prisons is profit. Although private prisons are

One discovery he made was “that there was 49% more assaults on inmates by staff and 65% more assaults by inmates in the private run facilities than in the facilities that were learn by the government” (Austin 2001). This is just one of many pieces that show how privatized prisons are not as adequate as they say to be. Most people do not realize how much we spend on prisons and inmates each year and how much money contributes to their living conditions. To put in perspective, “each U.S. resident is paying about $260 per year on corrections.” ( Picchi 2014) This amounts to roughly $47,000 per year to hold in inmate in prison just in the state of California. Regardless, more than two-thirds of the costs go towards security and inmate health care. Private prisons get their fundings based off how many inmates they have at a time, so they tend to neglect programs that help serve good time (which helps lower sentence times) in order to keep them at the prison for longer and continue to get profit off of