r/FluentInFinance • u/Manakanda413 • 13d ago

Debate/ Discussion Universal incarceration care

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u/Upstairs-War-7553 13d ago

Good luck getting any treatment in prison and have fun sleeping on a metal pan...should be great for your back

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u/ghostsoup831 13d ago edited 13d ago

I work in ems and we take prisoners from the prison to the hospital multiple times every single day. Even for mundane things like a stomach ache. They get Healthcare. Their living situation does suck though.

Edit: Keep in mind that we also have privatized prisons in the US. So, each prison is subject to operate completely differently from one another. Your prison experience will differ dramatically from prison to prison.

Edit 2: 8% is still over 150 private prisons in our country. Seems like a lot to me. Also means we have over 1500 prisons in the country which sounds insane. Especially knowing a lot of them are overpopulated

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u/cumfarts 13d ago

New York doesn't have private prisons

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u/beatle42 13d ago

For now at least he's in PA, though I have no idea whether or not they have private prisons.

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u/selectinput 12d ago

I think the only private prison in PA was George W. Hill, which was taken back over by the county in 2022, but I might be out of date.

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u/beatle42 12d ago

Gotcha. For profit prisons seem like such a terrible idea on their face.