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When prisons are run for profit, there is no motive to reduce crime or have fair trials.

Wow, criminals imprisoning criminals. There's no words to describe how reprehensible and inhumane this is to me.

Private prisons, who in the hell thought that was a good idea?

I worked as a medic in a local private jail and i wound up leaving partly because I just couldn't stand the medical neglect. We didn't do anything against the law, everyone I worked with at the jail was a truly upstanding person who treated the inmates with respect. But the corporation that owned the prison would deny addicts with methadone prescriptions. They would cut services over and over. They had NO rehabilitation programs. It was the best I've seen at a private jail and it still sucked. Private programs should always be looked at when they offer to replace public ones under this lens - is this an industry with "constant growth"? Schools don't have growth. Functional Police agencies don't have year on year profits. Nor do ambulances or hospitals. Prisons should focus on REDUCING growth, not increasing. It's such a simple concept. And yet, we still don't seem to get it

Who the hell thought it was a brilliant idea to privatize government institutions.

I found it stressful even watching this, let alone having to deal with it. I really feel sorry for the people who have to live with this assault on privacy, dignity and human rights.

It is sad to see a developed country locked up many people for minor violations and profiting from it.They will not stop this since it is about money.

I cannot possibly imagine the horror of being detained to a prison, especially if you have not done anything serious. When I did my mandatory service in the military I remember waking up and not remembering where I am for a few seconds. The fact that all these guys will have the same feeling but in a prison cell for years to come, locked like animals, is painful to watch. To the families I say Stay strong and keep fighting for what is just. And thank you Vice for touching important issues instead of choosing the easy way.

It is almost funny how the US has become such a disgusting corporate dystopia in many aspects of life, then the reporting ends on "what if other countries do the same".

Correctional Officers act as if their cruelty is a part of an inmate’s sentence. It’s not. Anyone who’s ever been incarcerated knows that confinement alone is more than enough.

I lived in a county in upstate N.Y. that's practically un- inhabited. The old county jail was in such bad shape that the county had to pay the state every year for a permit to operate it as a condemned structure. The county government opted to borrow against the budget for decades in advance to build a high tech facility expressly to make money from other counties, by housing their inmate overflow. When this failed to happen immediately, county law enforcement began to incarcerate innocent local citizens on trumped- up charges, to justify the expense of building the useless jail. I was one of the many who found themselves routinely rounded up and "housed" there, once because I was robbed by my landlord. A county DSS supervisor who was behind many of the false arrests was eventually arrested himself, for felony embezzlement and thievery. It sucks when the law doesn't obey the law.

The CEOs of these private prison companies should be incarcerated, and their property nationalized.

Same thing happening here in the UK. The only word I can describe the people who profit of this, is evil.

BAN PRIVATE PRISONS. 🚫 Thank you for bringing more awareness to this important issue!!

what biden did, while good, only affected something like 3% of those imprisoned. Heck, even I was jailed for a week pending a court date for paraphernalia and lost everything, job, home, etc, over a fine for an empty weed bag. And I have no criminal record.

I worked at "kids for cash" facility PACC/Mid Atlantic youth services in 19/20. I literally seen them holding kids doing nothing for rehabilitation just because our privately ran facilitie was privately owned. Common sense they're counting on kids in being in that building

Equal to public or private schools. Schools get a certain amount of money for every single child, that's why most schools have a strict policy regarding absences. If a child is absent the school doesn't get the money. The same is true for public and private prisons, they need prisoners to get paid, it is SICKENING!!! We need to change this IMMEDIATELY!

I’ve personally experienced this with a witness who’s name I still remember as a cancer patient in county jail after being set up by a homeless shelter due to a warrant for missing a court date (benign) on a Friday…. The following Monday I’d already earlier the previous 2 weeks made a court date motion to quash the warrant with my attorneys…. They’re all a drain on the tax system, the DEA, DOJ, the police…. Complete waste in 2022

Sleep deprivation. That’s a torture tactic they like to use at Guantanamo also.

