When Mesa city council recently approved a contract to privatize incarceration for low-level prisoners, what message are they conveying about their concern for the futures of youth and the reduction of mass incarceration?

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/mesa-will-vote-tonight-becoming-first-city-in-arizona-to-privatize-jail-operations-9345282

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/arizona/articles/2017-05-22/mesa-considering-privatizing-jail-for-low-level-offenders

https://www.aclu.org/banking-bondage-private-prisons-and-mass-incarceration