Comment on Newsom proposes defunding police, prisons, public safety as California faces massive deficit
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 3 months agoHahaha I know the 8% figure you’re talking about and it’s not that. No you don’t. As you are wrong once again. The total prison population of private prisons is 8%.
sentencingproject.org/…/private-prisons-in-the-un…
Private for-profit prisons incarcerated 90,873 American residents in 2022, representing 8% of the total state and federal prison population. Since 2000, the number of people housed in private prisons has increased 5%.
BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 3 months ago
Hahaa you just confirmed I was right.
Now break it down by state. Your previous Florida is up to 14%, a 200% increase in the same time frame.
In fact, most the states with the highest stats are red states.
sentencingproject.org/…/private-prisons-in-the-un…
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wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 3 months ago
No, the article very clearly shows you are wrong.
You said the majority of prisoners were going to private prisons. That is false.
BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 3 months ago
Going, not are. The number is growing and in many states it’s hitting a majority.
You are confusing an upward trend for a static figure.