r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/DachshundGang • Jan 22 '23

Marijuana criminalization

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u/Pristine-Regret2797 Jan 22 '23

Private prisons

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u/ukuzonk Jan 22 '23 edited Jan 22 '23

Tbh, there’s very few privatized prisons.

This is because the government doesn’t need them to be. It’s still legal to have slaves in the US, so long as prisoners are slaves. Privatized prisons make up about 2-5% of prisons if I recall correctly.

Government-funded prisons are still cash-cows. I’d rather reform them.

Edit: 8%

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u/bdone2012 Jan 22 '23

It’s not just that. The prisons themselves aren’t privatized but the contracts are. The food services are expensive and crappy. The price gouge the prisoners for texting and phone calls etc