We’ve actually got an even bigger private prison issue than the US by proportion.
Nearly 40 per cent of Victoria’s prisoner population is housed in three privately managed prisons – Port Philip Prison, Ravenhall Correctional Centre and Fulham Correctional Centre. As a consequence, Victoria has the largest proportion of privately managed prisoners in Australia, while Australia has the largest proportion in the world.
The lobby doesn’t have quite the same financial clout just on population size but it’s a significant factor in Australia’s modern handling of the issue.
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