Why can’t we ever see interviews with the people/corporations that are responsible for this happening. Put their faces out there, call them out.

If you're pre-trial (and 2 years is a violation of the 6th amendment) then the shackles have nothing to do with rehabilitation. That's a post conviction thing. This is extortion. They should be charged under the RICO act.

What’s crazy is how similar private prisons and charter schools are

Never a shortage of revolting things that human beings can stoop to.

private jails?! that's the most horrific idea. I really couldn't believe it when I heared about it for the first time. I'll never ever come to USA after I get to know this. Just imagine the number of imprisoned ppl who are in these jails just to make jail owner money. Imagine all the injustice and negligence these prisoners are experiencing. very shocking

England:"we had debtors jails in the 1700s, and they never worked." America "howdy pilgrim, you stole a pair of jeans? 1.8m dolla bail"

My father died when I was 4 years old from heart complications in jail. His cellmate kept begging them to help him but they just stood there and talked and watched.

Damn. House arrest has gotten ridiculous. When i was on it for a month in 2009 it was just a black box that would alert your supervisor if you left your property. My supervisor rarely contacted me and i only had police check on me once.

I've grown to have the mindset that in this world it's ever man for itself... You can say we're equal all you want but in reality we are not.

End private prisons

As young black man my 5th grade teacher actually told me about this and it’s kinda scary to see it come to fruition. “There building more prisons for y’all” damn…

Judges still take money to “be hard on crime.”

Thank you vice for exposing these criminals

The profit motive for private prisons, roads, hospitals, services, etc severely diminishes the social utility these public-serving institutions provide. Maximizing revenue and cutting costs is antithetical to healthcare, rehabilitation, proper social services. The government doesn't have to make a profit, which is the whole point

so.. i came across this story, extremely well thought & to the point, which reminded me of my own time spent inside... 3yrs between three different counties & a state facility which was privatized, rough shape & its "staff" varied from the those who wanted to be there & those who hated it & took out their frustrations on the inmates... I personally kept myself in books & programs if the facility had them which was one out of the four places i spent my time... how i got myself there was my own doing, i blame no one but myself & the broken system that took advantaged of me since i had no money... my crime was simple, traffic violation, i didnt pull over till i was in a lighted area which was few miles so.. flee & alluding was my charge but not after the beating i took by their hands which ended up putting me in the ER & rehabilitation... then the incomitance or should i say, the corruption of the public defenders office... eitherway,,, i did my time & since, i havent left my home in over 8yrs now besides my reg monthly Doc visit & the store which i do on the same day... the fear of what i went through over a traffic stop, is clearly minimal to what i witnessed being inside... i will fight till the death before i let a crooked cop put cuffs on me again... prove me wrong...

My house arrest monitor was $17/day when I was in Marion County Community Corrections for 97 days and $15/day when I was in Hamilton County Community Corrections for 120 days That does not include bond or probation and court costs or time served in the actual jails.

I did 5 years in a private prison. . .worst experience of my life. If you want to know the things I've witnessed I'll tell you.

Every prison is private when every law surrounding prisons is paid for by the highest private donor and built by the lowest private bidder

Something needs to happen to wake the public up to the point that we say enough is enough and take back our countries.

"Incentives To keep prisoners in there, rather than rehabilitating..."Is somebody in US actually been thinking?? "It could be that for profit prisons lead more prisoners!?!?!" WOW WHAT AN INSIGHT!

Want to fix the system? Remove for profit bail, private incarceration facilities, and remove tax credits as well as incentives for companies or individuals to implement government installations or enforcement of any kind - then all that's left is to do is teach the least educated & cooperative and most volatile human beings how not to indulge themselves with subjects or substances for instant gratification. Piece of cake.

This is disgusting. I will never allow someone to do this to me.

damn, this is the vice content i love

Canada doesn't have private prisons any more they ended their contract with the only private run facility in Penetang back in 2006 mainly because they saw how bad the results were compared to a publicly funded one.

