How about deducting money for recidivism. There's an incentive for you!

There should never be a profit motive when providing for a common public good, because this conflict of motivation becomes standard. I'm looking at you, charter schools.

Interestingly, there is a similar influence from the public sector unions - at least in California: Link. The CCPOA has been a significant driver of one of the nation's strongest sentencing standards. They were heavily behind the state's Three Strikes rule, among other mandatory sentencing requirements.

People should give way more of a shit about this than they do.

Neither the Stranger nor Business Insider, whose article was quoted, has presented any evidence to support the claim that Corrections Corp. of America has lobbied for "more expansive crime laws."

Clearly, Mitt Romney isn't the only one who just makes shit up.

4, Here, let me google that for you:

According to the Boston Phoenix, CCA spent more than $2.7 million from 2006 through September 2008 on lobbying for stricter laws.[29]

CCA spent $14.8 million lobbying the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Office of Management and Budget, the Bureau of Prisons, both houses of Congress, and others between 2003 and 2010.[30]

Wikipedia

Only in America would we prioritize Serfdom and 47 cents an hour wages over Sanity.

Meanwhile even Norquist and Gingrich realize we need to lock up less folks: http://www.rightoncrime.com/

Wow Mister G , no evidence? They posted the language from the company's own annual report saying they spent 1.2 million. And yet you don't feel there's any evidence?