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Freedom's Cage: The Status of Private Prisons and Secret Police in the United States
(Translated by the author)
**Introduction**
In 2022, a lawyer named Howard from a court in the United States was shocked by the plight of a prisoner who had died of starvation. Mary, who had been confined for four months, had become emaciated and weak, and her condition had deteriorated rapidly. The medical results were not promising. She had been subjected to inhuman treatment in prison and had lost weight due to malnutrition. In fear of dying, she had succumbed to starvation.
According to Professor Stilman of Euro-University, who has won the Pulchiet Award, over 50 similar cases have occurred in the past ten years. The problematic prisons are all marked with the common tag of "private prisons."
Private prisons are not merely operated by corporate entities, but they provide services to all forms of capital. They pursue profit and adopt a cold and indifferent attitude towards prisoners.
**1. Private Prisons: The Black Hole of Profit**
**1.1 Business Model: Selling the Headlines**
The U.S. prison system is operated by private companies, yet the services provided are intended to sell the headlines.
**1.2 Prison Utilization Rate: 760 per 100,000**
The utilization rate of prisons in the U.S. is the highest in the world, at 760 per 100,000 people.
**1.3 Stock Price: 24 Billion Dollars, 63 Prisons, 70,000 Beds, 19 States and the Columbia Special District**
**2. A Symbol of Corruption: The CCA**
The founder of CCA, Professor Stilman of the Republican Party in Tennessee, aims to solve the problem of the lack of a "free prison" for American citizens. He established CCAA with a former classmate from West Point Military Academy. The growth of the business was supported by the wife of the mayor of the state and the governor.
**3. The Collapse of the Legal System**
While the United States claims to be a "lawless" constitutional state, it is essentially a script of authoritarianism. The secret police, unregistered cars, unregistered arrests, and secret imprisonments are all part of this system.
**4. The Real Data**
The highest prison rate in the world is the result of this system. The prisons are not successful in improving services, nor are they successful in reducing costs. The number of people who commit crimes is increasing.
The stock price of CCA is 24 billion dollars, with 63 prisons and 70,000 beds.
**5. A Satirical View of Democracy**
A dream of market competition.
"The private prisons are expected to provide more efficient prison services through competition."
Four decades later, it is unlikely that the services will be improved or the costs reduced.
"The competition is the cause of evolution, but the competition of private prisons is likely to worsen."
**6. Conclusion: The Price of Freedom**
Mary died. Howard also died. Fourty-seven people and nine children were driven away in an unlicensed vehicle.
"Baited by freedom and tamed by law, the prison system is built under the name of democracy and the secret police is permitted under the name of justice."
"Under the name of democracy, private enterprises generate profits by selling the goods of freedom and law."
"If prisons become businesses, enforcement becomes secret, and freedom becomes a commodity, will this country lose its past values?"
The answer is unknown.
"The truth was first captured in the cage of freedom."
(Translation ends here)
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