ClydeR
08-03-2012, 12:31 PM
MIAMI (AP) — Locking up illegal immigrants has grown profoundly lucrative for the private prisons industry, a reliable pot of revenue that helped keep some of the biggest companies in business.
And while nearly half of the 400,000 immigrants held annually are housed in private facilities, the federal government — which spends $2 billion a year on keeping those people in custody — says it isn't necessarily cheaper to outsource the work, a central argument used for privatization in the first place.
More... (http://www.chron.com/business/article/Immigrants-prove-big-business-for-prison-companies-3756088.php)
If Romney is elected, he can outsource the prisons to China and India, where it will be much cheaper than here in the United States. Or Australia, since that whole place used to be a prison colony. Or we could build a prison in Mexico, but that doesn't sound right somehow.
And while nearly half of the 400,000 immigrants held annually are housed in private facilities, the federal government — which spends $2 billion a year on keeping those people in custody — says it isn't necessarily cheaper to outsource the work, a central argument used for privatization in the first place.
More... (http://www.chron.com/business/article/Immigrants-prove-big-business-for-prison-companies-3756088.php)
If Romney is elected, he can outsource the prisons to China and India, where it will be much cheaper than here in the United States. Or Australia, since that whole place used to be a prison colony. Or we could build a prison in Mexico, but that doesn't sound right somehow.