There is a direct correlation between private prisons and mass incarceration. Learn how profit-driven motives lead to longer sentences, unjust lobbying, and a broken system—and what we can do to stop it.
The real reason we should end the use of private prisons is not the conventional one. The real reason is that justice should not be administered through the prism of profit… We mistrust arrangements that might lead actors in the system to stray from their duty to administer justice impartially.
The problem with the private prison is analogous. The companies that build and run private prisons have a financial interest in the continued growth of mass incarceration. That is why the two major players in this game—the Corrections Corporation of America and the GEO Group—invest heavily in lobbying for punitive criminal justice policies and make hefty contributions to political campaigns that will increase reliance on prisons.
Check out our other causes:
Standing Up for Incarcerated Women: From healthcare to dignity, their voices demand to be heard.
Eliminating the Felony Murder Rule: An outdated law that punishes people for crimes they didn’t commit.
Calling Out For-Profit Prisons: Institutions that thrive on incarceration and taxpayer ignorance.
