Debbie, I do understand the appeal of outsourcing, but, as is the case with prisons as well as warfare, education, etc., the burden of responsibility lies with “we the people”, and we should not empower capitalist entities to take these responsibilities on as primary duties lest, in the pursuit of profit, corners are cut that lead to suffering and/or inadequacy of outcome. Anyway, outsourcing is always more expensive than self-staffing in the long-run.


By the way, it’s ironic that this for-profit prison company is named CCA; you may recall that in Paddy Chayefsky’s classic dark comedy of capitalist “values”, “Network”, CCA is the money-driven conglomerate that takes over the network and allows Howard Beal (“the mad prophrt of the airways”) and others to stage outrageous, often illegal, stunts — just for the sake of ratings (maybe a prescient vision of FOX and its influence on other broadcasters). Talk about ironic!!