Definetly for punishment and profit. I’m actually very interested in prisons. I worked for the Charlotte county jail as a researcher while in grad school, and it made me curious about prisons, in general.
Very few county, state and federal prisons believe in reform. Probably like 90% of prisons are all about punishment. They don’t want to “reform” prisoners, just punish them and make a profit (for private prisons).
The US is pretty backwards, in regard to prisons. Most of Europe is about reform and treating prisoners with respect. One could argue (and pretty convincingly at that) that approach is actually more successful than just locking people up and throwing away the key, as those European countries have less violence, murder, and recidivism.
The US really needs to change it’s approach to prison
