This report examines objective government-collected economic indicators surrounding prison economics. I pay particular attention on the prison economics of privately owned or managed immigrant detention centers in the United States more generally, and Otero County, NM, more specifically. I examine Otero County because that is the location of the Otero County Processing Center (OCPC), which is publicly owned by Otero County and privately managed by Management and Training Corporation (MTC). I also examine economic indicators in counties where prisons have previously closed (San Joaquin County, CA and Bent County, Co) to assess whether the prison closures affected local economic indicators.