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As a side note, private prisons primarily benefit from draconian drug laws that were passed under the Reagan administration... the majority of inmates are minorities, and most of them are in for drug related crimes. Obama's election is probably bad news for the industry for several reasons. Also private prisons do not allow employee unions at their facilities. Quite honestly, while Democrats have the reputation for "big government" because of their pattern of social spending, they are more libertarian in their attitude towards throwing people in prison for minor crimes, and they are less likely than republicans to pass laws dictating the private behavior of people in their own bedrooms.
In the interest of full disclosure, I was a corrections officer at a private prison for two years.