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Originally Posted by Catfish
In the US, prisons are privately owned companies or so i read. is this really true?  |
Some are.
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As of 2010 about 15% of the inmates under the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Prisons are in facilities operated by third parties. Most of them are in facilities operated by private companies.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Prisons
Most though are government run via the FBP.