Private Prison Exposed

Private prisons sue states for failing to meet contractual occupancy quotas of 70-90%, as seen in Management & Training Corp.'s 2024 lawsuit against Arizona for underdelivering prisoners.
This practice stems from profit-motivated contracts where states guarantee bed occupancy to avoid penalties, contributing to the prison-industrial complex's incentives for mass incarceration, with data showing private facilities house about 8% of U.S. prisoners but drive policy toward higher detention rates.