"There's no reason to build this in Guantánamo unless you want to do things you don't think you could get away with on the U.S. mainland. It's easy to put tents in Florida. But they're putting them in Cuba. Ask yourself why."
Really, it began it’s current form when other slavery was outlawed, so states started capturing free slaves for “crimes” and leasing them out to their former owners. It’s only a small evolution from there to today.
Slavery is independent of prison ownership. You’re referring to involuntary servitude versus the abolished chattel slavery. Privatization is an additional layer of systemic oppression.
Private prisons may or may not partake in indentured servitude. In addition to participating in the constitutionally protected slavery, they have far more systemic problems than public prisons. The goal is to spend as little as possible to meet minimum legal requirements in order to maximize profit (it’s a business, after all). Many of these for-profit prisons are infrequently or improperly evaluated, leading to far worse conditions than governmentally run prisons. There have also been countless cases of people being denied parole to maintain minimum headcount.
Modern private prisons first emerged in 1984 when the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), now known as CoreCivic, was awarded a contract to take over operation of a jail in Hamilton County, Tennessee. See comment below for link to the origins of private prisons.
Fascinating. They’re much older than that of the sources I’ve read. Thanks for the link!
My point about the difference between public vs private prisons being independent of prisons that participate in indentured servitude still stands. One does not imply the other.
It began in the 1980s, when Republicans went full-throttle into privatization.
Really, it began it’s current form when other slavery was outlawed, so states started capturing free slaves for “crimes” and leasing them out to their former owners. It’s only a small evolution from there to today.
Slavery is independent of prison ownership. You’re referring to involuntary servitude versus the abolished chattel slavery. Privatization is an additional layer of systemic oppression.
Private prisons may or may not partake in indentured servitude. In addition to participating in the constitutionally protected slavery, they have far more systemic problems than public prisons. The goal is to spend as little as possible to meet minimum legal requirements in order to maximize profit (it’s a business, after all). Many of these for-profit prisons are infrequently or improperly evaluated, leading to far worse conditions than governmentally run prisons. There have also been countless cases of people being denied parole to maintain minimum headcount.
Modern private prisons first emerged in 1984 when the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), now known as CoreCivic, was awarded a contract to take over operation of a jail in Hamilton County, Tennessee.See comment below for link to the origins of private prisons.This is factually incorrect.
https://time.com/5405158/the-true-history-of-americas-private-prison-industry/
Fascinating. They’re much older than that of the sources I’ve read. Thanks for the link!
My point about the difference between public vs private prisons being independent of prisons that participate in indentured servitude still stands. One does not imply the other.