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By "pokies" it will be assumed that the reference is to jails and penitientaries. Operating the prison/correction system is not a money-making operation. Every person confined within them, and the staff and budget needed to operate them costitutes a loss since their operation must be funded by the citizens through paying taxes.

Some insitutions (mostly federal) DO produce some items for the commerical market however any "income" they generate is a mere drop in the bucket compared to the amount of money needed to fund the operations.

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