Police agencies have a strong financial incentive to keep the drug war churning.
Balko, R. (2014, February 17). The drug war's profit motive. Retrieved March 22, 2018, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the ... e67906da32
The war on sex has turned out to be immensely profitable and useful for others—not only for politicians and academics, therapists and police officers, journalists and moralists, but also for a multitude of interested parties. It is not about to end any time soon. And, as in most wars, fog and shadows, propaganda and disinformation conceal the contours of events.
Halperin, D. M., & Hopper, T. (2017). The war on sex. Durham: Duke University Press.
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, political action committee contributions to federal candidates from for-profit private prison companies CoreCivic (formerly CCA), GEO Group, and Management and Training Corp. totaled over $476,000 in the 2016 federal election cycle, with just over $406,000 going to Republican candidates. In addition, the GEO Group’s PAC gave $215,000 to the Trump Victory PAC.
Schindler, M., & Ashton, P. (2017, February 28). Private prisons place politics and profits over people. Retrieved March 22, 2018, from http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/c ... ver-people