[zensavona]

Meanwhile nonviolent drug offenders landing in prison 5x'd between 2005-2013 in VIC, AU. Conveniently coinciding with the percentage of prisoners being held in private prisons increased substantially.

[nomilk]

I hadn't realised Australia has private prisons. Seems to have at least 17 (wiki article hasn't been updated in a few years, so could be more): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Private_prisons_in_Au...

[chottocharaii]

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