My respect for people's right are being tested

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Catfish

In the US, prisons are privately owned companies or so i read. is this really true?

Some are.

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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Prisons

Most though are government run via the FBP.