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Response rates from 243k UK voters.

24%
Yes
76%
No
14%
Yes
68%
No
10%
Yes, but they should be strictly regulated to prevent mismanagement and corruption
8%
No, private prisons will sacrifice quality of care and rehabilitation services for profit
1%
Yes, but eliminate contractual occupancy quotas

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Trend of support over time for each answer from 243k UK voters.

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Other Popular Answers

Unique answers from UK voters whose views went beyond the provided options.

 @B2XZTG5answered…1wk1W

No one should run them Prisons are an unjust form of punishment, the punishment does not fit the crime and actually makes the crime paid for by the innocent members of society

 @9Q3CF47answered…8mos8MO

Yes if it's a non-profit social enterprise that focus on quality, care, rehabilitation, education, treatment and support. No if it's a purely profit-making business

 @9P69QF2answered…8mos8MO

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

 @9P5K4ZLanswered…8mos8MO

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

 @9PMSJMDanswered…8mos8MO

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

 @9PLDZTK answered…8mos8MO

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.

 @9PH77GGanswered…8mos8MO

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.

 @9P6LYBDanswered…8mos8MO

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