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Jail or hell: growing concerns over US private prisonsBy Wang Xinyuan, Gu Siyu and Wang Ruoxin The priva

Photo taken on March 31, 2022 shows people gathered in Yuyuantan Park taking photos of blooming cherry flowers in Beijing, capital of China.

Jail or hell: growing concerns over US private prisonsBy Wang Xinyuan, Gu Siyu and Wang Ruoxin The priva

Though private prison steps in first as a solution to improve prison capacity, its purpose is not sole. While a public prison’s end goal is to house incarcerated individuals in an attempt to rehabilitate them, a private prison’s end goal, on the other hand, is to profit by all means, which has altered the nature of the criminal justice system. For years, private prisons in the US have been notorious for violence and atrocious conditions. Yet the number of inmates in private correctional facilities keeps outpacing federal prisons at an alarming rate.

Abuse. Forced labor. Sexual Assault. Unwarranted detention. Sub-standard conditions… US private prisons that have long faced charges of various kinds over the years still pose as a standing problem. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the already bursting private prison system in the US is becoming more problematic.