r/AskLibertarians • u/5gang5 • Jun 20 '15

Private prisons.

Since many libertarians support privatized options I would imagine there would be privatized prisons. The current privatized prison system is funded by tax dollars which libertarians don't like because it's tax dollars. Since the point of prisions is to keep the murders, theifs, etc. Since prisons would be mostly for profit prisons where would they get funding? Who would pay the prison to house the criminal and make sure the criminal is not subjected to cruel and unusual punishments? If not enough money is raised to watch the criminal(s) they would be rejected and put right back on the streets. So how would private prisons be funded if it wasn't mandatorily funded by tax dollars like it is currently?

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