Read the excerpt from Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson.

Presumptions of guilt, poverty, racial bias, and a host of other social, structural, and political dynamics have created a system that is defined by error, a system in which thousands of innocent people now suffer in prison.

Finally, we spend lots of money. Spending on jails and prisons by state and federal governments has risen from $6.9 billion in 1980 to nearly $80 billion today. . . . State governments have been forced to shift funds from public services, education, health, and welfare to pay for incarceration, and they now face unprecedented economic crises as a result. The privatization of prison health care, prison commerce, and a range of services has made mass incarceration a money-making windfall for a few and a costly nightmare for the rest of us.

Miguel is annotating this passage. He is looking for evidence that the prison system is a business that does not benefit the public. Which sentence should he underline to best support this idea?

“Presumptions of guilt, poverty, racial bias, and a host of other social, structural, and political dynamics have created a system that is defined by error, a system in which thousands of innocent people now suffer in prison.”
“Finally, we spend lots of money.”
“Spending on jails and prisons by state and federal governments has risen from $6.9 billion in 1980 to nearly $80 billion today.”
“The privatization of prison health care, prison commerce, and a range of services has made mass incarceration a money-making windfall for a few and a costly nightmare for the rest of us.”
Mark this and return

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The evidence Miguel seeks is “The privatization of prison health care, prison commerce, and a range of services has made mass incarceration a money-making windfall for a few and a costly nightmare for the rest of us.”

What evidence best supports Miguel's stance?

Miguel wants to prove that prison has become a private business that does not benefit most of the public.

The relevant evidence would be the part that says prison has been privatized and only a few are making a lot of money from it while most others are experiencing a nightmare.

Find out more on the privatization of prisons at https://brainly.com/question/16901807.

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