There is nearly no function of the criminal justice system that hasn’t been sold to the highest bidder. We shouldn’t have to wait for failure for that to stopThere are only two parts of the American criminal justice system that haven’t succumbed to privatization,according to research released on Thursday by In the Public Interest: the police and the courts. Everything else – including transportation, probation, and food,electronic monitoring, psychiatric and drug treatment and fine collection – has been privatized somewhere in the country. We’ve farmed out so many correctional services to private corporations that criminal justice is no longer a government function.
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Source: theguardian.com