[1_person]

Would it be bad if you were the prisoner?

[gambiting]

Consider that with the perverse incentives you might become a prisoner because the state and/or private company needs more cheap labour.

[risyachka]

How is judge or prosecution incentivized to make you one?

[La1n]

There is at least a single case where kickbacks from private prisons influenced judges.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal