05-28-2003, 02:22 PM
And it started in the Clinton presidency with bipartisan support. Those folks getting arrested are being sent, in some cases, to prisons that are run by contractors, not the state, but contractors. Right, that's someone who cares about the eventual reform of the prisoner, some one in it for a buck. Having seen the damage done to some federal work forces by mass 'contracting' and the loss of talent and corporate knowledge inherent in that, I can only present a loud raspberry.
I must ask how 'prison for profit' is a valid by product of our system? The allegation is that states are inefficient. OK, do the Deming, and work at finding and eliminating inefficiency. It takes work, but some sectors of the federal government have found ways to apply process control to cut waste. States can as well. Paying someone a profit margin does not represent waste? Lets see, if he can do it for less, make a corporate profit, he must simply be paying the employees less money for the same job, or for doing a job less well. Wonderful.
The State puts the criminal in jail. I contend that the State incurs an obligation to the prisoner to ensure humane treatment. There is no profit margin in rehabilitation, so for damned sure, contract run prisons are merely canning trouble for future use.
For getting stoned.
Blast it, is this 1968 all over again? *pulls hair*
I must ask how 'prison for profit' is a valid by product of our system? The allegation is that states are inefficient. OK, do the Deming, and work at finding and eliminating inefficiency. It takes work, but some sectors of the federal government have found ways to apply process control to cut waste. States can as well. Paying someone a profit margin does not represent waste? Lets see, if he can do it for less, make a corporate profit, he must simply be paying the employees less money for the same job, or for doing a job less well. Wonderful.
The State puts the criminal in jail. I contend that the State incurs an obligation to the prisoner to ensure humane treatment. There is no profit margin in rehabilitation, so for damned sure, contract run prisons are merely canning trouble for future use.
For getting stoned.
Blast it, is this 1968 all over again? *pulls hair*
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete