More Black people in jail than there were slaves in the 1800's doing jobs for large companies . these companies could have and should have created jobs for the public instead of prisoners.This is a Barbaric system and the judicial system is using it purely for profits...You might remember Dick Cheney was indicted in 2008 for a private prison profiteering scam. The grand jury accused Cheney of a conflict of interest because of his alleged influence over the county's federal immigrant prison and his investments in the Vanguard Group, which invests in private prison companies.