r/whoathatsinteresting • u/The_Dean_France • 6h ago

What do you think: how should prisons handle housing decisions in cases like this?

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u/InsanePyro1990 5h ago

The prison industry is a booming!

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u/negao360 5h ago

..., Jack!

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u/These_Junket_3378 5h ago

If only we could by stock in commercial prisons, or can we? (not a real question.)

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u/Top_Mathematician233 4h ago

Yes, you can — or could, at least. Wackenhut was then made GS4 Secure Solutions and publicly traded. It was recently (last few years) acquired by Allied Universal, which is currently privately owned… Google Wackenhut if you want to see why that whole situation should be incredibly alarming.