> For-profit prisons with state minimum occupancy clauses. That kind of clause is common for a supply contract (e.g., Buyer promises to purchase goods/services

> For-profit prisons with state minimum occupancy clauses. That kind of clause is common for a supply contract (e.g., Buyer promises to purchase goods/services from supplier, minimum order of X units per year.). If a state purchased more units from a prison service provider than it needed, then I can imagine that state trying to re-sell the services to a neighboring state, but I can’t imagine them locking up more people so that they don’t have to pay for unused services. If that happens then a state should just negotiate its contracts differently in the future. The other stuff I agree with you on.