things and most importantly, make money. As an illustration, these privatized prisons could create work camps where inmates can possibly work on road repairs, pick up litter, or other labor-intensive jobs. As a consequence, these camps would benefit everyone, because the company will make money, the criminals can learn new skill that they can use once released, and taxpayers will save millions of dollars. In addition to saving money on state funded projects, taxpayers will save more money altogether because private companies can run a prison more efficiently. By way of example, companies across the country have been privatizing various government programs and running them for less money and more productively than before (44). With privatization working in so many other formerly government run programs, there is a good chance that it will also work for the flaws in our prison system. For example, with many companies owning prisons there would be a healthy competition between them and this would drive costs down benefiting everyone whom takes part in the venture. Thus, privatization could fix so many of the problems that our prison system faces, that as a country we are only hurting ourselves by not instituting it.
Although I feel that privatization of prisons and work camps would be a great benefit to our country, there are some people who feel differently. Some people feel that there are ethical problems with making money from a prison. For instance, Matt Bai’s article discusses the fact that, "It’s morally wrong, legally wrong, and wrong as a matter of principal to run a prison for profit"(61). Individuals feel that it is wrong to earn money from punishing someone, because you are taking advantage of them while they are down. I can see their point, companies are making money off of someone’s hardship, but I feel that these people are there for a reason. They are there because they committed an offense against society I feel that it is their responsibility to