The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

Chapter 325 White Dolphin Prison

Justin Finch-Fletchley started talking to himself.

"Contracting prisons is very profitable, and the government will not lose money..." At this time, there were several little wizards around who heard their conversation and were attracted to it.

"Are you kidding me? How is it possible for you to make money and the ministry to save money at the same time?" Ernie MacMillan felt that the matter was beyond his ability to understand. "If I'm not mistaken, it's from your place." The Ministry of Magic pays the company, and then the company builds a prison - so the question is, the Ministry of Magic has been the party paying the money in this process, so how to save money?"

Ernie MacMillan is a third-year student at Hufflepuff House who has a good relationship with Justin Finch-Fletchley. His family is a relatively liberal pure-blood family, which can be seen from the fact that he was assigned to Hufflepuff and then made friends with a marrow wizard. But he also has a very distinct characteristic of a pure-blood wizard, that is, he has almost no knowledge of Muggles - he even thought that the Muggle government department was also called the Ministry of Magic.

Justin Finlay:…

"First of all, we don't have the Ministry of Magic there. Where did the Muggles get the Ministry of Magic? Secondly, I need to give you a little common sense, that is, it costs money for the Muggle government to detain prisoners, and it costs a lot of money!"

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

It's no wonder they made such a fuss. The Ministry of Magic really doesn't cost money to detain prisoners. The most they can do is send someone to Azkaban to deliver a meal, and food is the least valuable thing in the magical world. Even the Weasley family, who were also famously poor, had never run out of food for their children. Every meal at Hogwarts is treated like a banquet, also because food is really cheap and easy to obtain in the wizarding world.

"Do you know how much money each prisoner spends on the financial system every year?" Justin Finch-Fletchley looked at his classmates and smiled, "There are two million prisoners in the United States, which costs nearly 10 billion U.S. dollars every year - —You may have no idea about this amount of money. To put it intuitively, tens of billions of dollars can be exchanged for about 260,000 ounces of gold, five tons of gold... What’s more terrible is that the expenses are rising every year. The Muggle government has already It was overwhelmed, so private prisons came into being.”

Everyone:!

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

"The approval process for private prisons is simpler and less expensive. In fact, using private prisons can reduce Muggle governments' prison expenses by approximately 20%."

To put it simply, the government originally managed a prisoner by itself, and the annual cost was 100. Now the private prison came to the door and said that if the prisoner was sent to them, it only needed to pay itself 80 per year. Then the government Naturally, he was happy, so the government saved 20% of expenses in this way. As for how much money private prisons can make, that depends on the ability of the warden.

And since locking up prisoners is a necessity - you can't let them go just because they cost too much, right? Therefore, the government must pay this money, so for them, what they can save is money.

As for the ways for private prisons to make money, there are roughly three ways. The first is government funding, and the second is low administrative costs—private companies spend far less on various “fire expenses” than public companies. A coffee cup costs two thousand dollars. Do you dare to report such an account in a private company? The third is that they can really extract the surplus value from prisoners. There are no trade unions in prisons, and inmates have no voice channels, so there are no obstacles to various labor arrangements.

Increase revenue, reduce expenditure and add subsidies, this is how private prisons make a fortune.

Through Justin's explanation, the little wizards present finally understood why such a bizarre phenomenon occurred in Muggle society.

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

"Uh..." Justin showed a troubled look, "To be honest, Yoder, this is almost impossible. There are only so many light-duty prisoners in the UK, and they have long been divided up by various private prisons. ——This market is already saturated and outsiders cannot squeeze in.”

There was one detail he didn’t share: if you want to enter, you need a strong relationship. Even his family's ability to open a private prison was due to chance and good luck.

"Miscellaneous criminals? What if I only want serious criminals?" Tom didn't want those prisoners who went to jail for petty crimes. What he wants is a truly evil person. Tom's idea is simple: I can open a prison of my own and kidnap a group of dementors to serve as jailers.

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

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

Hearing that all Yoder wanted were felons, Justin's frown relaxed, "That's not a problem, as long as you make the officials believe that the prisoners will not escape from your prison, it will be fine." The cost of committing the crime is huge, and they must be happy to get rid of this burden."

Tom's eyes lit up after receiving such a 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'm not familiar with him. Mr. Granger? How can that work? Mr. Granger doesn't look like someone who can open a prison.

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

Just as Tom was choosing a candidate in his mind, Justin gradually changed the subject. He began to talk about his experiences in the non-magical world, which made other young wizards stunned.

"Really? Muggles actually landed on the moon?"

"So what exactly does this thing about a telephone work like?"

"Muggles really...?"

Tom did not participate in this nonsensical question and answer. He took the time to fill his stomach and went to the Owl House to mail the letter.

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

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

The first sentence in the letter is: [Yuri, are you interested in opening a private prison? I think we can name the prison "White Dolphin". Do you like it? 】

Yuri:?

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