Freest country in the world. LOL.

What they're doing to that monitored protester is tantamount to torture the kinds of things CIA do to "enemy combatants" interrupting sleep load noises constant observation it's so disgraceful it's actually believable that it's done intentionally.there is no rational reason that that should happen but also that even cameras are needed.that afro bro was being intentionally fukt over,I couldn't believe what I was seeing and I was already disgusted with every frame I'd seen.syand up every1 now the only way to save us all is groundswell peaceful opposition and protest so the numbers will be proof of our majority and humanity

I don’t think private prisons are the problem, it’s them getting. Away with horrible conditions, it needs to be looked over more, I think getting rid of them all together would be to much of a tax burden all of us would have to pay, but they shouldn’t be able to have people living in such horrible conditions

Darn it's as if it never stops, they just move on to the next vulnerable population

Thank you for the knowledge great video 💯

I was in jail in Europe let me tell you they really do rehabilitation there i stayed in a house with indelendt living with all the food we want, skills we want to learn and helped us aftdt jail with job and place to live. American jails are terrible what they are doing no value for humans rather milking tax payers for petty crimes.

Majority of people who go to prison come out worse than when they entered. Traumatized from the horrific experiences they go through. We have to find a solution to this problem and give people the help they need. Making a mistake doesn't make you a bad person. Nobody is perfect in this world. We need to help our people here in the USA

private law enforcement is fucked up, people WILL find ways to capitalize on anything that makes them money.

Every cop knows, accepts, and upholds this. There are no good ones, at best just confused ones.

For the ankle monitor issue, it would be great if Anonymous would track the ankle monitor callers and harass their daily lives.

Michigan is riddled with them I was in one. Since I had no money I was stuck being fed 1200 calories a day at 6 4 220 pounds. I was locked in a cell 20 hours a day. The wacked thing is they wanted me to pay them for being locked up. This place is in Ottawa County

I’ve prosecuted several thousand misdemeanor cases in my life. Jail is rarely an offer I make for misdemeanor offenders and I’ve only once asked for electronic monitoring of a defendant who was a high risk spousal abuser. How tf. does Mowhawk have a monitor for battery that’s doesn’t involve allegations of beating his spouse?

GQP believed that by privatizing as many industries as possible will set a market rate for everything if there were honest competition. Well, GQP got paid to make sure there weren't honest competition and of course, the tax payer benefited. Just look at military, education, prison, student loans, power grids, VA, postal service, social security, and Medicare. At least GQP can claim they've made key people in those industries Millionaires and GQP donor/voter/supporters for life.

With so much cruelty being inflicted upon the every day person here in America, there has to be a breaking point?

I cannot believe that they are allowed to put cameras inside your home while on tether, is this real???

Sick and vile

Private Prisons: We do this for money, not 'rehabilitation'"

Decriminalize drugs and the number of those incarcerated goes down a ton.

We have to take the record labels down first! I did house arrest for 2.5 years and the system is broken. It’s all about money.

as a direct victim to this. I was at irwin at stuart at geo and core civics imigration detention centers. u wouldnt believe how they treat people in these places. i went through hell while living this worst part about it i have so much ptsd i just wish i could tell my story my whole story for all the people that couldnt because they dont speak english or because they were afraid of the consequences. i can tell you everything i encountered. i just need someone to ask..

The guy being filmed at his home is something that would never be allowed here in Europe... unfortunately putting migrants in prison is a different story

4 decades from now: We must combine Military complex and private prison and make human/robot weapons with trackers and let their anger be productive in external wars.

The clip of cop try to bust door in while the door opens outwards is comical 😆

This is also an issue with residential treatment facilities for youth know as the Troubled Teen Industry. They're paid 100-500k per year by the state/insurance to kidnap kids and will make any excuse to hold them. Abuse is very common. Kids were being roofied and raped at the facility I was sent to. The stress and malnutrition almost killed me. I weighed less than 90lbs at 5'11. This was in 2012 and many of these facilities still exist.

