This story underscores a basic fact about privatization of government functions, viz., that it leads to corruption and rights violations for our citizens.
When companies, like private prisons, make their profits based on the number of beds they fill, then increasing the number of inmates becomes incentive-ized.
It's that simple.
In my opinion, there are three exclusive government functions that are non-delegable:
1) Administration of justice
2) Collection of taxes
3) National Defense.
If you'll check your recent history, and by that I mean since Bush was elected, then you'll note an increase in privatization of all those functions. The news stories of those failures are ample.
Privatization is code for tolerable corruption.
Keeping our government answerable to the people means that privatizing certain functions intimate to the running of our country must never occur.
This case is a prime example of why. These judges give law and order a bad name.
Venality of this sort deserves public flogging.
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