Comment: what about Bastoy Prison Island?

that's a good point...

but humor me for a minute..

funding the prisons takes money from law abiding citizens too right? I mean the money comes from somewhere... maybe not as much but it does.

As it turns out, rehabilitation works better than retribution. Look at what they do with prisoners in Norway for example...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1mhhtpmXfo

I'm not convinced it's the privatization that is the root of this very real problem. I think it's, as always, government - corporation alliances like contracts without proper competition, or lobbying to fill up the prisons. Our prison system is unbelievably corrupt, all the way to the judges (like this bastard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8JRMGP2hg8 )

I'm just saying there is remediation value to learning a trade while in prison, and there must be a way to make this work without encouraging incarceration or destroying an otherwise healthy non-incarcerated labor force.