Reasons Against the Privatization of Prisons

Reasons Against the Privatization of Prisons

Prisons should not be privatized because punishing criminal activity should not be a profit business. It is not the place of private prisons to administer punishments. It is the state or government that decides who a prisoner is so they should remain responsible for them until rehabilitated.  Therefore, it is wrong to put a private company that makes a profit off a being in charge of prison operations because their goal is profit, not punishment or rehabilitation. Private prisons that cut costs may risk security problems because cutting costs often means using the wrong ways to achieve set goals. I think private prisons are wrong as the path to profit is to treat human beings badly, privatization gives the companies financial incentive to do a bad job to maintain the need for prisons, and the right to punish belongs only to the state.

Prison should not be privatized because the Prisons are based on two things; custody and care. No one wants to cut corners on the custody aspects of a prison. Care is the only part of a budget that has room to be cut. “One way for for-profit prisons to minimize costs is by skimping on provisions, including food. A psychiatrist who investigated a privately run prison in Mississippi found that the inmates were severely underfed and looked “almost emaciated.” During their incarceration, prisoners lost anywhere from 10 to 60 pounds.”

Additionally, there is a The more effective a correctional facility is, the less need for its services. If the inmates have educational, work-release programs, and medical care such as anger management or mental health while locked up, it’s less likely for them to return to prison after being released. There will never be a point of not needing prisons; however, better correctional policies and administration could result in a reduction of need. Privatized prisons are disastrous from the point of view of a profit organization.

Finally, prisons should not be privatized as the right to punish belongs only to the state. The criminal justice system is the process by which human beings are legally deprived of their guaranteed rights. When someone other than the state tries to deprive someone of these freedoms and rights, they are no different than one that committed the crime.

Prisons should not be privatized because punishing criminal activity should not be a “for-profit” business. Private prisons should not administer prisoner punishments because the Private prisons that cut costs may risk security problems because cutting costs often means cutting corners, which is less efficient in the long run. 

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Department of Homeland Security. (2019). DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR COUNTERING TERRORISM AND TARGETED VIOLENCE. https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/19_0920_plcy_strategic-framework-countering-terrorism-targeted-violence.pdf

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