Are We Buying Into Authoritarianism?
The keyword: INFRASTRUCTURE. Seventy-three percent of people currently held in ICE detention have no criminal conviction. Not "violent criminal
Ian Shen
I help people get unstuck and thrive. Life coach, hypnotist, and AI tinkerer with 25+ years across law, Hollywood, teaching, and code. Currently obsessed with human flourishing and AI's role in that.
Part 2 — The Structural Problem: Why Private Prisons Can't Be Fixed
The problems with CoreCivic aren't about bad management—they're built into the business model. Here's why privatizing human detention creates incentives no amount of oversight can fix.
Part I — Your Tax Dollars at Work: Inside America's Largest Private Prison Company
CoreCivic Inc. receives billions in taxpayer money to detain immigrants and inmates. Here's what you should know about where that money goes—and what it buys.