Today, private companies hold contracts that allow them to profit from all corners of America’s criminal justice system. Consequently, many people charged with crimes are exposed to the profit-seeking of companies every step of the way, from entering the system to being released.

These graphics depict the possible paths of people charged with different offenses, revealing the various privatized services provided by the corrections industry. 

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Click to download each path separately (Misdemeanor, Felony, Immigration) or all together as one infographic.

Programs Not Profits is a multi-year campaign that promotes replacing private profits that hurt incarcerated people, correctional officers, and taxpayers, with publicly funded and managed programs that provide job training, mental health care, and substance abuse treatment. See more about the campaign here.

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