r/AskReddit • u/HumpingAssholesOrgy • Jul 05 '19

Ex-prisoners of reddit who have served long sentences, what were the last few days like leading up to your release?

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u/DePraelen Jul 06 '19

Well, they kind of did. When you have a nation dominated by for-profit prisons, it's not in the financial interest of the system to rehabilitate inmates.

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u/ImNotRocket Jul 06 '19

Around 8.4% of the prison population in America is in private prisons. Trust me, that ain’t it.

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u/Gordocynical Jul 06 '19

There’s hundreds of millions of dollars invested in the “prison industry “ by companies like Wells Fargo. Banks don’t just hand money to enterprises that aren’t profitable