Local organizer (and cookie baker) Rick Hammett suggested to the crowd that political and corporate interests had stirred fears of immigrants ahead of the 2024 election cycle to benefit private prisons.
"To be profitable, private prison firms must ensure that prisons are not only built but also filled," Hammett said. "Which is how you end up with a scare tactic over migrants to drum up a reason to put people in jail."…
"Scandals plagued the facility during its final years of operation – beatings, stabbings, suicides and alleged sexual assaults, according to court records. Leavenworth police said they were blocked at the gate from investigating crimes inside. The facility finally closed in 2021 as the Biden administration shifted away from private prison contracts…"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/01/kansas-leavenworth-corecivic-prison-immigrants
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