Trump's mass deportation machine is a $1.4 billion private-prison bonanza
by Jason Weisberger from Boing Boing on (#77K9M)
Cruelty is a growth industry, and the deportation business is booming.
Surprise! MAGA's favorite mass-deportation program has produced at least one conspicuous group of winners: the companies paid to lock people up.
America's two largest private-prison companies, CoreCivic and GEO Group, reported a combined $1.4 billion in revenue for the second quarter, as the number of people held in immigration detention approached 66,000. - Read the rest
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