v3 Chapter 69： White Dolphin Prison

Justin Finlay spoke to himself.

"Contracting prisons is very profitable, and the government will not lose money..." At this time, several young wizards around had heard their conversation and attracted their attention.

"Are you joking? How can it be possible to make money for you and save money for the Ministry?" Ernie McMillan felt that things were beyond his comprehension. "I guess it's yours." The Ministry of Magic' pays the company, and the company builds a prison - that's the question, the 'Ministry of Magic' has been the payer in the process, so how do you save money?"

Ernie McMillan was a third year student at Hufflepuff and had a close relationship with Justin Finch. His family is a relatively enlightened pure-blood family, which can be seen from the fact that he was assigned to Hufflepuff and then made friends with a hemp wizard. But he also has the characteristics of a very clear pure-blood wizard, that is, he knows almost nothing about Muggle knowledge-he even thinks that the Muggle government department is also called the Ministry of Magic.

Justin Finlay:  …

"First of all, we don't have a Ministry of Magic there. Where do Muggles come from? Second, I need to give you a little common sense in popular science, that is, the Muggle government costs money to detain prisoners, a lot of money!"

The little wizards present were stunned: It turns out that it costs money to detain prisoners? !

No wonder they made a fuss. The Ministry of Magic really didn't spend any money to detain prisoners. At most, they sent people to Azkaban to deliver meals, and in the magic world, food was the least valuable thing. Even the Weasleys, who are also famous for their poverty, have never shorted their children's meals. Every meal at Hogwarts is made like a banquet, also because food is really cheap and easy to get in the wizarding world.

"Do you know how much each prisoner spends financially each year?" Justin Finchley looked at his classmates and smiled, "The two million prisoners in the United States cost nearly ten billion dollars a year— —You may have no idea about this amount of money. Intuitively speaking, 10 billion dollars can be exchanged for 260,000 ounces of gold, five tons of gold... What's more terrible is that the annual cost is rising, the Muggle government has long been It was overwhelmed, so private prisons came into being."

Crowd:!

They may not know what the dollar is, but they know gold. Now they know that Muggles spend five tons of gold a year just to keep prisoners.

"The approval process for a private prison is easier and cheaper. In fact, the use of a private prison can reduce prison costs for Muggle governments by about 20 per cent."

To put it simply, the government originally managed a prisoner itself, and the annual investment was 100. At this time, a private prison came to the door, saying that the prisoner was sent to him, and he only needed to give himself 80 per year. Then the government Of course it is willing, so the government saves 20% of the expenses in this way. As for how much money private prisons can make, it depends on the ability of the warden.

And because the prisoner is just needed - you can't let the criminals go because the cost of the prisoners is too big, right? So the government has to pay for this money, so for them, saving is earning.

As for the ways for private prisons to make money, there are roughly three ways. One is the government's appropriation, and the other is the low administrative cost - the expenditure of private enterprises on various "fire consumption" is much lower than that of public enterprises. Two thousand dollars for a coffee cup, would you dare to report such an account in a private enterprise? The third is that they can really extract the residual value of prisoners. There are no trade unions in prisons, and detainees have no voice channels, so there is no obstacle to the arrangement of various labors.

This is the way for private prisons to make a fortune.

Through Justin's explanation, the little wizard present finally understood why such a paradoxical phenomenon occurs in the Muggle society.

"If I want to open a private prison in the UK, what should I do?" Tom is not interested in how much money a private prison can make. He cares about opening the prison itself, or he only cares about the prisoners who are sent in.

"Uh..." Justin showed an embarrassed look, "To be honest, Yodel, this is almost impossible, there are only so many places in the UK, there are only so many light criminals, and they have long been divided up by various private prisons. - This market is saturated, and outsiders can't squeeze in."

He didn't say a little detail: If you want to enter, you need a strong relationship. Even his family was able to open a private prison by chance and luck.

"Minor prisoners? What if I only want felons?" Tom didn't want those prisoners who went to jail for petty, trivial things. They didn't deserve it. What he wants is the real villain. Tom's idea was simple: I could open my own prison and kidnap a bunch of Dementors to be jailers.

In this way, you can hold part of the dementor's power in your own hands.

With them as prison guards, Tom doesn't need to think about the issue of escape - Sirius can escape because he is an Animagus, Tom's prison is full of Muggles, where did the Animagus come from?

Hearing that all Yodell wanted were felons, Justin's frowning brows stretched out, "That's fine, as long as you convince the officials that prisoners won't run out of your prison, heavy sentence The cost of committing crimes is huge, and they must be happy to get rid of that burden."

Tom's eyes lit up at this positive answer. He decided to officially put the plan on the agenda. The question is, who will take the lead for him? Justin's parents? I don't know him well. Mr. Granger? How does that work? Mr. Granger didn't look like someone who could open a prison.

After thinking about it, a figure appeared in Tom's mind. Although it was not very suitable, it was much more reliable than other options.

Just as Tom was picking candidates in his mind, Justin gradually shifted the topic. He began to talk about his experience in the non-magical world, and the other little wizards were taken aback for a moment.

"Really? Muggles actually landed on the moon?"

"So what exactly is the principle of a telephone?"

"Muggles really...?"

Tom didn't join the nonsensical question and answer, he took the time to fill his stomach and went to the owl house to send a letter.

As night fell, Yuri, who was far away in London, received a letter.

He took the letter from the white dove's foot in the window, opened it, and read it.

The first sentence of the letter was: [Yuri, are you interested in opening a private prison? I think the name of the prison could be "White Dolphin", do you like it? 】

Yuri: ?