There is the attitude that this is somehow weak on crime. I think it's just stupid and wasteful. Even if you don't care about the criminals we should care about those they take advantage of and the tax payers that are paying for their housing.

I don't talk about anarco-capitalism much but I do think private parties would do a much better job of this than the state. Prisons are incredibly wasteful, and ineffective. They actually do a better job creating crime than stopping it.