This is a an article from Noelle de la Paz at colorlines.com
http://colorlines.com/archives/2011/11/new_report_finds_private_prisons_a_threat_to_criminal_justice_reform.html

A new report released by the American Civil Liberties Union puts the spotlight on the disturbing realities of prison privatization, a multi-billion dollar industry that has exploded in the past three decades. “Banking on Bondage: Private Prisons and Mass Incarceration” is the first comprehensive analysis of privatization’s destructive impacts on the already overgrown prison industry.
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