<blockquote>The only way that this for-profit perversion of justice is able to exist is because the criminal justice system takes advantage of groups with less ability to enact reforms, such as minority populations and the poor — especially in how the laws are enforced.</blockquote>
via <a href="http://lareviewofbooks.org/article.php?id=1302&amp;fulltext=1">Los Angeles Review of Books - Privatized Prisons: A Human Marketplace</a>.