https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/16/17243080/marijuana-legalization-mass-incarceration-boehner https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/16/1

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/16/17243080/marijuana-legalization-mass-incarceration-boehner https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/16/17243080/m... https://www.marijuanalawyerblog.com/how-many-federal-prisoners-are-in-prison-due-to-cannabis/ https://www.marijuanalawyerblog.com/how-many-federal-prisone... from the second link: "This is a total of 11,533 people incarcerated as a result of their involvement with cannabis products." Considering that the percentage of prisoners in private prisons is below 10%, we can see that there are less than 1100 people in private prisons for marijuana related crimes. There is no way that you can generate returns on lobbying for one of the most hot issues in US off of the profit of 1100 prisoners