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WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Tough economic times will likely translate into a boom for U.S. private prison operators, who say they expect to see their prison populations rise sharply.
"There is going to be a larger opportunity for us in the future," Damon Hininger, president and chief operations officer of prison operator Corrections Corp. of America, told The Wall Street Journal.
A crackdown on illegal immigration, longer mandatory sentences for certain crimes and other factors have overcrowded many government-owned facilities, and the economic downturn will make it harder for the public sector to continue to build and operate more prisons. So, public officials are increasingly turning to private prison operators, the newspaper said.
A report by the nonprofit Pew Charitable Trusts predicts prison populations in 10 states will have risen by 25 percent or more between 2006 and 2011.
"Private prisons are a short-term solution while we work on long-term solutions, rehabilitation programs and recidivism strategies," Terry Thornton, spokeswoman for California's corrections department, told the Journal.
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