Dangers Of Private Prisons

With private prisons not cracking down on safety it makes it more dangerous for inmates to be held there. Private prisons confiscated eight times more cell phones than they did in the state facilities. They even had a higher rate of physical assaults. A big problem in any prisons is sexual assault. vox wrote an article “A federal report just confirmed it: for-profit prisons are more dangerous than public ones” is about the danger in private prisons. In this article that can be found at https://www.vox.com/2016/8/12/12454410/private-prisons-violence-investigation, you can find a video explaining that the inmates usually get charged with mandatory minimums. When they give them mandatory minimums your giving them 5, 10, 20, or even life sentencings