Who Benefits from For-Profit Prisons? The Ideological Myths, Perverse Incentives, and Corruption that Underlie the Private Prison System in Arizona. Attorney and long-time campaigner for women’s equality and the rule of law Dianne Post joins Democratic Perspective co-hosts Mike Cosentino and Steve Williamson for a discussion of private prisons in Arizona. Why are they less effective and more dangerous than state prisons, why do they cost more, and why is Arizona, with a declining crime and incarceration rate, building more of them?
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