Loveland’s For-Profit Jail – 3 Loveland's For-Profit Jail - 3 Copilot, It's hard not to notice that the unhoused population constitute 10% of the jail population. What would happen to that revenue stream if we actually solve homelessness here, or if we stopped the cops from targeting the most vulnerable with minor offenses? If homelessness were meaningfully reduced and police stopped targeting unhoused people for minor offenses, the jail system—especially if for-profit—would lose a significant and reliable revenue stream. This would expose the financial dependency many jurisdictions have on criminalizing poverty. Here’s what the research and real-world data suggest:

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