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Private prisons are being phased out: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37124183 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37124183
by reddytowns 10y ago
Private prisons are being phased out: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37124183 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37124183
- Broken_Hippo 10y agoOnly at the federal level, which is a much smaller portion of the prisons in the us. From the first thing I found, there are more people simply sitting in a jail waiting for trial than there are in federal prisons [1]. Which is an issue considering the lobbying the businesses do [2] - they are very much invested in keeping their businesses going and keeping folks in jail. [1] https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie.html https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie.html [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_prison#Lobbying https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_prison#Lobbying