Private Prison And Its Effects On The United States

Lobbying As previously stated, private prison companies have to rely on the big prison population in order for them to make money because he main concern of these private corporations that run these facilities is money. Due to this, these companies will do whatever it takes to make sure the prison population increases so they can keep making money. Therefore, the private prison companies will lobby for laws to boost the prison population. Due to this financial motive they will do whatever it takes to make money. In the Corrections Corporation of America’s 2010 Annual Report they even stated the following: Our growth is generally dependent upon our ability to obtain new contracts to develop and manage new correctional and detention†¦show more content†¦Also, sentencing alternatives under consideration could put some offenders on probation with electronic monitoring who would otherwise be incarcerated. Similarly, reductions in crime rates or resources dedicated to prevent and enforce crime could lead to reductions in arrests, convictions and sentences requiring incarceration at correctional facilities. This quote from the Corrections Corporation of America’s 2010 Annual Report shows that they are not concerned with reducing the prison population, but instead are worried about laws that would force them to downsize and or lose money. It also seems like they are trying to instill fear into people because of the mention of electronic monitoring and how those people should be incarcerated and not put on probation and making it seem like they are going to cause chaos in the streets. Therefore, in order for them to continue the growth that they mentioned in the quote above they started lobbying. These private prison corporations have previously worked corporations, lawmakers and worked with interest groups that advocate for prison privatization through the group American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ALEC is a non profit group that advocates for free markets, limited government, federalism, and individual liberty (Mason, â€Å"Too Good to be True†). CCA was a member of this