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28. Isn't the idea of a (modern) Prison System...

to keep the Prison Population as LOW as possible? I mean, if the idea is that a prison is a mostly closed environment in which rehabilitation can be achieved, so that repeat offenses don't occur, this idea FAILS.
Even if you disagree with the above statement, and believe that prison time is an act of straight punishment for crimes committed, that punishment costs society money, and therefore, you want the prison population as low as possible, reserved ONLY for those who CANNOT function in an open society under almost ANY circumstances (see Charlie Manson). And if THAT is your measure, again, this just FAILS.

The maintenance of a Prison System is a Public RESPONSIBILITY, no matter how distasteful it might sometimes be. The idea that that Civic Responsibility can be outsourced for a quick buck destroys the very idea of Civic Maintenance. The thing that strikes me as truly sad about this is that people think this is somehow NEW. Congress has decided to outsource the decision to make War (to the Executive) because its politically easier, and that same Congress (as a body politic) has outsourced responsibility for maintenance of the economy to Wall Street and The Fed instead of the Treasury. (I'm NOT a Paul-bot, BTW)
It's not a new idea, it's just found a nice, new mechanism of implementation. Whatever Public Servant who agreed to this in the first place should be fired, put INTO that prison, and kept there until he can pass a basic Theory of Government class.

We get the Government we deserve. The problem, is, half of the Morans don't think we should really have one at all, and the other half apparently all work on Wall Street.