Chapter 848 Adjustments of C4S
At the same time, this is an election year in the United States. Ao Guanhai is still seeking re-election, while the Elephant Party needs to decide on candidates internally...
U.S.-Pakistan Relations It has also become a hot foreign policy issue in the U.S. election, with the Elephant Party candidate’s outspoken remarks further widening the differences between the two countries.
In addition, the United States has also promised to seek a closer partnership with India, which has further angered Pakistan.
According to the plan, in 2012, Afghan forces will gradually take over the security affairs of the country, and Afghanistan will face a difficult period.
Affected by the global economic crisis, Afghanistan will not be able to easily obtain economic and military assistance and financial support in the future.
In May this year, NATO will hold a summit in Chicago. At this meeting, the United States did not win much international support for Afghanistan.
This led to the United States' decision to first withdraw some of its troops from Afghanistan - which triggered an acceleration of the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan within NATO.
Unlike Iraq, there are not many security needs from American and European companies in Afghanistan. Prior to this, Protector Military Services' business in Afghanistan was mainly to help the local army and police with training, and Help defend some important areas.
Under the current trend of troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, the number of personnel they invest in Afghanistan will also begin to decrease.
As a result, a considerable number of personnel evacuated from Afghanistan were able to arrive in London and join in the security of the Olympic Games.
By the end of June, G4S finally completed the training of nearly 8,000 security personnel. In less than a month, more than 2,000 personnel will arrive in London to undergo corresponding training. Later he joined the security of the Olympic Games.
The other thing that will be adjusted by G4S is their "correctional services business". To put it bluntly, it is the contracting business of private prisons.
Many Western countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States, have private prisons—private companies undertake the government’s business of detaining prisoners and operating prisons.
And these businesses are still very "profitable"!
Today, there are three giants in the private prison industry in the United States - CCA, GEO and MTC. These three companies own more than 200 prisons in the United States and guard more than 8% of American prisoners.
Among them, CCA and GEO are even listed companies...
It is worth mentioning that GEO Correctional Group, among them, was originally a North American correctional business that was spun off from G4S Company. was established, and C4S still holds part of the shares of GEO Correctional Group.
In fact, the profit-making method of these private prisons is not complicated. Simply put, it is "eating from both ends" - receiving government subsidies with one hand and squeezing prisoners with the other.
On the government side, funds are generally allocated to private prisons on a per capita basis.
For example, in CCA's private prisons, every prisoner sent in will receive a government subsidy of US$58 per person per day.
After deducting the operating costs of the prison and not counting the labor output of prisoners, CCA can still earn $18 per prisoner per day.
However, even so, the government is willing to subsidize.
On the one hand, it is because of the nepotism between officials and businessmen; on the other hand, if the management model of public prisons is followed, the cost will far exceed the 58 US dollars.
But why are the costs of private prisons like CCA so low?
Obviously, increasing revenue and reducing costs is the most basic requirement.
First of all, the salary of employees in private prisons is generally about a quarter lower than that of guards in public prisons, which is almost the same as the legal minimum wage in each state. However, low employee salaries are not the main reason.
Gathering as much money as possible from the prisoners is the magic weapon for making money in these private prisons.
They have certain requirements for the prisoners allocated by the government - they must not have serious diseases and strong violent tendencies...
In other words, it is necessary to ensure that prisoners have full working ability.
In addition, the wages they pay to prisoners are extremely low, but the intensity and hours of work are much higher than those of workers in the free world - anyway, there is no trade union organization in the prison, let alone any insurance or insurance. Welfare, let go and toss them.
In private prisons, the average prisoner's salary is 17 cents per hour, and even prisoners who can hold "high-skilled positions" can only earn up to 50 cents per hour.
Inmates in public prisons generally earn an average of US$1.25 per hour, and they are basically able to send money home every month.
As for those prisoners who are imprisoned in private prisons, it is difficult for them to even support themselves with their wages, let alone sending money home.
In CCA prisons, the price of a cigarette is $1.50 - which means these prisoners need to work 3-10 hours in exchange for a cigarette.
In addition, CCA has also established a cooperative relationship with the company "Global Call" - this company specializes in transferring "prison hotlines" and is actually responsible for connecting the phone lines between prisoners and relatives and friends outside prison.
According to their charging standards, calls are charged US$1.2 per minute, and video calls are priced at US$1.5/minute.
As mentioned above, even if a prisoner works 8 hours a day at the highest wage standard, his daily salary is only enough to call his family to report that he is safe.
This is on the premise that the prisoners are not further exploited by the "prison bullies".
In Barron's previous life, Frédéric Pierucci, the vice president of international sales of the French Alstom company, was thrown into a prison run by the CCA by the FBI. Afterwards, he took the initiative to reveal the "dark" story to the media. Experience:
“In prison, nothing is free of charge. You have to buy plastic cups to drink water. There is a TV, but it is silent. You have to spend money to buy headphones to listen to the sound. The three meals a day are very simple, two slices of bread and a piece of dough that I don’t know what it is. It has no taste or smell. The cost will never exceed 1. U.S. dollars..."
Of course, if the prisoners want to improve their treatment, it is not impossible, just add more money.
In public prisons in Europe and the United States, prison guards accepting money to perform services is called bribery, which is illegal.
When it comes to private prisons, almost everything here has a publicly marked price.
For example, if you don't like living in a multi-person cell, you can purchase a "package" for $82 per day - you will get a double cell and be exempted from labor.
You can even pay to change your roommate, or change to a single room - a cell for $100 per day, with hotel-like bedding, and prisoners who are exempted from labor can also use computers and TVs 24 hours a day Hot water is provided. If you don't want to eat out, your customized daily meal will be delivered by someone.
Except you can't walk out of the yard at will, it's almost like going to a hotel for vacation.
For those wealthy VIP users, it is not impossible to enjoy some special door-to-door services as long as the money is available...
(End of this chapter)