If this gains traction, the war on drugs and immigration won't soon be over. From HufPo
Assurance of 90% full for 20 years sounds like free money to me.
In the past I'd have laughed this off. Not now though. Nowadays, this kind of talk scares hell outa me.
Corrections Corporation of America, the nation's largest operator of for-profit prisons, has sent letters recently to 48 states offering to buy up their prisons as a remedy for "challenging corrections budgets." In exchange, the company is asking for a 20-year management contract, plus an assurance that the prison would remain at least 90 percent full, according to a copy of the letter obtained by The Huffington Post.
Assurance of 90% full for 20 years sounds like free money to me.
In the past I'd have laughed this off. Not now though. Nowadays, this kind of talk scares hell outa me.