Private Prisons Profit From Immigration Crackdown, Federal And Local Law Enforcement Partnerships

What people are forgetting is that taxpayers are paying more to corporations for a privatized prison system than a government run prison system.  That's because shareholders have become part of the business model and getting a piece of the pie, too.  The profits come from cutting costs (food, beds, healthcare, clothing, heating/cooling/water, training, etc.) for the inmate care and increasing the number of units (inmates) to skim from.

One prison spends more feeding its dogs ($1.20) than its prisoners (90 cents a day).  Prisons are now eliminating the number of meals it provides inmates -- Quality and portions could only be cut so much.  In America, land of the free.  We are 5% of the world's population and we have 25% of the world's prisoners.
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