In Louisiana, prisons are operated as a private good. Does this change the public policy choices made in the state about crime? Is there an incentive to either increase or decrease the prison population in the state? Why?

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Roselyn Johns

6 January, 15:33

In Louisiana, prisons are operated as a private good. Does this change the public policy choices made in the state about crime? Is there an incentive to either increase or decrease the prison population in the state? Why?

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Joanna Walsh · Answer 1

It is likely that the fact that prisons are operated as a private good in Louisiana has had some impact in the public policy choices made in the state about crime. If prisons are privately operated, then it is very likely that there is an incentive to increase the prison population in the state, as this would lead to higher profits for the people who own these prisons.