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The way in which twisted values of the private prison industry are driving national lock-up of bodies is dramatically illustrated from a 2014 report of the CCA: The demand for our facilities and services could be adversely affected by the relaxation of enforcement efforts, leniency in conviction or parole standards and sentencing practices or through the decriminalization of certain activities that are currently proscribed by our criminal laws. For instance, any changes with respect to drugs and controlled substances or illegal immigration could affect the number of persons arrested, convicted, and sentenced, thereby potentially reducing demand for correctional facilities to house them. . . . Legislation has been proposed in numerous jurisdictions that could lower minimum sentences for some non-violent crimes and make more inmates eligible for early release based on good behavior.[39]
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Mark Lewis Taylor (The Executed God: The Way of the Cross in Lockdown America, 2nd Edition)