gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoTIL Private Prison stocks skyrocketed when Trump was first electedwww.thestreet.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Private Prison stocks skyrocketed when Trump was first electedwww.thestreet.comgedaliyah@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squaresafesyrup@lemmy.hogru.chlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoIt sounds so utterly ridiculous to have a publicly traded prison
minus-squaremecfs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months ago‘murica the land of vested interests
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoYou think that’s bad? Food in most county lockups is so bad, be use of the way it’s funded. The Sheriff gets paid like $10/day/prisoner, and then they pay for the food. So there’s a direct financial incentive for them to keep the jail at capacity and provide the cheapest possible meals.
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoOh it is. It absolutely is. But her, how else are you going to exploit the poors? I’M being sarcastic, but it is the reality we live in.
It sounds so utterly ridiculous to have a publicly traded prison
‘murica the land of vested interests
You think that’s bad?
Food in most county lockups is so bad, be use of the way it’s funded.
The Sheriff gets paid like $10/day/prisoner, and then they pay for the food.
So there’s a direct financial incentive for them to keep the jail at capacity and provide the cheapest possible meals.
Oh it is. It absolutely is. But her, how else are you going to exploit the poors?
I’M being sarcastic, but it is the reality we live in.