The immensity of our incarceration industry shows itself in the budgets of these little counties that have private prisons. Kinney County, in Texas, is just now doing its budget for the next year and expects to make nearly $10 million from its prison, run by GEO. This county has 3,000 taxpayers.
It's a shame but locking people up is a moneymaker. For some.
That is quite a lot of money on top of the money the county already made from Operation Lone Star. Just think if that was invested in education and water infrastructure and other community needs.
The cruelty is the point.
The immensity of our incarceration industry shows itself in the budgets of these little counties that have private prisons. Kinney County, in Texas, is just now doing its budget for the next year and expects to make nearly $10 million from its prison, run by GEO. This county has 3,000 taxpayers.
It's a shame but locking people up is a moneymaker. For some.
That is quite a lot of money on top of the money the county already made from Operation Lone Star. Just think if that was invested in education and water infrastructure and other community needs.