Disadvantages Of Private Prisons

Private prisons can be a profitable and secure alternative to government run State prisons, but will they actually help rehabilitate criminal when private prisons profit come from the number of prisoners they house? Private prison also known as for-profit prisons are thirty party company’s that are contracted by government who pays a per diem or monthly rate for each prisoner, this normally cost less of what it would if it was run by the state. The saving is what the government considerers the most, when it comes to prison privatization.( Advantages and Disadvantages of Private Prisons)
The way they manages to do this is by paying less for labor by lowering compensation when it come for health benefits, compensations claims or overtime claims. This can cause unhappy employees and a higher turnover for job position. They also cut cost by providing less training, making their employees not capable of doing their job. The Justice Department reported that there were higher numbers of safety and security incidents at some private facilities than public. The care of
If the goal is to earn money, then a high prison population is the end goal. This will cause the prison need of inmates to replace those who no longer are in, meaning law will need to be strictly enforce or by giving longer sentence or by making them complete their sentences instead of allowing them to get parole. This is just like any other business, they will do what they need to do to have their “customers” come back. A study by Anita Mukherjee, found that inmates who were held in private prisons in Mississippi from 1996 to 2004 served 7 percent longer than those who served similar sentence in public prison. Private prison will always look for way to make more money even if it deprive the inmates.( Impacts of Private Prison Contracting on Inmate Time Served and