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Arkansas, California, Delaware, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin do not use for profit prisons.
I don’t think there’s a state that doesn’t.
Arkansas, California, Delaware, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin do not use for profit prisons.
Guess how many of those prison services are contracted out to private companies though.
Not all states use private prisons, and I don’t think all state prisons participate in forced labor (although they may all have ‘optional’ programs)
The optional ones probably vary from truly optional, to we say it’s optional but you’ll be reprimanded somehow if you don’t.
Edit: this random post says 3/4 are forced via threat
https://freedomnetworkusa.org/2023/08/11/forced-labor-in-prisons/