“That would likely mean tens of billions in taxpayer funds sent to private prison companies. They are salivating.” 

In an article revealing the private prison industry’s profit-driven interest in the Laken Riley Act, Common Dreams highlights a piece by our VP of U.S. Advocacy, Anthony Enriquez, exposing how private prisons stand to gain a multibillion-dollar, taxpayer-funded windfall by profiting from the inhumane and extreme treatment of migrants.

Read the full article here.