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   -=> Mike Powell wrote to ROB MCCART <=-   
      
    MP> I think he meant jails that are run by for-profit companies who get   
    MP> paid by the government based on the number of people incarcerated   
    MP> there.  They, in turn, are motivated to lobby for laws that make it   
    MP> more difficult for offenders -- even non-violent ones -- to get out of   
    MP> jail.   
      
   Exactly. There have been cases where prison providers have pressured   
   municipalities who weren't keeping their numbers up, resulting in a loss   
   of revenue for the prison provider. And, judges tend to apply longer   
   sentences when for-profit prisons are involved.   
      
   https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0927537120301123   
      
      
       
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