Fifty THOUSAND inmates in a state prison system?  Illinois had beds for only 33,000 (only?) but has imprisoned 50,000.  Not surprisingly, Illinois taxpayers are paying a private health care company more than $1.3 billion over ten years to provide care for inmates in prisons.  Maybe those taxpayers should become voters and get rid of private prisons, and reduce minor crimes to fines/rehabilitation instead of expensive warehousing.

http://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/inmates-share-concerns-about-state-prison-conditions