January 14, 2021
The population of private prisons in the United States increased 47 percent over the last 20 years, although recent years have seen a modest decline.
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Privatized Incarceration
Alexandria senator leads fight against profiting from prisoners
Housing inmates in Virginia prisons costs the state about $70 a day for each inmate. But the private sector can do it a lot cheaper, about $50 a day. Lawmakers are about to debate whether that's a savings they can afford.
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