All the prisons listed in the article are state prisons, the prison problem in the US is only somewhat impacted by private prisons; the vast majority of prisoners (>90%) are in state or federally owned facilities. States make and save a shit ton of money through slave labor, they don’t necessarily want or need a business poking their nose in it.
All the prisons listed in the article are state prisons, the prison problem in the US is only somewhat impacted by private prisons; the vast majority of prisoners (>90%) are in state or federally owned facilities. States make and save a shit ton of money through slave labor, they don’t necessarily want or need a business poking their nose in it.