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BumRushDaShow

(163,346 posts) Sat Nov 8, 2025, 06:35 AM Nov 8

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Private prisons see record revenue growth under Trump administration's immigration surge

Source: Scripps News

Posted 6:42 PM, Nov 07, 2025

Two of the nation's biggest operators of private immigrant detention centers are announcing major revenue growth. One of those companies is GEO Group, with 6,000 beds at their immigration detention centers around the country. This includes Delaney Hall in New Jersey, where a congresswoman's clash with ICE agents led to her arrest in the spring.

GEO Group's third quarter update shows revenues increasing 13%, fueled by contracts with ICE, helping to give investors a banner 2025. "This represents the largest amount of new business that we have won in a single year in our company's history," said George Zoley, CEO of GEO Group.

The other major operator of private jails is CoreCivic. Earlier this year Scripps News visited a CoreCivic jail in Kansas that is ramping up operations to eventually begin housing immigrants.

But the company has other detention centers already open, leading to a jump in revenue of 18% last quarter. The company's earnings have sharply increased since 2020.

Read more: https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/immigration/private-prisons-see-record-revenue-growth-under-trump-administrations-immigration-surge

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Private prisons see record revenue growth under Trump administration's immigration surge (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Nov 8 OP

Why are there private prisons? LoisB Nov 8 #1

There is profit to be made in locking people up at low cost in inhumane conditions IronLionZion Nov 8 #8

Imagine that. 2naSalit Nov 8 #2

No MAGA, it's not a strong economy if the repo man and the private prison investor are doing well. ck4829 Nov 8 #3

How do they intend to sustain this revenue stream once all the deportations are done? bluedigger Nov 8 #4

The same way they have been for years. Have local police arrest, then courts imprison more minorities on minor offenses. Lonestarblue Nov 8 #5

It's a racket. We had this here in PA, with judges funneling juveniles to a for-profit dention center for kickbacks BumRushDaShow Nov 8 #7

One year True Dough Nov 8 #11

If they can't privatize public schools, they'll settle for private prisons--every body means $. Timeflyer Nov 8 #6

Private prisons are taking the money that should be spent on Snap and helping the homeless kimbutgar Nov 8 #9

My Daughter works in one samplegirl Nov 8 #10

Here's an idea... Magoo48 Nov 8 #12

For profit prison corporations and the ideal of "land of the free" just don't go together. Uncle Joe Nov 8 #13

LoisB

(12,039 posts)

1. Why are there private prisons?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Nov 8, 2025, 06:41 AM

Nov 8

IronLionZion

(50,341 posts)

8. There is profit to be made in locking people up at low cost in inhumane conditions

Reply to LoisB (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 8, 2025, 11:57 AM

Nov 8

2naSalit

(98,926 posts)

2. Imagine that.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Nov 8, 2025, 06:58 AM

Nov 8

ck4829

(37,215 posts)

3. No MAGA, it's not a strong economy if the repo man and the private prison investor are doing well.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Nov 8, 2025, 07:00 AM

Nov 8

bluedigger

(17,356 posts)

4. How do they intend to sustain this revenue stream once all the deportations are done?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Nov 8, 2025, 07:02 AM

Nov 8

Asking for curious investors.

Lonestarblue

(13,125 posts)

5. The same way they have been for years. Have local police arrest, then courts imprison more minorities on minor offenses.

Reply to bluedigger (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 8, 2025, 07:27 AM

Nov 8

BumRushDaShow

(163,346 posts)

7. It's a racket. We had this here in PA, with judges funneling juveniles to a for-profit dention center for kickbacks

Reply to Lonestarblue (Reply #5)

Sat Nov 8, 2025, 08:10 AM

Nov 8

"Kids For Cash"

Former judges who sent kids to jail for kickbacks must pay more than $200 million (2022)

True Dough

(25,156 posts)

11. One year

Reply to bluedigger (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 8, 2025, 04:34 PM

Nov 8

from your 20th DU anniversary.

Congrats!

Timeflyer

(3,529 posts)

6. If they can't privatize public schools, they'll settle for private prisons--every body means $.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Nov 8, 2025, 07:46 AM

Nov 8

kimbutgar

(26,491 posts)

9. Private prisons are taking the money that should be spent on Snap and helping the homeless

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Nov 8, 2025, 12:40 PM

Nov 8

😡

samplegirl

(13,547 posts)

10. My Daughter works in one

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Nov 8, 2025, 01:04 PM

Nov 8

And she's looking for a job.
She's been ther over 10 yrs but not a good place.

Magoo48

(6,679 posts)

12. Here's an idea...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Nov 8, 2025, 05:19 PM

Nov 8

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Uncle Joe

(63,679 posts)

13. For profit prison corporations and the ideal of "land of the free" just don't go together.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Nov 8, 2025, 07:04 PM

Nov 8

They're as oil and water.

Thanks for the thread BumRushDaShow

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