JPI Report on Private Prison Companies Using Politics

The Justice Policy Institue released a report earlier this week entitled Gaming the System: How the Political Strategies of Private Prison Companies Promote Ineffective Incarceration Policies that highlights the politics for profit prison compannies use to maximize their bottom line. 

The report features our Bob Libal who is quoted as saying,

“In the South and Southwest, the private prison industry has consistently targeted poor communities,” said Bob Libal the Texas Campaigns Coordinator for Grassroots Leadership. “We believe that it’s important to fight, particularly in these communities, to end for-profit incarceration and reduce reliance on criminalization and detention, and ultimately build lasting movements for social justice. This important report helps shed light onto this particularly troubling industry.”

You can download the report here.