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[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

But there are "for-profit prisons," I personally am not sure how that functions, but also the inmates are required to have a job in the prison earning just a few insulting pennies per day, becoming useful to society making license plates or whatever the heck labor they make prisoners do.

[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

The profit is they steal your tax dollars in exchange for making you feel better about crime by satisfying your bloodlust and desire for revenge even though they demonstrably worsen the situation

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 day ago

Besides the slavery, government also pays them to keep people in prison. Then they can use all that money to lobby for things like weed being illegal so more people go to jail, more immigrant harassment, etc

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

They turn a profit by contracting their services out to governments and businesses