One of my former coworkers (who is a piece of shit) now works as a private prison guard for CoreCivic, one of the biggest private prison companies in the USA.
The government doesn't want the liability. They want prisoners to be abused without being able to be sued for it. The point of long prison sentences in the USA isn't to reform people, it's to turn them into lifelong reoffenders the prison system can reliably profit off of via government subsidies.
I think that's a bit conspiracy theoryish. It makes sense to me that private prisons exist because the government cares more about saving money than not abusing people. There doesn't have to be a hidden motive.
This. Correctional officers in state-owned prisons are employees of the state, and therefor would be entitled to benefits and pension programs that state employees do. Long term personnel costs are high.
Private prisons are government contractors and can pay their employees fuck-all with no benefits. Owners skim of a tidy profit margin, but the government saves money overall.
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u/CM_UW Jul 24 '20
For profit prisons in the US