Why did state and federal governments begin contracting private corporations to build and run prisons?

The federal government contracted prison, jail, and detention centers building services and operation to private contractors in order to acquire additional correctional facilities (such as prisons) capacities and reduce initial capital and operational spending

Firms bid for and win prison management contracts of particular prisons and oversee the daily operation of the prisons, such as prison officiating personnel recruitment, supplying daily provisions, and maintaining discipline among the prisoners

The first privately operated prison started in 1984

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