I don't think you realize, america has the largest prison population in the history of the world.
It's not like everybody getting sent to prison deserves it. We have 5% of the worlds TOTAL population, but 25% of the worlds PRISON population. These private prisons sell their stocks on Wall Street. I've looked the stocks up before.
These "representatives" are selling us out to private companies that make their money off locking us up. There's states that have contracts that guarantee to keep the private prisons filled to almost capacity
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-03-01/buying-prisons-require-high-occupancy/53402894/1
Private purchasing of prisons locks in occupancy rateseasy solution. Don't become a violent criminal.
By Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY Updated 3/8/2012 12:37 PM
WASHINGTON – At a time when states are struggling to reduce bloated prison populations and tight budgets, a private prison management company is offering to buy prisons in exchange for various considerations, including a controversial guarantee that the governments maintain a 90% occupancy rate for at least 20 years.
http://govtslaves.info/govt-guarantees-90-occupancy-rate-in-private-prisons/
Gov’t Guarantees 90% Occupancy Rate In Private Prisons