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The Banks That FinancePrivatePrison Companies, In the Public Interest, 2016
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For Lease: Never-Used 525-Bed Oregon Jail, $45 Million or Best Offer by Mark Wilson A seemingly good idea before the housing market collapsed, the 525-bed, $58 million Wapato Jail has sat empty in Portland, Oregon since construction was completed in 2004. County taxpayers are paying approximately $5 million annually on …
Detention Center, a 1,500-bed privateprison in Laredo owned and operated by the GEO Group, a Florida-based company formerly known as Wackenhut Corrections. The Rio Grande facility opened in October 2008
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of prisoners sent to for-profit facili-ties and privatize other aspects of the state’s prison system, was released in April 2010 on the heels of Governor Schwar-zenegger’s comments in favor of privateprisons
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of America (CCA), which was the final hurdle before awarding CornellCorrections of Alaska (a subsidiary of CornellCorrections) a contract worth $19,446,000 to house up to 900 Alaskan prisoners in an out
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Oklahoma Courts Collecting Fines, Costs at Expense of Justice by Oklahoma judges are pushing for larger fines imposed on criminal defendants to compensate for a shortfall in courthouse budgets. The downturn in the economy has affected almost everyone, and the courts are no exception. Judges in Oklahoma have seen a …
in Texas and totaling 1,018 beds, went to competitor Management and TrainingCorporation. And on October 9, 2008, after CCA terminated its contract to operate the 1,150-bed Bay County Jail in Panama City
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Crisis in Reverse: Counties Struggle with Dwindling Jail Populations by Gary Hunter Morgan County, Missouri was in dire financial straits before contracting with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to house immigration detainees at the county’s jail. For a while things were great – Sheriff Jim Petty replaced his worn-out …
Indian Country Gets Stimulus Money ... to Build More Jails by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Department of Justice, through the Obama administration’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, has brought stimulus money to Indian reservations – awarding $224 million to build and renovate tribal jails. The funding …
Shrinking Budgets Force States to Cut Corrections Spending by Bob Williams In a July 2009 report funded by the Public Safety Performance Project of the Pew Center on the States, author Christine S. Scott-Hayward examines how shrinking budgets are impacting state corrections policies and practices. The story is in the …
GEO Group Buys Just Care For $40 Million
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Geo Group, Inc., one of the country’s largest privateprison and detention operators, has agreed to acquire Just Care. Just Care operates a 354
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prisons conducted by Washington State University graduate student Shawn Genter found that in states with privateprisons, new prisons impeded economic growth. Genter suggested that prisons impede employment
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judge to serve time in PAChildCare, a private company’s facility.99 Although these accounts do not reflect the bulk of the privateprison industry’s lobbying efforts, they are not extraordinarily rare
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attracted a company that made city officials an offer they simply couldn’t refuse.
On Sept. 10, 2009, Hardin announced a 10-year contract with the AmericanPrivatePoliceForce Organization (APPF) to house
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Behind Montana Jail Fiasco: How PrivatePrison Developers Prey on Desperate Towns
by Justin Elliott
With the unraveling of the deal for the shadowy AmericanPrivatePoliceForce to take over
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the privateprison company.
According to LULAC’s national convention programs for 2005, 2006 and 2007, CCA was a Patron-level donor for each of those years. Patron-level means a donation of $10,000 or more
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Billionaire-Funded California Voter Initiative Triples Lifer Parole Denial Intervals, Imposes Restrictions on Parole Violators by Billionaire-Funded California Voter Initiative Triples Lifer Parole Denial Intervals, Imposes Restrictions on Parole Violators In the November 2008 elections, California voters narrowly passed Proposition 9 by a 53 to 47% margin. Prop. 9 was a …
the operation of privateprison companies that have such an inherent and pernicious profit motive?
Meanwhile, the PAChildCare and Western PAChildCare facilities are still in business – albeit now
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California County’s 2005 Purchase of PrivatePrison Still Clouded in Conflict of Interest Questions
by Marvin Mentor
California County’s 2005 Purchase of PrivatePrison Still Clouded
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