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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The one with the least amount of repeat offenders.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Why would a for-profit business not want repeat customers?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Also most prisons the world over are not for profit businesses.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

...and the home of the brave!

Play ball!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

For-profit prison inmates are more like slaves than customers.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Excellent point, slave labour can be another revenue stream

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

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 $$$.