The problem is private prisons openly lobby, and secretly collude, with the government to increase their profits.
This is also why insulin is expensive (the discoverers and patent holders made their patents freely available long ago). It's regulations which keep insulin, and other drugs, protected from competition and therefore can be expensive... Really, there are endless stories about this.
The gov vs private debate is kind of academic when the reality is a lot of the problem comes down to collusion and cheating from both of them.
This is also why insulin is expensive (the discoverers and patent holders made their patents freely available long ago). It's regulations which keep insulin, and other drugs, protected from competition and therefore can be expensive... Really, there are endless stories about this.
The gov vs private debate is kind of academic when the reality is a lot of the problem comes down to collusion and cheating from both of them.