How CoreCivic stands to benefit as Tennessee pushes harsher prison sentences

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : But tough sentencing laws, criminal justice reforms say, also appear to be playing a role.
46% : CoreCivic's "unholy alliance," in the words of one state Democratic lawmaker, with the state of Tennessee illustrates just how greatly private interests are profiting from rollbacks to criminal justice reforms -- whether that's prison companies raking in cash from harsh sentencing laws or the bail industry's success in Georgia, which reimposed cash bail requirements after experimenting with bail reform, a move that will benefit bail bond agents and insurers.
43% : The effect will be to "keep people incarcerated longer," said Matthew Charles, a Nashville-based policy advisor with Families Against Mandatory Minimums, a nonprofit that advocates for more just sentencing reform.
26% : Lee also signed a new law this spring that will impose adult sentences on teenagers after they have served a juvenile sentence, which criminal justice reform advocates say will have "alarming" repercussions for youth in the state.

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