Privatising the prison system discussion.

[skidMark]

So is there some suggestion that the crims are going to have to work to make the prison viable or are you just scared they will make you work when they cotton on to your benefit fraud?

Jesus skiddy, I just asked if there was some suggestion the crims were going to have to earn their keep and some invalid got all pissy about it.

Contradicting yaself there Noel.

[reofix]

Call for tenders around the world to take our prisoners for the length of their sentence... Bolivia might take a 100 or so to clean their sewers ... only stipulation prisoner must be returned alive at end of sentence... condition apart from that ... immaterial

[The Stranger:Me]

Contradicting yaself there Noel.

Well, I'm convinced.
You really do qualify for the invalids benefit.

[Mully]

Private corporations should not be running prisons except under the strictest conditions.
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Bingo.

I think if privatisation is done properly with strict performance controls and penalties for non-performance on the company running it, it could be a goer.

Obviously, some smart people with suits and offices would have to work out the contracts.

[skidMark]

Bingo.

I think if privatisation is done properly with strict performance controls and penalties for non-performance on the company running it, it could be a goer.

Obviously, some smart people with suits and offices would have to work out the contracts.

Yeah the problem is how are these private companys going to make money without taking jobs from other genuine people.....

Doesn't matter what product they make, somebody who is deserving of it and the money could have it...

It is very much a moral dilemma.

[Mully]

Yeah the problem is how are these private companys going to make money without taking jobs from other genuine people.....

Doesn't matter what product they make, somebody who is deserving of it and the money could have it...

It is very much a moral dilemma.

Not really.

They get paid X dollars per year per prisoner. Minus Y dollars per escape. Minus Z Dollars per suicide/serious assult in custody. And they are legislatively restricted away from what they can do in industry.

The government retains ownership of the land and the buildings are leased to the prison companies.

[Robert Taylor]

Call for tenders around the world to take our prisoners for the length of their sentence... Bolivia might take a 100 or so to clean their sewers ... only stipulation prisoner must be returned alive at end of sentence... condition apart from that ... immaterial

How about giving them do it yourself suicide kits, those that successfully exercise that option will save taxpayers millions.

[gatch]

chain them together and make em march up and down the side of the road collecting rubbish, they get $1 an hour + $1/kilo of in-organic waste.

If rubbish is found on their patch, they get fined, if they find money it goes towards new whips, ankle cuffs, and stainless polish for the guards mossbergs..

See how many repeat offenders then..

[skidMark]

chain them together and make em march up and down the side of the road collecting rubbish, they get $1 an hour + $1/kilo of in-organic waste.

If rubbish is found on their patch, they get fined, if they find money it goes towards new whips, ankle cuffs, and stainless polish for the guards mossbergs..

See how many repeat offenders then..

painting over tagging... etc etc

i think you may get some re offend though, pissed off from thier treatment.

Id prefer they were in padded rooms with no way of exercise and only fed rice...

So when they get out they are weak powerless and couldn't hurt a fly.

[Mr Merde]

Privatisation sounds like a good idea to me.

The company could offer a minimum level of comfort and anything else could be supplied at a cost to the prisoner or their families.

Make those inside pay their way so that we the taxpayers dont have to support them in semi luxury.

If they want study faciliuties then they should pay for them. If they want TV then they pay for it.

I'm tired of those persons who have been convicted of criminal behaviour living off the backs of us, their potential victims.

[Finn]

The only people who should have the authority to take away a citizens freedom and lock him up, is the state

Yes and it's called the court. Privatising prisons is good.

[EatOrBeEaten]

Privatisation sounds like a good idea to me.

The company could offer a minimum level of comfort and anything else could be supplied at a cost to the prisoner or their families.

Make those inside pay their way so that we the taxpayers dont have to support them in semi luxury.

If they want study faciliuties then they should pay for them. If they want TV then they pay for it.

I'm tired of those persons who have been convicted of criminal behaviour living off the backs of us, their potential victims.

So the Mr. Bigs and fraudsters can spend their sentence in luxury, while a poor idiot in for theft or whatever lives in shitty, basic conditions? That's the model prisons in places like Columbia are run on, doesn't strike me as a sensible way forward.

Given the number of reoffences, there has to be a better method of punishment AND rehabilitation than just locking someone up so they can learn better B&E methods for a few months...

[Indiana_Jones]

painting over tagging... etc etc

i think you may get some re offend though, pissed off from thier treatment.

Well the lefty, touchy-feely method has failed.

-Indy

[skidMark]

Yes and it's called the court. Privatising prisons is good.

Wow finn i agree with you, ya mustve hit puberty!, and luck with the growth spurt?

[Mully]

Given the number of reoffences, there has to be a better method of punishment AND rehabilitation than just locking someone up so they can learn better B&E methods for a few months...

Yep, it's called a bullet.

Punishes them (they won't do it again) and rehabilitates them (as compost, mainly)

And costs about 3c a go.