It only took you 24 hours bravo vice this is why you are held with such high regard in professional media 🤭

Here in Canada the whole system is broken to. Probably not to the extent of USA tho. But ya I was put on probation for putting a hole in a wall when I was drunk. In and out of jail 11 times. I had at least 8 different probation officers. 5 years later finally off probation. Probation officers CAN be a huge fucking part of the problem. Before I was about to get off probation, my probation officer tried everything she could to breach me again. But I was fucking done with their bullshit and started recording everything and even brought a witness to my meetings.

He’s (Biden) is one of the major architects of this mess. Let’s thank OUR politicians for doing what we don’t want them to do.. to all politicians, thank you and I wish you wealth in all your investments that hurt every American.

The real problem seems to stem from economics, lack of proper leadership, and disappropriate sentencing across the board. Legislative action will be needed to effectuate any type of change on the matter and a change in what we as Americans are exposed to in the media.

I worked in two private prison and the rehab is a joke. The rehab unit gets movies, popcorn, ice cream and other priviledges the others dont. Most, over 90% of the ones in that particular program think its a joke and are only in it for what they can get. They would tell me they cant wait to get out so they can do the drugs, drinking and other illegal activities that put them in there. Living in a dayroom with quotes painted on the walls and completing workbooks the same style 6 yr old use in school does not help them in any way.

In America every thing is business

Great reporting thanks

Dude with the ankle monitor must b driven crazy

Mass Incarceration 2.0 Their Bottom Line "There's only two ways to make money. One is to increase your revenue and one is to decrease your expenses. And in the case of private prisons increasing revenue means more bodies behind bars and decreasing expenses means lower care and quality care for those people who are in your custody."

Greed corrupts just about anyone but it's worst when it happens to those supposed to protect the law.

very informative! thanks

@2:18 I sooo heard "the problem of dangerous *trucks* .." 🤣

Pure evil

These private prisons have a contract with the state to make sure they have a steady supply of inmates guaranteed.

Oh my gosh vice. Thank you for sharing Mohawk’s story

I was in a private prison in Texas 2011 for a year before being shipped back to a local facility where I would get released. My charge was possession of Marijuana over 2 oz. (It was just under 4 oz to be more exact). I got shipped out there because I got in a fight but what was u supposed to do let them stomp or poke me? Where I was the guards could literraly just beat on somebody for the smallest of reasons. Another thing I noticed is the people who didn't have family to keep in contact anymore would slowly get treated worst and worst. I believe it's because they feel the person is more alone and would be less likely to get sued or something like that I mean why else...

This is a torture method so sad

New Ways Private Prisons Are Making Billions (correct edition)

Part 2 please!

imagine walking your family into America for a better life and then being confined to a gladiator camp for an unspecific amount of time.......this world is fucked up

Currently Watching this from prison like 🤔

This has been going on for years and will continue.

Thank you big brother

the direction the united states has gone in recent decades is terrifying and no other country needs to be following our lead wtf. private prisons is insane.

Geez, Americans privatize everything. Why?

I don’t typically like Vice News but one thing I can tell you is they sure make quality pieces such as this one. Great work.

Private prisons have messed up incentives. We should have govt prisons, but ensure that the prisoners are paying for their own stay by forcing them to work.

Being a convicted criminal OR an illegal immigrant do not remove your humanity. It blows my mind away at how cold and callous some people can be if it means more profits. Just disgusting. Humanity disgusts me.

why the reupload?

This was a powerful piece, but I have question because I’m simply curious about the calculation. At one point they make the claim “80% of undocumented immigrants are in detention facilities”, I’m just curious if these immigrants are undocumented, how can you now about a percentage? I do know there are ways to calculate/speculate on the number of undocumented peoples but there must be a high degree of uncertainty, no?

remote monitoring sounds a lot better than prison

I still don't even know how u did let prisons become privatised companies that are trading on the stock in the first place