TX-Beau
FEAR THE LIBERAL DETENTE!
I've noticed, too - long ago. It would even be an "out" that Republicans could use in their campaigns. They could boast that they've brought more than one million jobs BACK TO THE UNITED STATES. All they have to do is set up assembly lines inside the prisons, and the for-profit prison companies (like CCA), which I sometimes call Incarcerations-R-Us, are in a win-win situation. These prison companies also often require states to sign contracts guaranteeing a minimum occupancy rate.
It is VERY profitable to gather and incarcerate more and more prisoners.
They also want a prison population that isn't serious offenders, the guy with the joint, not the serial murderer and rapist. Harsher sentences for lesser crimes.

