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Reminder private prisons make up 8.4% of total inmates. Source (as the official government source is giving a HTTPS issue) https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsro

Reminder private prisons make up 8.4% of total inmates. Source (as the official government source is giving a HTTPS issue) https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-house-leaders-introduce-bill-to-ban-private-prisons https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sande... The private prison issue is one of reddit's favorite topics to blow out of proportion. Can we not bring it here as well?

parthdesai 8y ago
it still is 8.4% more than it should be.
akerro 8y ago
>The private prison issue is one of reddit's favorite topics to blow out of proportion I've never seen such thread on reddit.
- dopamean 8y ago
  There was a period maybe around the election in 2016 when it was a very frequent topic of conversation. That may have been spurred by the Obama administration's announcement that they'd stop using private prisons for detention of illegal immigrants at the border. Hillary I believe said she'd do the same if she became president. As a result there was a lot of talk about it.
organsnyder 8y ago
Private prisons may be under 10% of inmates, but they still constitute 100% of some companies' income streams. The influence those companies wield is a function of their investment in lobbying and other persuasion tools, which is not necessarily correlated to marketshare.