Prison is the place of unspeakable brutalities. Prison is where inmates are beaten, knifed and given the advent of AIDS, raped to death. Prison is where nourishing food and needed medication are virtually nonexistant. Prison is most certainly not where you send someone to save their life. Prison is where substance abusers and other nonviolent offenders, male and female, are sent to fill quotas.
Privatized prisons are big business.
Existing and projected prison industry even bigger business. Florida and Oregon lead the pack in profits from prison slave labor. If you think unemployment, cutbacks, displacement and homelessness is bad now, you ain't seen nothin yet. While you're daydreaming, corporate America is mobilizing big time. It's a dream come true for industry.