(their, BTW)
Cf. the California prison-guards' union: https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-road-map-prison-g...
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/drug-law-lobbying-by-corre...
The corrections corporation of America only spends a million a year on lobbying- this would be small change even if it was solely spent on anti-marijuana lobbying. But It's more likely that the majority of their lobbying budget would be spent on issues directly related to regulation and spending for private prisons
Several judges took bribes from private prisons to incarcerate juveniles for minor offenses. While the judges have substantial jail sentences, the developers got off light at <2 years in jail and some fines. For wrongly keeping minors imprisoned, and leading to the suicide of at least one of the wrongfully jailed.
I couldn't find anything about this on the link you provided. Any other sources?
this [1] doesn't differentiate between violent and non-violent
https://www.marijuanalawyerblog.com/how-many-federal-prisone...
from the second link: "This is a total of 11,533 people incarcerated as a result of their involvement with cannabis products."
Considering that the percentage of prisoners in private prisons is below 10%, we can see that there are less than 1100 people in private prisons for marijuana related crimes.
There is no way that you can generate returns on lobbying for one of the most hot issues in US off of the profit of 1100 prisoners
Private prisons come close. They incentivize having more people in prison.
So, when you see people lobbying against legalizing weed, some of that is genuine concern, but it also aligns very closely to people who realize what a drop in prison inmates could mean for there business...
It's insane.