Private Prisons

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Introduction
Pros
- Pro 1: Privatizing prisons can reduce prison overpopulation, making the facilities safer for inmates and employees.
- Pro 2: Private prisons can transform the broken government-run prison system.
- Pro 3: Private prisons offer innovative programs to lower the rates of re-imprisonment.
Cons
- Con 1: Private prisons exploit employees and prisoners for corporate gain.
- Con 2: Privatizing prisons is costly and leaves the most expensive inmates to public prisons.
- Con 3: All prisons—not just privately operated ones—should be abolished.
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