The private-prison industry is extremely opaque — claiming exception from public-record laws, thus providing little useful data and rarely granting access to facilities, so researchers have struggled to make meaningful recommendations.
Additionally, private correctional facilities are not subject to public record laws and don’t have to report how money is being spent, despite the funneling of tax dollars to the businesses to conduct state business.
These facilities also have the ability to accept or decline an offender based on medical conditions and mental health concerns, which drives down costs.
Given the reality that the for-profit prison industry is not disappearing tomorrow, it’s incredibly important to try to reform it. We must change the incentives that reward more incarceration instead of rewarding better conditions, programming, and recidivism rates.
These for-profit corporations are more concerned with their bottom line than staff training, inmate programming, or quality medical care, food, and accommodations.

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