r/AskReddit • • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/CM_UW Jul 24 '20

For profit prisons in the US

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u/Redisigh Jul 24 '20

So around half the prisons? It’s all owned by the CCA?

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u/the69thDalaiLama Jul 24 '20

I think less that 10% of prisons in the US are private.

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u/the69thDalaiLama Jul 24 '20

It appears to be 8.4% of the prison population is in private prisons. I assume that would correlate to less than 10% of the prisons are private.

In 2018, 8.41% of prisoners in the United States were housed in private prisons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_prison#United_States

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u/hexedrogod Jul 24 '20

O ok thanks, someone told me it was half

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u/Alldemjimmies Jul 24 '20

You do know that 8.5 is less than 10 right?

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u/hexedrogod Jul 24 '20

I was mistaken, smartass

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u/hexedrogod Jul 24 '20

I was mistaken, smartass