Re:Prison is a big business (Score 0)

Actually, working for corrections in a state without privatly run prisons, we work hard to keep people out. It costs the state way too much money to keep a person in prison who doesn't need to be there. When the average prison in a state is 20% over capacity, prison is not a big buisness. It is a money pit. Every time a legislator makes "tougher laws for blah blah blah", it doesn't come with a funding increase or a budget to build a new prison. All we can do is shake our heads and wonder where we are going to put them.