Wrong question. You were already given the answer to that one by ekg. For some reason, you're incapable of reading it. This one:
I'm anxious to hear about those personal insults. Care to fill me in?
As for the private prisons, thats simple outsourcing. It's usually cheaper for a government entity to outsource services (some services) and put them up for competitive bidding rather than to provide them themselves. Say running Florida State prisons cost x for the State, and the State wants to outsource it to cut their costs. So therefore, they are not willing to pay more than y (a lessor amt than x). The put it up for bid and any company that bids an amount that equals or is less than y should be in the running. The goal is for the State to cut costs after all.
Is there something about this that isn't obvious to you? I didn't think this was the question because the answer seems kind of obvious, but apparently not. What is it that you find so confusing about this process?
