Canada doesn't have privately owned prisons. That's a US thing.
Taxpayers pay the costs to run the places, a lot is contracted out. It isn't like they will ever start throwing politiciand and lawyers and bankers in jail and they certainly can't shut them down so like England back when they wanted to populate Australia the punishments rise so the 'mission' is completed.
Indians either have a 'gene' issue that prevents them from following the law or they are selected to be the main population in prison.
Canada’s prison population at all-time high - CBC News - Latest Canada, World, Entertainment and Business News
New figures show the number of visible minorities in Canadian prisons has increased by 75 per cent in the past decade, while the number and proportion of inmates who are Caucasian has declined significantly.
As well, Canada’s prison population is now at its highest level ever, even though the crime rate has been decreasing over the past two decades. Ten years ago, the number of inmates in federal prisons was close to 12,000. It’s now more than 15,000.
I don't quite follow your "logic"!
It's a business more than it is 'pure justice' as rehabilitation takes place outside of prison. Prison is admitting the person can't be rehabilitated by society. Any improvement mnade after the doors close is done by the person. The 'system' expects to see you back again and again until you die.
Just a little 'tongue in cheek' Twila. (They wouldn't be eating Filet Mignon very often)
To a point, treatment is going to see more and more people locked up and the cost per year of caring for that person doesn't vary much if it is Government run or a private corp. (minus corruption costs)
Red Deer is slated to have the biggest remand center in the Province and that is supposed to be in operation for 2016. That means they are expecting to be able to fill all the beds all the time so if crime is going down then the punishments for lower crimes will be increased. The 3 strikes rule is one way the US puts petty criminals away for life for the same crime his cell-mate got 12 months for. The US lists blacks as 'untrainable' and in Canada we put that label on the Indians. It is closer to there being no jobs available for them and at some point the jobs of guards will be gone also as the system would become automated and then the former workers become the potential new inmates.
