[moefogs]

If you mean the economic burden, yes, but I don't think they need to bear all the burden

My big complaint with private prisons, as they stand today, is that they tend to get paid based on heads and beds. As such, prisons are rewarded when prisoners behave badly (extending their stay), and when former prisoners reoffend (repeating their stay). There are no countervailing economic pressures.

If we want prisons to work, we need the economics to work in favor of societal goals. Everything else equal, a prison that generates low recidivism should get paid more than one that generates high recidivism, because they're eliminating future costs.

[jonlucc]

> If we want prisons to work, we need the economics to work in favor of societal goals.

This is true, but we already ignore that for our prison population. Otherwise, our system would be less punitive and more aimed to reformation and building productive citizens.

[themartorana]

Proof that not only do individuals double down on beliefs in the face evidence against them, but so do groups/organizations/governments.

[nkrisc]

Yes, the economic burden but also the ethical burden of ensuring their sentence is administered fairly. Corporeal punishment at the hands of the guards is not a fair administration of the punishment.