Is the US headed towards carceral capitalism?

[zdreg]

"a system in which the government and corporations collaborate to use imprisonment and surveillance as a source of profit."

 

[ipatent]

We need to build more prisons until the crime rate goes down, especially in the inner cities. We shouldn't let these concerns stop us.

 

[notagain]

They could profit from automatic fines placed on communicating dissent or promoting freedom.
Majority of inmates in federal prison want smaller gov't, they're on the right side.
Crime is a policy, just crack down on corruption at the top.

 

[Ricter]

They could profit from automatic fines placed on communicating dissent or promoting freedom.
Majority of inmates in federal prison want smaller gov't, they're on the right side.
Crime is a policy, just crack down on corruption at the top.

The only people who can crack down ARE the top.

 

[zdreg]

The poll was lacking. It should have included the following choice:
The US already has carceral capitalism