[DennisP]

I have not downvoted any of your comments. Whoever did that was someone else.

My point was just that there are two ways we run prisons and Sanders proposed shutting down one of them, for various good reasons mentioned in my links. Many people call that type "private," including major news organizations. I actually agree with you that it may not be the best term, but it's the only one I've seen in common use. The basic facts are the same regardless of nomenclature.