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olalonde
on March 10, 2012
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Don't all governments have a monopoly over their country's prisons?
kolinko
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I think in U.S. prisons are private enterprises.
thejteam
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This is highly dependent on the locale. Some places have outsourced prisons, usually with poor results. Most have not.
jodrellblank
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szNLMtgI7hU
Serco appear to run privatised prisons in the UK and Australia, so I guess not.
Agathos
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Monopsony might be the better word here.
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