When has there been an attempt???

People that work in prisons are basically free labor slaves, yes they get paid, but its nothing compared to the cost of living in there!

The whole system is fucked and needs to be reformed.

They need to take money out of prisons like they need to take money out of politics (good fucking luck)

I never said prisoners don't need to reformed, I said the system we have in place now is not meant to reform them.

Hmmmm then why do they hold you past midnight so they can get paid for an extra day of you being there?

Reading comprehension is hard. They was referring to the prisons. And just because the prison itself isn't private, doesn't mean that everything inside it is run by the government.