On: Launch HN: Promise (YC W18) – Cost-effective, more humane alternative to jail

[stouset]

That said, I'm hoping they can. I too am skeptical that a for-profit model can work here, but as long as the incentives are appropriately aligned (they profit when incarceration rates drop and recidivism rates decline), there's a possibility it can work.

[maxerickson → stouset]

It'll almost certainly be a fee for service model.

(municipalities simply won't write contracts with big rewards tied to incarceration or recidivism rates)