Might be a "for profit" private prison deal. Only Americans would try to make locking people up like animals....profitable...
This has been going on for awhile. The same happens here. Hospitals are another example. The food and cleaning services have been taken over by corporations. The hospital “food” (inedible garbage) is revolting. When the hubby was in the hospital I had to bring him food all the time. He couldn’t eat the slop and so could not take his proper insulin dosage. In the fckn hospital. I ate maybe twice when I was in. Both meals were burgers and fries the hubby brought me. Even the tea was undrinkable. The nurses brought me tea from their lounge. Imagine how prisoners are treated.