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   KW>Unless your country has a for-profit prison system and lenient lobbying   
     >and campaign finance rules.   
      
   RM>> Looking online it looks like there is some of that in Canada but   
     >> they said it is mostly invisible, you won't see people in orange   
     >> jump suits working on the roads or something. Most of it is just   
     >> working for the prison itself, cleaning and laundry and such, but   
     >> there is some of it done for outside contractors for profit as well.   
      
   MP>I think he meant jails that are run by for-profit companies who get paid by   
     >the government based on the number of people incarcerated there.  They, in   
     >turn, are motivated to lobby for laws that make it more difficult for   
     >offenders -- even non-violent ones -- to get out of jail.   
      
   Right.. I should have thought of that. We hear about that going on in   
   the USA. Looking for info on that up here, it said that it was tried   
   in 3 prisons but all have 'either gone defunct or reverted to gov't   
   control after they found that other prisons had better security,   
   better health care, and reduced repeat offender rates'.   
      
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