Your text suggests that it is problematic that some prisons have outsourced their corrections work to private companies. Explain this stance.
What will be an ideal response?
For-profit prisons have little incentive to reduce recidivism, as a high rate of reoffending actually helps them to stay in business. They are unlikely to spend much money on provision of activities, education, or counseling resources for their prisoners, since those programs eat into the bottom line.
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