The Solution to the Inequality of Prisons in the South

The south was hugely indebted to foreign investors because they borrowed money to fight against the union. They were indebted to America for repayment, for sedition in the first place. And so prisoners are typically held in county jails. There aren't enough of them. Rather than spending the money to build large prisons, simply turn prisoners over to companies and people who need large numbers of laborers,. Let them pay state or county government for the use of the labor of these convicts.