The Concern About Private Prisons Is That

question 69

Multiple Choice

The concern about private prisons is that:

• A) they will increase profits by cutting costs and lowering quality.
• B) they will charge taxpayers too much money by raising the prices of their services to monopoly levels.
• C) there is no incentive for them to be efficient.
• D) they might pay their staff above market wages, leading to a surplus of prison labor.

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