He told us immediately it was a private prison and that he felt the difference. He kept asking the other prisoners, ‘why are these people allowed to treat us so terribly?’ They said, ‘This is a private prison. I’ve been shocked to see, in the private prison system, that this is not the case. GEO Group had a five-year contract with the Federal Prison Bureau starting in 2014, with the option of five, one-year extensions. Federal prison populations in the United States have experienced a decline, more recently as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Source: Forbes January 26, 2021 17:59 UTC