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Societies that privatize their correction system leading to inmates being raw material for generating profits, are in my eyes not allowed to carry the name 'society' (coming from latin socius = companion or fellow)[0] anymore.

They are not fellows who correct and punish, they are slavers, outsourcing slavery for generating tax revenue and private revenue alike.

I totally cannot understand any rationale behind a privatization of prisons, as it totally runs contrary to what society should want to get out of a prison system (rehabilitation, correcting wrong behavior, punishment).

I know, I might sound harsh, but I really have no idea how a society can want a system like this, that extorts prisoners for privatized gains.

[0]: https://translate.google.com/?ie=UTF-8&hl=de&client=tw-ob#la...



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