MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social to memes@lemmy.world · 2 days agoI looked it up. I struggle to live not as well as a Norwegian prisoner.ani.socialimagemessage-square137linkfedilinkarrow-up1679arrow-down16
arrow-up1673arrow-down1imageI looked it up. I struggle to live not as well as a Norwegian prisoner.ani.socialMyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social to memes@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square137linkfedilink
minus-squareregdog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up45arrow-down3·1 day agoBut american prisons generate more profit for the private sector. So who can really say which system is better?
minus-squareMyDarkestTimeline01@ani.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 day agoThe one with the least amount of repeat offenders.
minus-squareAeonFelis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·1 day agoWhy would a for-profit business not want repeat customers?
minus-squarehungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 day agoFor-profit prison inmates are more like slaves than customers.
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·19 hours agoExcellent point, slave labour can be another revenue stream
minus-squarehungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoHow are they the product? Okay, apparently some american prisons make you pay for the privilege of being in a cage, but I believe that using ‘forced labor’ (euphemism for slavery) is their main source of $$$.
minus-squareMyDarkestTimeline01@ani.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day agoAlso most prisons the world over are not for profit businesses.
minus-squareGeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours ago…and the home of the brave! Play ball!
But american prisons generate more profit for the private sector. So who can really say which system is better?
The one with the least amount of repeat offenders.
Why would a for-profit business not want repeat customers?
For-profit prison inmates are more like slaves than customers.
Excellent point, slave labour can be another revenue stream
They’re the product.
How are they the product? Okay, apparently some american prisons make you pay for the privilege of being in a cage, but I believe that using ‘forced labor’ (euphemism for slavery) is their main source of $$$.
Also most prisons the world over are not for profit businesses.
…and the home of the brave!
Play ball!