The prison transport to this tiny city north of Austin took George Floyd past ranch land and cotton fields — worlds away from his home in Houston. But for the then-36-year-old Floyd, the spring of 2009 was another turn through a cycle of incarceration that would be both familiar and futile.
![Profiting from prisoners: Communities and companies made money off George Floyd’s imprisonment. Inside, Floyd withered.](/sites/default/files/styles/blog_featured_image/public/articles/2021-08/Bartlett%2520water%2520tower.jpg?itok=kbuvPqld)