Ashley Hunt states that, faced with a prison overcrowding crisis, governments must carefully examine their correctional systems to "see why there is overcrowding and see who can be removed from consequently prison” (Hunt, n.d., para. 9). This will eliminate the use of private prisons by decreasing the number of people incarcerated (Hunt, n.d.). It is argued that awareness about private prisons would also help to put an end to Private Prisons Through personal communication with Director Sam Cline and Kansas Representative Don Schroeder, it was learned that they were not aware of private prisons in the State of Kansas. pressured elected officials to encourage them to outsource prisons,” Kansas legislators have “resisted this proposal for decades” (S. Cline, personal communication, November 13, 2015). Don Schroeder stated that “to the best of my knowledge, there are no legally operated private prisons in Kansas” (D. Schroeder, personal communication, November 13, 2015). However, the Leavenworth Detention Center (which Don Schroeder confused with the United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth) is located in Leavenworth, Kansas and is owned and operated by CCA ("Official City of Lansing Site - Our Partners" , n.d.). This, it is argued, simply highlights the need for greater general awareness and knowledge of the private sector