Ending Private Prisons Is Not Enough. Biden Must End The Business Of Incarceration.

Inmates at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California. AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File Only 9% of the federal prison population is held in private prisons. Ending private prisons is good, but much more money is made from businesses that profit off public prisons. Biden should halt private corporations from securing new contracts with federal prisons.

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