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Read my comment again. I didn't say anything about the overall prison population, just that private prisons have a very small share of overall US prisoners (esp
by bko 8y ago
Read my comment again. I didn't say anything about the overall prison population, just that private prisons have a very small share of overall US prisoners (especially in California, the state mentioned in the article). So I'm skeptical that privatization is somehow driving the prison policy.
- maxerickson 8y agoPublic prisons contract with a lot of private services, so it's harder to analyze than just looking at the privately managed populations.