Following a decline in the Louisiana prison population, private prison companies like Geo Group and La Salle Corrections have capitalized on the immigration crackdown, advancing what the head of ICE, Todd Lyons, has said the agency must become: a logistics juggernaut, like Amazon or FedEx, “but with human beings.” Since January, more than 40,000 people have been subject to this system in Alexandria and eight other LA facilities, which have been criticized by lawyers and federal oversight officials for providing poor medical care, widespread use of solitary confinement and physical abuse. More here from the New York Times.