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19:13, 19-Mar-2022
Facilities at U.S. private prisons below standard of living
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The United States has the world's largest private prison population, and private prisons are a multi-billion-dollar industry operating in about 30 states. Though the facilities hold about eight percent of all state and federal prisoners, the vast majority of immigrants detained for deportation are held in for-profit detention centers.
