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Why are private prisons controversial? 3 questions answered

  • Written by John M. Eason, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The US is one of a few countries that still uses private prisons.AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki

Editor’s note: Private prisons have long stirred controversy, most recently over their role in housing undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border. Several states have banned them, several banks have vowed to stop financing them and...

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