Director of #InOurBackyards at @verainstitute; tweets my own. repping flyover country. More justice, more dignity, more freedom. Philly Committeeperson 12-16
Jan 26, 2021 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
Okayyyy, I’ll join everyone else in responding to today’s news (instead of just sighing, gazing into middle distance). The profit incentive baked into private prisons is a mess. But you know what else is a HUGE MESS?
The revenue incentive in the federal jail market. 🧵
The federal government spends an estimated $1.3 billion to house people in a loose network of local jails. These agencies—primarily the US Marshals and ICE—are directly under federal control.
