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> I can't understand how prisons can be private

Let's keep this in perspective. 8.1% of prisoners in the US are in private prisons. Maybe that number is too high, but clearly it isn't the primary driver in US justice policy.




Don't look at the percentage. Look at the PROFIT.


This entire conversation seems especially resistant to facts, due to their inconvenience. No matter, HN doesn't exist to solve the world's problems, only bitch about them.




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