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Re:Ask HN: I shut down my company, now I need a job by nceqs3 on Monday June 20, 2022 @11:15AM (#31811349)
For-profit prisons are a tiny minority of prisons in the US.
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Re:Ask HN: I shut down my company, now I need a job by RBBronson123 on Monday June 20, 2022 @11:21AM (#31811420)
You're right. About 10%. They are a relatively small player.
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Re:Ask HN: I shut down my company, now I need a job by qorrect on Monday June 20, 2022 @11:20AM (#31811408)
8% of prisoners in for profit prisons ? 5.6 million people, that's not tiny.
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Re:Ask HN: I shut down my company, now I need a job by RBBronson123 on Monday June 20, 2022 @11:22AM (#31811428)
No ~8% of those incarcerated are in private prisons
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