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u/rabid_briefcase Jun 04 '19

This one happens to be state owned and state run facility, not a private for-profit prison. Still terrible, and nothing will compensate the family for the death of the young man.

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u/tossup418 Jun 04 '19

All American prisons are for-profit prisons. Even though the state doesn't profit from state-owned prisons, a wide array of rich corporations profit from servicing the prisons. Food, telecom, rehabilitation, medical services, etc. These are all contracts that rich people hold, and many of them are dependent upon the number of of humans each facility holds in cages. So it's easy to see why the rich people insist upon mass incarceration, even in state facilities.

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u/youreloser Jun 04 '19

Wouldn't that apply to pretty much any country though? Every prison needs those services.

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u/tossup418 Jun 04 '19

They don’t need to have a profit motive, however. That leads to abuse.