I just read that too, Sab.
It's a bureaucratic and private industry.
The government builds more prisons - and they fill up.
Private prisons like to keep people in longer to make more money.
Most people in US prisons are harmless. Not saying most should not be there, but there are prison sentences that are mandatory minimum for petty, non-violent, drug offenders.
Still we must spread freedom and liberty around the world.
