Not to anywhere near the same degree. Also, just a few decades ago, you guys didn’t have them at all. The 1980s is where everything went bad for you guys.
In the first Robocop film, there’s even a scene where the board members of the evil megacorporation OCP are discussing traditionally non-private sectors where they’re making inroads, and prisons are listed.
The UK has a handful, and the contractor that runs them, G4S, is the name everyone instinctively listens out for in news reports about escaped prisoners, event security disasters and probes into site mismanagement.
Not to anywhere near the same degree. Also, just a few decades ago, you guys didn’t have them at all. The 1980s is where everything went bad for you guys.
In the first Robocop film, there’s even a scene where the board members of the evil megacorporation OCP are discussing traditionally non-private sectors where they’re making inroads, and prisons are listed.
The UK has a handful, and the contractor that runs them, G4S, is the name everyone instinctively listens out for in news reports about escaped prisoners, event security disasters and probes into site mismanagement.