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The Pros And Cons Of Privately Run Prisons

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The never-ending battle between government run prisons and privately run prisons continues to grow every single day. Both state and individual run facilities have their pros and cons. Although some union confinements can sometimes be better maintained and easier to keep running, the advantages of independent run penitentiaries greatly outweigh the pros of union run pens. Privately run confinements should be a consideration due to their cost efficiency, their ability to be less congested, and their improved security. Privately run compounds are now taking time to establish versus the amount of time spent on governmentally run confinements. “The private sector built prisons in half the time at half the cost” (“Private Prison Crisis”). Due to the fact that individual run penitentiaries take only half the time to establish, it causes profits to go up tremendously. Due to the time being spent building the prison, the government is losing large amounts of their profits. “While state run pens are only making about 2.5% in their early years, privately run facilities are making an outstanding amount of 20%” (“Private Prison Crisis”). As studies have shown the government is not only taking more time to establish their confinements but their prisons are also much smaller. Taking more time to establish is not only losing them money, but it has also caused many more problems. As individually run facilities take over, the advantages keep improving the chances that one day privately run

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