Sanders and Ellison have introduced bills to ban private companies from running prisons

[Indydem]

79. Wrong end of the equation.

You blame the corporations who run the private prisons for these things (if they are actually even an issue, not rantings from people making assumptions).

I blame the government entities in charge of overseeing the prisons. They can set rules and regulations on all of those things you mention. Audit the prisons randomly and unannounced to assure that the standards are being met. I have a strong suspicion that this is already being done, and there are standards and checks being performed - the segment of our party that abhors capitalism just can't accept the idea that private companies are making money.

It is funny that the list of things you list as commons are almost entirely made up of private companies, operating with strong government oversight and regulations. Private companies pave and maintain the roads under contact, supervision, and inspection of the DOT of authority. Healthcare is provided by private hospitals and doctors under scrutiny and certification of their local authorities. Electricity is provided by private companies (in most locales) under the supervision of a utilities board. Food is produced by private companies under supervision and authority of their local and federal agencies. Prisons are absolutely no different in any way; a service can be provided by private companies under strict supervision, while saving the taxpayers money in the process and providing jobs.