No, they have contracted for a specific number of guests. It's not up to the prison to fill the quota. The government has also contracted for a specific number of beds.
for purposes of this explanation, let's assume the government has guaranteed payment for one-half the capacity of thusandso prison
the prison must be making a profit at that level, otherwise it would be foolish to enter into the contract
which means all of the fixed expenses have already been covered by that 50% capacity
and that then tells us for each additional prisoner, the profit to thusandso company will increase by the amount of the 'contribution to fixed costs' covered entirely by 50% capacity. the economy of scale has moved in the company's favor
it is now in the profit generating interest of thusandso company to acquire as many prisoners as possible until capacity is reached
while that company cannot arrest and incarcerate the extra prisoners it needs to fill its facility, it has the motivation and the financial and political means to exert political pressure to see that arrests/convictions are sufficient to reach its profit targets
notice no such motivation exists in a government owned and operated facility because it is without a profit motive
Explain to me how, or why, they would fill empty beds on their own. Just go out and pick up hookers? vagrants? drug dealers?
it would, according to citizens united, exercise its free speech as a corporate person by bribing government officials ... in other words it would make legal campaign contributions to them. plus, it might wine and dine them, too; don't forget essential Christmas gifts
No different than the government agreeing to buy 500 new planes. The government is then on the hook for 500 planes at a given price. The contractor is on the hook to provide 500 planes at a given price.
actually, it is VERY different
it would be a firm fixed contract for known quantity and delivery. not so for the prison, which would likely be indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity
another significant distinction is the absence of exactitude for the prison
to build and deliver 500 drones, the manufacturer would not have to construct a facility. it would be able to lease/rent one if that facility was adequate to build 500 drones on the specified delivery schedule. once the drones were delivered, the manufacturer would no longer require the facility, thus eliminating it as an expensed item
as the prison does not know that it will never acquire more than the contracted number of prisoners, and for a specified period, it is unable to rent/lease such a unique facility that it requires to fulfill the contract
you have compared apples with mashed potatoes and told us they are 'no different'
