There are plenty of people in the US who profit from prisons but have nothing to do with private prisons. Prison labor is significantly cheaper than “normal” la

There are plenty of people in the US who profit from prisons but have nothing to do with private prisons. Prison labor is significantly cheaper than “normal” labor, for example. And in states like Florida, felons are effectively banned from voting, so politicians can “profit” by criminalizing their opponents’ constituencies.