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Adam Ruins Everything - The Shocking Way Private Prisons Make Money - YouTube
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Adam, you got me
into this,
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now you get me out!
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I promise, I have someone
working on it.
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But in the meantime,
this is a great opportunity
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to explain why our
nation's prison system
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is a failure
on every level.
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Ha! So you know
a lot about prison?
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I bet you watch a lot
of PBS documentaries, huh?
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I guess you're right.
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I do lack
firsthand knowledge.
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Ooh, maybe you could
help me do this episode?
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Sure.
Nothing better to do.
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(snaps fingers)
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Whoa!
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Do you have magic
TV powers like Adam?
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Nope, but I got
a lot of favors.
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(both)
Hmm.
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Early lunch today.
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Early lunch today,
everyone.
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America's prison system
is a total mess.
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Whatever purpose you think
it serves, it ain't doing it.
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Well, the point of prison
is to reduce crime.
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It's definitely not
doing that.
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There are
2.2 million people
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incarcerated in the U.S.,
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ten times more
than 50 years ago.
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Two million is more than
the population of some states.
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Welcome to Mass-Incarceration-
Achusetts.
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Our primary export-- shivs.
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Our secondary export-- cod!
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Hey!
That's cod-traband.
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(laughing)
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But despite
this massive increase
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in the prison population,
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a study conducted
by the NYU School of Law
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found that the effect
on the crime rate
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has been essentially zero.
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Zero? Then why do we lock
so many people up?
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Well, I can't speak
for all prisons,
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but this one
is here to make money.
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Make money?
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You mean someone is
profiting from all this?
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Yep, these guys are.
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It all started
in the "tough on crime" '80s,
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when the war on drugs
meant state
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and federal prisons were
bursting at the seams.
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So many prisoners?
What do we do?
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Let corporate America
handle your prisons.
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We'll take care
of everything.
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Save you a few bucks
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and skim a little
off the top.
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Businesses
running prisons?
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That sounds
a little fishy.
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(laughing)
Just kidding!
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I mean, hey, if it
saves money, right?
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(Adam)
And so the Corrections
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Corporation of America,
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or CCA, was born.
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Okay, hold on.
You can't just sell prisons
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like they're cars or real estate
or hamburgers.
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Hmph! Then why don't you
tell that to Tom Beasley.
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the co-founder of CCA
who once said...
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(man on PA)
CCA, can I take your order?
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I'll have a number seven
with extra solitary cells,
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electric fence,
and small onion rings.
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Like to supermax that?
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Yeah, I'll supermax it.
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And they rake in
a ton of scratch.
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Last year, CCA
took in $1.7 billion.
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Business is so good
it's criminal.
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(laughter)
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Well, you know,
maybe it's okay
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because they're saving
the taxpayer money.
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Sorry! The sales pitch
was wrong.
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The data shows
that private prisons
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cost the taxpayers
just as much
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as regular prisons.
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And today, nearly one-fifth
of federal prisoners
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are held
in a for-profit facility.
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Okay, no--
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Ah, graffiti!
That's an infraction.
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A beautiful one.
Are you Banksy?
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Oh, my gosh, I already
got an infraction.
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They must give out
a lot of these.
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Oh, yeah, that's not
a coincidence.
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One study showed
that private prisons
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dole out twice as many
infractions
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as government prisons.
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Not having enough
infractions.
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That's an infraction.
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These penalties
can lengthen your sentence,
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which earns the company
even more cash.
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Oh, so the more people
that are in prison,
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the more money
they make.
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Ooh, that's dirty!
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Yep, that's why
private prisons
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sneak occupancy clauses
into their contracts,
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which actually require states
to keep prisons full.
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Last year, a private prison
in Arizona
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didn't make
their 97% capacity quota,
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so the state government
had to pay them
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a $3 million fine.
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Fines like that incentivize
cash-strapped states
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to keep people in prison
as long as possible.
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Your parole forms
are in order
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and you've been
a model prisoner,
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so we're going to--
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(clears throat)
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Lock you back up.
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We really can't afford
to pay another fine.
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That's reprehensible.
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Look, not all prisons
are private prisons,
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but this one is,
so no,
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it's purpose
isn't to stop crime.
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It's the dollar-dollar
bills, y'all!
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(chuckling)
Whoo!
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I can't believe all this
has been happening
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and I didn't even know.
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I mean, I never thought
about prison, like, at all.
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Hey, pulling back the curtain
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on our disturbing
business practices,
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that's an infraction.
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Hey, that makes
three infractions.
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You're gonna go
to solitary.
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Okay, that doesn't
sound so bad.
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You know, peace and quiet,
do some meditating.
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No, solitary confinement
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is a cruel and
inhumane punishment
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that has no place
in modern society.
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Wait, what?
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Eh, we'll tell you
about it
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after you get settled
in the hole.
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No, tell me now!
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