“The United States is the world’s leader in incarceration. For nearly 40 years, the prison-industrial complex expanded without interruption and nearly every social problem in America was met with a hammer. Homelessness, mental illness, drug addiction and violent crime all carried criminal penalties and lengthy sentences. Both political parties supported it, companies profited from it, … Continue reading Stop the treatment industrial complex: As states reduce their prison populations, companies are finding new ways to profit off the criminal justice syste