This week, we're talking about who's included in the 116,000+ inmates serving time in for-profit prisons in the US.  Then we examine the list of purported pluses proffered by private prisons. Spoilers: We had a hard time gathering any definitive data. But it did give us the opportunity to talk about some of the challenges that thorough research presents.

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