Privatizing prisons has made them worse, not better. Nobody's accountable. The abuses at private prisons are off the charts. Yes, I know that all prison are potentially abusive. But private ones are worse: Suicide reveals squalid prison conditions http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19638219/#.T5VW5O1uHzK Detained and at risk http://www.hrw.org/node/92629/section/2 The Prison Labor Complex http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/04/19/the-prison-labor-complex/ ACLU stats http://www.aclu.org/files/assets/massincarceration_problems.pdf Privatizing security won't help. It's the mentality in this country that has to change. Otherwise, no matter what security system is put into place will be abusive.
