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Private Prison

This You Tube video and the two articles linked below explain some of the issues with private prison:

1) What does our text say about private prisons?
2) After viewing the video and reading the articles how do you feel about private prisons?
3) Is it ethical for private prison companies to lobby for greater use of their "product?" Why or why not?

Private prison: news.wisc.edu/study-finds-private-prisons-keep-inmates-longer-without-reducing-future-crime/
The private prison lobby: www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/04/28/how-for-profit-prisons-have-become-the-biggest-lobby-no-one-is-talking

How prison make money: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQxtRcfBIXY&feature=youtu.be

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