By the Numbers: The U.S.’s Growing For-Profit Detention Industry

ProPublica by Suevon Lee | Jun. 20, 2012 (Special Report)

Added to your activity feed: We’ve taken a look at some of the numbers associated with the billion-dollar and wide-ranging for-profit detention industry—and the two companies that dominate the market: 1.6 million: Total number of state and federal prison Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Business, Living, Media, Community
Topics: Money and Politics, Journalism, Corruption, Prisons, Corrections
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Jun 20, 2012 - 8:13 PM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Jun 21, 2012 - 12:00 PM PDT

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