Prison Architect in the real world

[nexus says]

This article is about the for-profit prison system and I though it would be of interest to PA players

http://www.attn.com/stories/941/who-pro ... -prisoners

Several corporations make huge profits off prisons. It costs an average of $23,876 annually to house a state prisoner for a year. To save money, cash-strapped states (aka, us, the taxpayers) pay companies to deal with their prisoners. Companies make money by running prisons as cheaply as possible and squeezing the prisoners and their families for money for basic necessities and fees. As a result, private prisons are a $70 billion industry.

Even crazier, 65 percent of private prison contracts require an occupancy guarantee. That means states must have a certain amount of prisoners -- typically between 80 and 90 percent of occupancy -- or pay companies for empty beds. Talk about bad incentives -- a state throws money away if it does not have enough prisoners.

[jamtarts]

£40,000 per annum for each prisoner in the UK. There's a few private prisons run by Serco here and the there are concerns that they'll convince the UK government that privatised prisons are the way to go.

Which means guaranteed occupancy rates.

Which means mandatory minimums.

Which means lots of profit!

[iScripters]

£40,000 per annum for each prisoner in the UK. There's a few private prisons run by Serco here and the there are concerns that they'll convince the UK government that privatised prisons are the way to go.

Which means guaranteed occupancy rates.

Which means mandatory minimums.

Which means lots of profit!

Which means more jobs available

Which means it's good for the economy

;D

[nexus says]

Eventually everyone in the country will either be imprisoned or working at a prison!

Universal unemployment!