In a related move to the Federal retreat from private prisons comes this Reuters report on a requested study of whether Department of Homeland Security privately run detention centers are doing the job:
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will study whether to discontinue using privately run detention centers, which the Justice Department recently called unsafe, for migrants and shares of private prison operators fell on Monday after the news.
Department Secretary Jeh Johnson said he directed his advisory council to evaluate whether the agency should continue to contract with private prison operators and make a recommendation by Nov. 30. Advocates for immigrants have accused the companies of withholding proper mental health and medical care from detainees to boost profits.
Without expectation, I would hope there would be a section on the theoretical underpinnings of the performance of the centers – or lack thereof. As noted earlier in this thread and examined in some – disorganized – detail here, if the centers are found to be wanting I’d expect there to be a focus on the differing goals of the entities involved, i.e, the private sector focus on profit (for I do not expect these companies to have embraced Conscious Capitalism) vs the government goals of detaining those who should be detained in a humane mattermanner. I shan’t add without regard to price as this, too, can be an invitation to abuse; the trick is to find the proper balance.
[edited 8/31/2016: change matter to manner.]
