jeannie woodford, thanks for coming. [applause] and lec santos flew in -- alicia santos flew in. she works with the u.s. criminal justice system. she recently wrote an extensive piece on the business of private prison transport and some of the horrific, literally horrific, conditions people face, being driven thousands of miles on private vans or buses. thanks for joining us all the way from new york. [applause] i want to start by giving the audience some context alicia,, of the u.s. private prison population. the total prison population is about 2 million, is that right? what proportion of that is private? >> the 2 million includes people in jail, that's about 600,000 people. not including the jail population, you have 1.5 million people in state or federal prison. 126,000,ose, there are based on 2015 numbers, held in a private facility. a private facility operated by one of the 29 states that operates those types of state prisons. it is about 8% of the total prison population. those numbers don't include the number of people held in private immigration detention facilities. tho

jeannie woodford, thanks for coming. [applause] and a leasee a santos flew in from new york for this. she is an investigative .ournalist she recently wrote an expensive piece on the business of private some of theport and literally horrific conditions as they are being driven thousands of miles. coming all the way from new york for this. [applause] i want to give the audience some context about the u.s. private prison population. the total population is about 2 million, is that right? what proportion of that is private prisoners? -- 600 thousand people. you have 1.5 million people in state or federal prison. so based on,000 or 2015 numbers held in a private facility. that is a federal private facility or a facility operated by the states that operate the state prisons. it is about 8% of the total prison population. don't include the number of people held in private immigration detention facilities. around 30,000are people total with two thirds held in private facilities. >> d you know what the figures are in california i