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A comment on Idaho to take back control of privately run state prison. Parent comment

Re:Idaho to take back control of privately run state prison by boie0025 on Saturday January 04, 2014 @07:28PM (#7013755)
> Yep, if we are going to have private prisons, they really need to pay on the basis of capacity and not actual inmate counts. That provides a direct incentive to keep inmate count down.

Woah, interesting concept, I had never even thought of that. That in mind, I am very opposed to private prisons for reasons found scattered throughout this thread.

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Re:Idaho to take back control of privately run state prison by protomyth on Saturday January 04, 2014 @10:27PM (#7014370)
I don't see any real difference between public or private as neither is more noble in motives. Neither has been given the correct incentives, so I figure experiment with those we can fire (private) until we find the right incentive list. Paying for capacity is one way to incentivize a desire for fewer prisoners and won't work in a public setting.
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