In the US state of Louisiana prisoners per capita than anywhere in the world

Over the past two decades, the number of inmates in Louisiana has doubled. One 86-year-adults in the state is behind bars. This figure is three times more than in Iran, and in the ten times greater than in Germany. The fact that the government encourages financial workers of law enforcement, because most prisons are filled, so that more than half the prisoners housed in local jails.

Currently, some sheriffs work for a non-profit prison in rural areas. They receive $ 25 for each prisoner and can then use that money to hire additional staff to look after them, if they consider it necessary. Private prisons, as a rule, are one large room with bunk beds, which can accommodate up to 90 people. Such conditions have been created in prisons specifically to reduce costs.

via factroom.ru