That doesn't help if the public doesn't care, and for decades there was no public pressure to reform any prison, public or private. Now that criminal justice r

That doesn't help if the public doesn't care, and for decades there was no public pressure to reform any prison, public or private. Now that criminal justice reform is mainstream, private prisons have received a disproportionate amount of public attention, enough for the feds to phase them out. I hope the newfound criminal justice reformers don't declare victory as soon as private prisons are gone. Never forget that over-criminalization and mass incarceration preceded private prisons, not the other way around.