According to a new report from In the Public Interest, a nonprofit resource center that studies the privatizing of public functions, prison companies are increasingly striking deals with states that have occupancy guarantee clauses. Some of these inmate lockup quotas are as high as 90 percent, and a few even require 100 percent occupancy. Under these agreements, states that fail to meet capacity mandates must pay the difference -- meaning they must use taxpayer money to pay for empty beds. The report calls these payments "low-crime taxes."
Posted on: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 20:53:10 +0000