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How the Recession Hurts Private Prisons

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

America?s constantly booming prison population has seemed like a good business to be in, but even that is slowing with the economy. By Nancy Cook June 30, 2010 Newsweek http://www.newsweek.com/2010/06/30/how-the-recession-hurts-private-prisons.html Baldwin, Mich., (population 1,107), will soon have more prison beds than full-time residents. On the outskirts of town, one of the country?s largest private prison companies recently spent $60 million to expand a former juvenile prison into a 1,755-bed facility meant to house illegal immigrants before deportation. This is the same town where every summer locals gather for a carnival nicknamed Troutarama at which teenage girls vie for the crown of Ms. Lake County. Thirty-two percent of Baldwin?s families live below the poverty line, in a state with a 13...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on July 02, 2010 (boomark / email).