[quote=Zeitgeist]That is a growth industry and should be reason enough to buy land there for future investment.[/quote]
Private prisons are a growth industry, I agree. I have family that live in Florence AZ – home to a state prison, a county lockup, an INS facility (aka prison), and at least one CCA facility. This is a small town that found their economic niche.
(And yes 1 cousin is a corrections officer and another used to be a social worker in the the prison system.)