Should Federal and State Prisons Be Outsourced to Central America?
Outsourcing of manufacturing isn’t always a good idea. Sure, pollution is cut back, but so are American jobs, especially in key industries that will be needed if the US has to quickly switch to a wartime footing, as happened in World War II.
But federal and state prisons are different, and ousourcing them to Central America would also help with unwanted “refugees” on the southern border. What they really want, the media tells us, is a chance to make a decent living. With religion even stronger than in the US, they would be perfect candidates for humanely caring for men and women who have received multi-year sentences.
Besides, Central America is nearby. Relatives who wish to see incarcerated relatives will welcome the chance to visit established tourist destinations, as a recent post “Central American Happiness: Economic Opportunity Is Key” has made clear. Central America is a tropical paradise.
As another earlier post also argued, the US public doesn’t really care for the expediency with which rehabilitation-prone bureaucrats are running prison facilities at home:
America can’t seem to solve its problem with prison overcrowding. Taxpayers don’t want to pay for prison with all of the amenities of a hotel or college dorm. Rehabilitation doesn’t work. Prisoners learn even worse anti-social behaviors from each other.
Politicians deal with the problem by pardoning some, giving early release to others, and plea bargaining justice away whenever possible. Costs must be kept down, but this usually means that the guilty will be set free, especially for the nonviolent inmates.
As it now stands, an army of young lawyers milk (on the taxpayer dime) the due process system with a revolving door from the prisons to the courtrooms, year after year, to discover releases on technicalities or pursue seemingly endless unnecessary hearings.
Victims of crimes and their families have a right to know that criminals will be punished, not paroled. And stronger ties with Central American countries will also allow for more cooperative programs with governments there to train police and military to deal with violent gangs and cartels, something the US military needs to get up to speed with as well.
