Should criminal justice go private?
First let us quote Wikipedia which defines it:
privatization entails private-sector control over all the decisions regarding the use of resources devoted to the protection of persons and property.
So the question is should we hand over the role of pursuing justice to the private sector? Private law enforcers, private prisons, private courts, and overall private protection of people and property?
What do you think is right?
No. The profit motive has no place in pursuing justice. The privatization of the prison system has been a disaster already.
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what?? it is working perfectly. why just the other day i saw a jail threatening to shutdown if they didn't get more inmates.... as if that was a problem. /s (just in case)
There have been reports of judges accepting kickbacks from private prison corporations. That can't happen if all the prisons are part of the public sector.
It's a very sick situation that's costing the tax payer a fortune:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison%E2%80%93industrial_complex
Look at the skyrocketing prison population.
Prison–industrial complex
The term "prison–industrial complex" (PIC), derived from the "military–industrial complex" of the 1950s, describes the attribution of the rapid expansion of the US inmate population to the political influence of private prison companies and businesses that supply goods and services to government prison agencies for profit. The most common agents of PIC are corporations that contract cheap prison labor, construction companies, surveillance technology vendors, companies that operate prison food services and medical facilities, prison guard unions, private probation companies, lawyers, and lobby groups that represent them.
The portrayal of prison-building/expansion as a means of creating employment opportunities and the utilization of inmate labor are particularly harmful elements of the prison-industrial complex as they boast clear economic benefits at the expense of the incarcerated populace. The term also refers to the network of participants who prioritize personal financial gain over rehabilitating criminals.
yes, i know. the town I live in now asked for a jail expansion.. and when they didn't get the votes... they are like yea, fuck you guys, doing it anyway.
I'd rather a decentralized AI court system, property recorded on blockchain (who owns what etc). I dont know enough about what happens if you privatize law enforcement.