What is now a $5 billion industry began at the state level. About 75 percent of all immigrants detained by ICE are also in private prisons.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/26/executive-order-reforming-our-incarceration-system-to-eliminate-the-use-of-privately-operated-criminal-detention-facilities/
https://theweek.com/articles/788226/private-prison-industry-explained
