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[–] 60 points 3 years ago (9 children)

Read the article. They're paying for bottled water. They have access to regular tap water, but some people are saying the tap water in these very old prisons isn't fit for drinking.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    Are these prisons private or managed by private companies?

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  • [+] -6 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    I don't think the article specifically says, but most prisons in the U.S. are privately owned. I can only imagine that's more the case in Texas than it is the nation as a whole.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    According to this, Texas has ~7% of their prison population in private facilities. The national rate is ~8%.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago*

    There's an excessive perception that the US prison system is privately run. As terrible as the concept is, it is not as widespread as people think... however the US prison population is gigantic, so it still isn't very small.

    "While the United States represents about 4.2 percent of the world's population, it houses around 20 percent of the world's prisoners."

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