I've wondered what Senator Sanders was talking about, ever since I heard him say this:
Bernie Sanders -- facebook.com
It is morally repugnant and a national tragedy that we have privatized prisons all over America. In my view, corporations should not be allowed to make a profit by building more jails and keeping more Americans behind bars. We have got to end the private-for-profit prison racket in America!He again called for ending this system of "Private Corporations making Billions off of Jails" -- at the Iowa State Fair today, to raucous applause.
This got me wondering, Who are these Corporations profiting off of captive Prison Labor?
and How are they allowed to profit from prisoners?