"Nobody’s licking their chops over Trump’s mass deportations plan like the private prisons industry."
If you employ migrants, you have to pay them. Not much, but something.
However, you DON'T have to pay prisoners - or at least, not nearly as much. Prison labor is much cheaper.
So, all the migrants who were picking your tomatoes for $2 and hour, will now be picking them for 50c an hour, once they're picked up and waiting for deportation. You might have to pay the prison company a dollar an hour for the service - but, hey! Still a big cost reduction! And the tax payer pays the prisons for their "care" - so, no wonder the private prison industry shares are going up. This is 21st century slavery. No wonder the South is celebrating.
"Nobody’s licking their chops over Trump’s mass deportations plan like the private prisons industry."
If you employ migrants, you have to pay them. Not much, but something.
However, you DON'T have to pay prisoners - or at least, not nearly as much. Prison labor is much cheaper.
So, all the migrants who were picking your tomatoes for $2 and hour, will now be picking them for 50c an hour, once they're picked up and waiting for deportation. You might have to pay the prison company a dollar an hour for the service - but, hey! Still a big cost reduction! And the tax payer pays the prisons for their "care" - so, no wonder the private prison industry shares are going up. This is 21st century slavery. No wonder the South is celebrating.
And the cost of tomatoes, etc. will triple in prison. Have to keep those wardens happy!