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Jails and prisons also purchase a ton of goods and services from for profit companies, who are all too happy to upcharge (“you can’t put a price on safety!”), and the wardens just sign on the dotted line and hand the bill over to taxpayers

This documentary from about 20 years ago went to one of their tradeshows, and even back then they were talking about how it corrections was a billion dollar industry

e; mirror link for Up the Ridge

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