Private Prisons Spent Over $1 Million In Just Three Months Lobbying To Put More People In Jail

Private Prisons Spent Over $1 Million In Just Three Months Lobbying To Put More People In Jail: "pYesterday, the Justice Policy Institute (JPI) released a report chronicling the political strategies of private prison companies “working to make money through harsh policies and longer sentences.” The report’s authors note that while the total number of people in prison increased less than 16 percent, the number of people held in private federal and state [...]/p"