This short Mother Jones article and reference to a longer report about the private prison industry, is interesting. I have wondered how the cost structures and business plans work when crime and incarceration rates decline. Who bears the costs for empty facilities? [lightbox link=”https://www.interactivityfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/New-Prison.jpg” thumb=”https://www.interactivityfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/New-Prison-300×200.jpg” width=”300″ align=”right” title=”Razorz by ambimb, on Flickr under a Creative Commons attribution, non-commercial, share-alike license ” frame=”true” icon=”image”]
Guaranteed Occupancy Rates for Prisons?
September 19, 2013
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