Should the government hire private companies to run prisons?

I would have said no in the past but private prisons in the UK are better run than govt ones and less violent

Increase wage and skills of those who run the prisons to offer better care in hope of more restored prisoners

No, private prisons will be susceptible to corruption and will care about profit far more than rehabilitation

No does not work, invest more in HM Prison Servic modern prisons are poorly designed. Victorians knew how to build prisons with a centre and wings that can be closed off. Use more open prisons for minor sentences which could be run by the inmates ie cooking building maintenance etc.

No, but since almost everything in the public sector is exposed to corruption, over bearing bureaucracy and terrible financial management, costing tax payers millions in over spends because companies rip the government off. So in fact my answer is yes but only because we're terrible at public works in the UK.

No, with the removal of citizenship and only having basic human rights more people can fit into prisons therefore will be cheaper to run

Yes, there should be SOME strictly regulated private prisons, unless this costs the government enough to compromise funding allocated to rehabilitation services.

No, private prisons incentivise locking people up - making it a business and ultimately fuelling a new age of slavery - similar to the US.

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.

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

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

need non corrupt companies

Higher provisions is needed but should remain under the government to ensure justice, especially since we're paying the private companies

Yes, but only when increasing quality of care and rehabilitation services while reducing costs

bit off both

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.

Yes, but they must be regulated to prevent mismanagement and corruption and eliminate contractual occupancy quotas to avoid duplicating the United States' prison systems.

No. Private prison systems are legalised slavery.

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.

No and replace prisons with workhouses like prisons.

It could be worth an experiment over.

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.

It should only matter what improves the prison service

No it's already bad enough as it is without bringing companies into it.

If it benefits the government yes

Yes as long as they are adequately funded to provide safe service and rehab

Yes but they need to be properly funded in order to provide safe provision

I need to do more research on this topic

The British army should run prisons

This question will be asked to the public via Liquid Democracy after a public debate.

prisoners should work for their own upkeep , taxes should not be used for prisons , serious or repeated offenders should get death penalty , less serious offenders should be “reformed”

Yes, but they should be strictly regulated to prevent mismanagement and ensure quality of care and rehabilitation.

It should be run by department for justice and staffed by currently serving or ex military/police.

Yes, and take their owner's income away for every re-offender they put back into society

Abolish capitalism and the state

Penitentiary system should rely on the basis of compensations paid toward the victims. No victim- no crime.

No, invest in government run prisons and stop privatising everything

No privitization of prisons.

Yes but only if certain prison companies are failing due to issues such as constant rioting. This should be a temporary option until the issue is resolved.

Private companies should be able to keep prisoners who have targeted their services. They shall exploit the prisoner and get information from them with interrogation techniques on torture

Only if the company is held accountable regularly for their actions

Yes if we can stop paying so much of our taxes to people who commit crimes

As long as the focus is on rehabilitation I do not mind who runs prisons!

Yes, however only for the most heinous of crimes.

Yes but only a portion should of prisons should be privatised and there should be oversight.

No it shouldn't be profitable service

Run by the state

no, why should it be private?

If you want

Yes, and they should be allowed to extract as much value as they can from the prisoners in order to reduce the burden on the tax payer. Why should I have to pay to keep the **** that nicked my toaster alive?

The Nordic Liberalism way of running prisons is good, aiming for rehabilitation.

NO but use them and make them into nationalised workhouses where they will provide goods for exports.

No, private prisons will be less tough on corruption

Yes and build more prisons

No private prisons will ruin the Governments rehabilitation process

No, and private prisons should be made illegal.

Yes as long as it’s cheaper than government prisons and aren’t treating people poorly.

No, private prisons may not be secure

No, because it shouldn’t be something of which can have profit taken from it, which I believe would create further disparity between prisoners (who should be supported to move away from crime) and those who get better life opportunities.

Yes, they should be able to exploit prisoners as much as they want as it classes as personal/individual/corporate justice

Yes but only to Supplement HMP

No, Prisons are a natural monopoly so should be run by the government

Have the government own the prisons.

No, all prisons should be nationalised and publicly-owned

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

No, because the government uses private prisons to avoid the fact public prisons are severely lacking

Yes but only if they are British owned, British based companies

Yes, however theses people should be screened and undergo training

If it is a low risk prison and it would save on resources however they should be strictly regulated to prevent mismanagement and corruption.

Government should put more money into it.

Prisons should be turned into workcamps to generate income for the country.

No, and re-nationalise existing prisons

Prisons should not exist: capital punishment and restitution through indentured servitude are the appropriate means of punishment.

Run for prison and during the prison is lockdown service modes quality in private actions increase

Yes, but with an enforced rehabilitative and restitutive approach to prisoners

i wish there was no prisons

Don’t Know

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

No, and they should abolish prisons

Yes this will slash money of Government spending

Could the existence of private prisons create any societal pressure to maintain or increase the number of incarcerated individuals?

Should the quality of life and access to rehabilitation programs differ depending on whether a prison is publicly or privately run?

How would you react if it was proven that private prisons were more cost-effective but had higher rates of inmate abuse?

Can you envision a scenario where the goals of private prison companies align with the public's interest in reducing crime?

In what ways could the involvement of private companies in the prison system affect small communities and local economies?

What do you think about the ethical implications of making money from the incarceration of humans?

How might the experience of a loved one being in a privately run prison differ from one run by the government?

Do you believe private companies should have the power to influence sentencing and prison policies given their financial interests?

If profit is the main goal, how might companies running prisons handle the well-being and rehabilitation of prisoners?

No, prisons should never be privately owned because they would be more unrestricted to corruption and mismanagement

What alternatives to prison could be considered for non-violent offenders, given the debate over private and public prison management?