2020 Candidates Are Pushing To End Private Prisons — But The States They Serve Use Them For Better Inmate Conditions
Audrey Conklin – Four 2020 Democratic presidential candidates calling for the end of all private prisons in the U.S. represent states that depend on private facilities to compensate for overcrowding issues. – The candidates argue that private prison companies are profiting off “the suffering of incarcerated people and their families.” – Private facilities house less…