DoJ says it will end private federal prisons

I know absolutely nothing about the topic, and merely thought I should explain that before going on. However, that being said, purely as a personal opinion, understand, please, I have the view that certain functions of government simply cannot be privatized, not possible, the end. It's like the whole thought of the postal system losing money, and all the inventive notions to try to !make it pay for itself I've read of at various times, e.g., using the postal vehicles to monitor highways or weather, or whatever. Now, while that's obviously not a terribly bad idea, per se, then, too, there's the whole notion of dual postal system/private parcel service combos, as well, there, the whole thing makes sense, of course, it's just a somewhat grayer concept. Look, too, at the whole notion of privatizing vet med care; the debate has been going on forever, those who want it and or think it'd be great, vs those who think it'd be an abysmal notion. Further, look at the whole idea of private security companies with military-like functions; in prior generations, in all likelihood, such an idea would most likely have been deemed anathema, you know? Now, if one considers private prison companies, e.g , I've seen various documentaries on cable TV by us about the idea. However, like the postal system, one simply can not introduce the notion of profit into such a public function, in my view, the profit notion is utterly, totally out of keeping with any sort of notion of societal rehab, such private companies would have little incentive to try to rehab inmates, to my way if thinking, only further compounding an already bad notion to begin with, in my view. As I said, I know nothing other than what I've seen and or read about the idea however, some functions of government are properly those of government, not private industry, and when one starts blurring the dividing line between the two, invariably, to my mind, such an approach is most likely to encounter the same sort of problem, more or less, by way of analogy, as the whole problem of separation between church and state. Each has its place, however the whole separation concept there quite clearly evolved over millennia, and for very good reason, I am convinced, though, of course that's obviously only my own personal viewpoint, certainly, as I'd said. I just think the same sort of logic applies here, as well as in many of the areas I'd mentioned; government is government, industry is industry, and while there can and should be involvement between the two, there is, and, to my way of thinking, should be, a very clear, distinct, and unmistakable divide between the two, that's all I'm trying to suggest, with no blurring of such a distinction, regardless of any effort at higher efficiency, and or cost effectiveness. To try merging or intermingling the two takes society down a road that it's rarely, gone down, if ever, till of late, at least, I gather, with results that are, also to my way of thinking, inherently unpredictable, if only for the simple reason of the novelty of such approaches, with the inevitable need to either constantly revise such an approach, or just finding out, as in this specific case mentioned here, that such a methodology evidently turned out, eventually, I gather, to be an abject, abysmal failure, or sufficiently so such that perpetuating clearly, I gathered, proved could reproductive. I'd be most eager for any thoughts, hope those notions were of at least some interest, many thanks, and, once again, those are purely my own opinions, certainly, by all means, I obv do not in any way mean that I am in any way expert on such topics, it's just that the whole subject seemed of genuine interest to me, that's all, once again, many thanks.

Misdemeanors typically have no jail time or less than one year. I think public urination would have to have some extreme aggravating factors to rise to the level of a felony. There is a huge difference between jail and prison.