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Policy and Religious Groups Urge Governors Not to Privatize Prisons
This appeal comes after Correctional Corporation of America (CCA), the largest private prison company in the US, offered states it’s ...
More Private Immigrant Detention Centers Coming: Now In Forida and New Jersey
Well now we know what the $50,000 in contribution from GEO Private Prison corporation to the Marco Rubio campaign (up ...
FL Gov. Rick Scott’s New Privatizing Venture: Prisons
They’re at it again–this time in Florida. Rick Scott wants to privatize more prisons in order to “save the state ...
CCA Whistleblower Exposes Negligence: Death For Profit
In March 2009, Roberto Martinez-Medina was detained and arrested for not having a driver’s license or proof of legal status. ...
Hope Mustakim speaks out about her husband’s detention at a GEO facility in South Texas
Hope Mustakim speaks out about her husband’s detention at a GEO facility in South Texas. In her own words, she ...
GEO Group Feels Stock Slump
The GEO Group announced today that they will participate in a stock repurchase program of up to $100 million that ...
GEO Group’s Shares Drop: CA cancels contracts
California’s move to cancel GEO’s contracts could cost the company $33 million to $35 million in revenue for the year. ...
Texas Gov. Rick Perry Pushes Harshest Anti-Immigration Bill Yet – Passes Senate
Republican Gov. Rick Perry is apparently preparing his presidential run by declaring and all-out open season on Latinos. This bill ...
Recall For AZ Russell Pearce Gains Momentum: 18K Signatures – Twice What Is Needed
The architect -along with the Corrections Corporation of America- of Arizona SB1070, member of ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) and ...
California Court Orders Ease of Prison Overpopulation: But Immigrant Detention Centers To Make Up For Lost Profit
Today from NPR: The nation’s leading private jailers have a way of coming out on the winning end. When state ...
