While private prisons are abhorrent and unconscionable, they aren't even close to the root cause of our prison problem. Hint: it's systemic racism and our militarized police culture.
https://www.sentencingproject.org/reports/private-prisons-in-the-united-states/
Louisiana, the #1 on the list supposedly had 0 private prison inmates in 2021. Blaming private prisons at this point almost feels like deflecting from the real issues.
Do you have an actual point, or... you know what? Nevermind.