Lots of stuff goes on that we don't know just how lucrative the U.S. prison system is:

The Corrections Corporation of America owns most of your prison systems and sells its stock and shares on the NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, the major stock holder is the Paine Webber Group. They have a Dunn & Bradstreet rating and are headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee at 10 Burton Hills Blvd and can be reached at 1-800-624-2931. Their Ticker Symbol for their stock is CXW_pb on the NYSE and CXW under business services on the NYSE. In Berlin Germany there ticker symbol is CXW.BE and CXW.DE in Frankfurt, Germany. There is also a Prison Realty Trust [PZN], which is a real estate investment trust [REIT] and is the WORLD'S largest private sector owner and developer.

The American Legislative Exchange Council is owned by Paul Weyrich of the Free Congress Foundation and receives financial support from all of your major corporations. They are the moving force and promoter of the National Council of State Legislatures who privatize criminal statutes for financial gain and profit.

In order to prosper, prison operators need to maintain a steady flow of prisoners and prison dollars.

So why are our tax dollars involved when private business is running the prison system and getting rich of of it?
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