Why is the prison-industrial complex bad?
>>16538022You’re right man, bad thing is actually… LE GOOD. Nobody else figured it out but you got it. Updooted.
>>16538022Because it creates an economic incentive to imprison people who otherwise wouldn't be imprisoned. This in turn puts a drain on society as it ends up paying far more for this institution.
>>16538058But that's due to excessive taxpayer spending on prisons, not the prison-industrial complex that helps prisons pay for themselves.
>>16538022Because why pay workers a wage when you can just arrest them and force them to work for pennies or just don't pay them at all (gulags)
>>16538074Why would a prison pay for something that they can get the public to pay for?
>>16538022I got you get thrown in prison one day and find out why firsthand