How long before for-profit prisons have their prisoners

[Horse with no Name]

Working in the fields like the days of the chain gangs?
Given that immigrants aren't welcome here...and we always have needed an underclass to do our bidding....prisoners will be the next ones that we abuse.

[csziggy]

1. Already happened - Georgia 2012

After they passed their HB87 anti-immigration law:

The Law Of Unintended Consequences: Georgia's Immigration Law Backfires
May 17, 2012
By Benjamin Powell

To forgo a repeat of last year, when labor shortages triggered an estimated $140 million in agricultural losses, as crops rotted in the fields, officials in Georgia are now dispatching prisoners to the state’s farms to help harvest fruit and vegetables.

The labor shortages, which also have affected the hotel and restaurant industries, are a consequence of Georgia’s immigration enforcement law, HB 87, which was passed last year. As State Rep. Matt Ramsey, one of the bill’s authors, said at the time, “Our goal is … to eliminate incentives for illegal aliens to cross into our state.”

Now he and others are learning: Be careful what you wish for, because you may get more than you bargained for.

Georgia’s law, similar to those in Alabama, Arizona and a few other states, gives police the authority to demand immigration documentation from suspects when they detain them for other possible violations. The law also makes it more difficult for businesses to hire workers and creates harsher punishments for those who employ or harbor illegal immigrants.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2012/05/17/the-law-of-unintended-consequences-georgias-immigration-law-backfires/#6b93aa37492a