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Inmates serving a jail sentence relax at Maricopa County's Tent City jail in Phoenix

Australia and the UK have a higher proportion of inmates in private prisons than the US

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The US may be a pioneer in prison privatization, but its share of prisoners in private custodial facilities is way below Australia’s and the UK’s.

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