In this episode, we explore how private prison companies like GEO Group and CoreCivic profit from ICE detention. Guaranteed bed quotas, $1-a-day labor, and billions in taxpayer funding form a system of economic incentives that thrives not on safety, but on detaining undocumented immigrants. This is the blueprint for how suffering becomes revenue.
THX Episode 147 - Part 1: The Business Model of Human Detention
The Profits of Detention Series
Jun 17, 2025

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