It’s no secret that the United States had a massive incarceration boom in the past half-century. What you may find more surprising are that companies [...]
It’s no secret that the United States had a massive incarceration boom in the past half-century. What you may find more surprising are that companies [...]
The government should not collude with private companies to make poor people lose money. The total cost to government of incarceration is $70 billion a year, but at the same time remains a fabulous source of profit to a few private companies. In 2009 alone, while most industries were in a slump, the prison industry brought in $34.4 billion in revenues. Finding accurate financial information on many of these companies is nearly impossible because they’re almost all privately held. We need to examine what this industry costs to the public and who’s really benefiting from it.