In Reply to: Re: States by far largest consumer of private prisons for convicts posted by Dr.J on April 23, 2026 at 07:58:04
Yup that was from memory, I'm off by a little.
The max of federal prisoners incarcerated in private facilities is 19% in 2014.
Whether it is 25% or 19% it still would be false to say that the crime bill did not increase the private prison population.
It was a component of it.
From the hamilton project, "Although less than 14 percent of
all prisoners are held at the federal level, much of the
growth in the overall private prison population has
occurred at the federal level. The share of federal
prisoners held in private prisons increased from 3 percent
in 1999 to 19 percent in 2014—notably in immigration
detention centers. However, in September 2016, the BOP
announced their intention to phase out private prison
contracts over the next five years. "