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Lesson Plan: For Private Prisons, Detaining Immigrants Is Big Business
Grades 9-12
An inmate population surge in the 1980s led to the rise of for-profit prisons. This Retro Report short doc examines how private companies have expanded into immigrant detention, raising concerns about whether profit motives contribute to poor conditions and lack of oversight. The film offers a real-world example of how market failures, externalities and government contracts can shape outcomes in systems meant to serve the public interest.
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