Click on title for link. Infuriating how the Republicans keep insisting that “free market capitalism” is a “survival of the fittest” - and yet continually resort to subsidies, bailouts, and lobbying for public policy changes to bolster businesses or sectors that would otherwise be failing.
The worst part of taking this approach to private prisons is that, by creating a profit motive, it creates an incentive to lobby for public policy changes and stricter incarceration rules for minor violations. This has a damaging effect on the lives of so many people (not to mention their families and dependents) who should never have served time for minor offenses.
Disgusting.
