Since the early 1990s, British Governments have issued contracts to private firms for both the construction and the day-to-day running of prisons. The privatization of some prison services was pursued to cope with the problems of overcrowding in the UK’s prisons and to spread the costs of interning offenders. There are currently 14 private prisons in the U.K. who house around 15% of the prison population. Opponents argue that the concept of prison care is antithetical to the notion of commercial business and that it is morally inappropriate to profit from the punishment of offenders. Proponents argue that private prisons are are incentivised to operate more efficiently and can bring benefits to U.K. taxpayer.
@9LK6Y633 days3D
No, this would lead to inconsistencies across HMPO's and is open to corruption and inaccurate reporting of statistics. Profit shouldn't be a factor in prison facilities.
@9G5MCLJ6mos6MO
They can have a few private prisons, but the majority should remain government prisons. They should be strictly manged to prevent corruption as to prevent them sacrificing quality of care and rehabilitation services for profit.
No, the government would do well to invest more in disadvantaged youths, with sports, after schools clubs etc
@8S44KX23yrs3Y
Yes, they should be able to exploit prisoners as much as they want as it classes as personal/individual/corporate justice
@8RR4H943yrs3Y
Yes but only to Supplement HMP
@8R77BTV3yrs3Y
No, Prisons are a natural monopoly so should be run by the government
@9DFGY928mos8MO
No, as this would be mean there is less consequences for those who decide to take upon the exploitation of prisoners to occur / they’d have more incentive
@9D38F34Conservative9mos9MO
Have the government own the prisons.
@9D355DL9mos9MO
No, all prisons should be nationalised and publicly-owned
@9D2G5NJ9mos9MO
yes but the company must meet three requirements at a minimum to be considered 1.Must be British owned AND based 2.have a large enough workforce to meet demands of this task 3.Must pay taxes
@9BZW66W11mos11MO
No, because the government uses private prisons to avoid the fact public prisons are severely lacking
@9BT7RTV12mos12MO
Yes but only if they are British owned, British based companies
@9BSMJPH12mos12MO
Yes, however theses people should be screened and undergo training
@9BNG34512mos12MO
If it is a low risk prison and it would save on resources however they should be strictly regulated to prevent mismanagement and corruption.
@9BDKZTR1yr1Y
Government should put more money into it.
@9BCX7YF1yr1Y
Prisons should be turned into workcamps to generate income for the country.
@99MWVGJ1yr1Y
No, and re-nationalise existing prisons
@99M4MJS1yr1Y
Prisons should not exist: capital punishment and restitution through indentured servitude are the appropriate means of punishment.
@99C8FJ21yr1Y
Run for prison and during the prison is lockdown service modes quality in private actions increase
@9956PHJ1yr1Y
Yes, but with an enforced rehabilitative and restitutive approach to prisoners
@98XX8231yr1Y
i wish there was no prisons
@98LN85X1yr1Y
Yes, but only if they can offer higher quality than HMP
Yes, but only the prisons of the most violent individuals who shall never get out
@987D3ND1yr1Y
No, and they should abolish prisons
@97YDR561yr1Y
The Nordic Liberalism way of running prisons is good, aiming for rehabilitation.
@97K667M1yr1Y
NO but use them and make them into nationalised workhouses where they will provide goods for exports.
@974V27WConservative1yr1Y
No, private prisons will be less tough on corruption
@96ZF7KS1yr1Y
Yes and build more prisons
@96YDX2T1yr1Y
No private prisons will ruin the Governments rehabilitation process
need non corrupt companies
@965F6LP2yrs2Y
Higher provisions is needed but should remain under the government to ensure justice, especially since we're paying the private companies
@95YLM8H2yrs2Y
Yes, but only when increasing quality of care and rehabilitation services while reducing costs
@95DVQP42yrs2Y
Only if they are carefully managed and watched to ensure the best safety measures are in place as well as ways to ensure that oppourtunities are available for the convicts.
@93X6F6F2yrs2Y
No, and private prisons should be made illegal.
@93DHWC92yrs2Y
Yes, but they must be regulated to prevent mismanagement and corruption and eliminate contractual occupancy quotas to avoid duplicating the United States' prison systems.
@92QC9M52yrs2Y
No. Private prison systems are legalised slavery.
@8Z5C3QY2yrs2Y
No, private prisons only increase quota's for manual labour camps much like in America, Russia or China. Prisons that are government owned are better monitored for illegal activity like a slave labour camp disguised as a privately owned prison.
@8YVLB362yrs2Y
No and replace prisons with workhouses like prisons.
@8YL9BMN2yrs2Y
It could be worth an experiment over.
@8YGGHN72yrs2Y
No, they are profiteers who leech off the government and provide a poor service by pocketing a fraction and doing the rest on the cheap. History of outsourcing so far has been terrible with higher reoffending rates and an increase of incidents of abuse by staff. Also end the disastrous outsourcing of the probationary service.
@8Y6B59V2yrs2Y
It should only matter what improves the prison service
@8Y5RFYH2yrs2Y
No it's already bad enough as it is without bringing companies into it.
@8Y3JSV92yrs2Y
If it benefits the government yes
@8XZGJWB2yrs2Y
Yes as long as they are adequately funded to provide safe service and rehab
@8XZDJXW2yrs2Y
Yes but they need to be properly funded in order to provide safe provision
@8XRM65M2yrs2Y
I need to do more research on this topic
@8W557TS3yrs3Y
The British army should run prisons
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