If the First Paragraph of This Alone Doesn't Give You Chills..It's Like a Horror Film

[tclambert]

37. Oh, c'mon. The profit motive never, ever leads to evil. What could possibly go wrong?

Let's see, here's a partial list:

1) Prison officials will charge for prisoners who don't exist or have died in custody.
2) Prison officials will find ways to add years to prisoners' sentences for manufactured infractions, especially when the prison population looks like it will drop.
3) Prisoners will be shorted on food, clothing, and medical care because those things cost money.
4) Prison operators will dramatically raise rates when they trap the state into having to use their services.
5) Guards will only get a little "on the job" training, meaning no real training at all.
6) Prisoners who complain or try to file lawsuits over brutal treatment will disappear or die in "accidents."
7) Eventually, the weight of paying legal penalties and corruption will force the federal government to step in and take over the prisons.