New prisons equals new jobs for government employees and contractors. They spend our money on it. The government is equal to the modern day slave owners as far as I am concerned. Protecting our freedom from them is important, but it is not the answer to defeating them unless the protection is perfect for everyone. And that is not possible. The real goal should be to make it so we don't need to protect our freedom from them anymore, because they are rendered powerless by whatever means necessary.