Around 100,000, or 4% of total US prisoners[1]. 90% of them are in the facilities of the Corrections Corporation of America[2]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wik

Around 100,000, or 4% of total US prisoners[1]. 90% of them are in the facilities of the Corrections Corporation of America[2]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_prison#In_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_prison#In_the_United_St... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrections_Corporation_of_America http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrections_Corporation_of_Amer... edit: so that question was interesting enough for 3 people to look up the answer at the same time ;) Also I had to double check, wtf at the 100,000 prisoners being only 4% of total US prisoners..