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Chris Kirkham

Illinois House Comes Up Short In Bid To Stop Immigrant Detention Center Near Chicago

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Crete, Illinois House, Undocumented Immigrants, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Corrections Corporation of America, Detention Center, Prisons, Illinois, Private Prisons, Immigrant Detention, For-Profit Prisons, Business News

Illinois lawmakers failed to muster the votes needed Thursday for a bill that would have blocked construction of a for-profit federal detention center...

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The 'Sunk Costs' of a Profit-driven Prison System

Azadeh Shahshahani | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Corrections Corporation of America, Geo Group, Stewart-Detention-Facility, Immigration Detention, For-Profit-Detention-Center, Private-Prison-Corporations, Politics News
Azadeh Shahshahani

Over the past decade, there has been an alarming increase in the use of immigration detention in the United States. From 2001 to 2010, the number of i...

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Let's Slam the Door on Private Prisons Once and for All

Lawrence Benito | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Corrections Corporation of America, SB 1064, Cca, Crete Prison, IL Senate Bill 1064, Private Prisons, Illinois Prisons, Chicago News
Lawrence Benito

Illinois faces a crucial decision: Do we allow a notoriously irresponsible company like the Corrections Corporation of America into our state, or do we send them a clear message that Illinois does not need this kind of crisis?

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Elise Foley

Obama Administration Expands Prison Rape Elimination Act To Protect Immigrants

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Cca, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Doj, Prea, Prison Rape, Prison Abuse, Sexual Assault, T. Don Hutto Facility, Department of Homeland Security, Video, Detention Center, Corrections Corporation of America, Department of Justice, Dhs, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Immigrant detainees will no longer be treated differently under the law than prison inmates for purposes of rape prevention, the Obama a...

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Jailing Americans for Profit: The Rise of the Prison Industrial Complex

John W. Whitehead | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Corrections Corporation of America, Geo Group, Decriminalization, Pennsylvania Jailing Kids for Cash, Private Prisons, Criminal Justice System, Minimum Security Prisons, Prison Privatization, Crime News
John W. Whitehead

No matter what the politicians or corporate heads might say, prison privatization is neither fiscally responsible nor in keeping with principles of justice. It simply encourages incarceration for the sake of profits.

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How Are ALEC Laws Undermining Our Democracy?

Marvin Meadors | Posted 06.04.2012

Read More: Stand Your Ground Laws, Voter ID Laws, Paul Weyrich, American Legislative Exchange Councon Mail, Castle Doctrine Law, Concealed Carry, Rev. Jery Falwell, Trayvon Martin, The Heritage Foundation, Corrections Corporation of America, Three Srikes Laws, Moral Majority, Mandatory Minimum Sentencing, Truth in Sentencing Laws, Politics News
Marvin Meadors

Anti-democratic legislation written by ALEC is pushed onto conservative members of state legislatures who propose them for passage verbatim, sort of reminding one of a junkie who can't quite kick the habit.

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Immigration Activists Rally Against Planned Detention Center

Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Illinois Immigration, Immigration Reform, Video, Randy Ramey, Obama Deportation, Immigration Protests, Obama Immigration, Chicago Immigration, Corrections Corporation of America, Antonio Munoz, Moratorium on Deportations, Immigration, Crete Detention Center, Crete Immigration Detention Center, Deportation, Chicago News

Some 30 people on Friday kicked off a three-day march from Chicago's Little Village neighborhood to south suburban Crete, the site of a proposed deten...

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Corporate-Backed Lobbyists Are Behind 'Stand Your Ground' Laws

The New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Ups, Stand Your Ground, National Rifle Association, American Legislative Exchange Council, Koch Brothers, Center for Media and Democracy, Lobbyists, Stand Your Ground Law, AT&T, Exxon Mobil, Corrections Corporation of America, Paul Krugman, Coca Cola, K12 Inc., Politics News

Florida’s now-infamous Stand Your Ground law, which lets you shoot someone you consider threatening without facing arrest, let alone prosecution, so...

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Chris Kirkham

Private Prison Company Sues Florida Town For Thwarting Immigrant Jail

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: Undocumented Immigrants, Illegal Immigrants, Corrections Corporation of America, Prisons, Private Prisons, Immigrant Detention, For-Profit Prisons, Immigration Policy, Business News

The nation's largest private prison corporation sued a South Florida town this week, arguing that city officials are trying to "disrupt and derail" pl...

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What Do PETA and CCA Have in Common?

David Shapiro | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Corrections Corporation of America, Prisons, Prison, For-Profit Prisons, Crime News
David Shapiro

Many states have finally taken serious steps to reduce mass imprisonment, but new long-term contracts for full prisons would hamper those efforts. That would be bad news for the nation, but good news for Corrections Corporation of America.

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Chris Kirkham

Anonymous Hackers Strike 'Sinister Conniving Alliance'

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Crime, Anonymous, Corrections, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Occupy Wall Street, Corrections Corporation of America, Geo Group, Florida, Prisons, Private Prisons, Occupy Movement, For-Profit Prisons, Hackers, Business News

After high-profile takeovers of recording industry and Justice Department websites last month, hackers affiliated with the Anonymous movement had a ne...

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Private Prisons Profit From Pain

Jakada Imani | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Corrections Corporation of America, Cca, Private Prisons, Prisons, Incarceration, Prison, Incarceration Rates, Crime News
Jakada Imani

Incarceration for profit is just plain wrong. Making a business from other people's suffering is wrong. And demanding that states guarantee their for-profit corporation chock-full prisons is immoral.

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America's Gulag: The Money (in Politics) Behind Prison Privatization

Nick Penniman | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Geo Group, State Prisons, Jan Brewer, American Legislative Exchange Council, Lobbying, Ohio, Corrections Corporation of America, John Kasich, Arizona, United Republic, Campaign Contributions, Prison Reform, Incarceration, Incarceration Rates, Prison, Prisons, Private Prisons, Politics News
Nick Penniman

If we are to reform the prison system, and fix the other Big Problems, we must first reform the lobbying and campaign financing systems.

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Going for the Gold

John Merrow | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Learning Matters, Public Education, Pbs, Education, Pbs Newshour, Prison Finance, Prison Reform, Prisons, Education Reform, Private Prisons, Juvenile Detention, Corrections Corporation of America, For-Profit Prisons, Education News
John Merrow

Who have been the primary beneficiaries of "school reform?" Duh, the for-profit companies! While consultants and think tanks have done OK, the real money has been in testing and textbooks and technology and construction.

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Chris Kirkham

With States Facing Shortfalls, Private Corporation Offers Cash For Prisons

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: American Civil Liberties Union, Ohio Prisons, Ohio, Corrections Corporation of America, John Kasich, Prisons, Private Prisons, For-Profit Prisons, Harley Lappin, Business News

As state governments wrestle with massive budget shortfalls, a Wall Street giant is offering a solution: cash in exchange for state property. Prisons,...

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Chris Kirkham

Florida Prisons Bill Would Expand Private Management, Netting A Big Win For Political Contributors

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Rick Scott, John Thrasher, Prison, Corrections Corporation of America, Geo Group, Florida, Criminal Justice, Private Prisons, Prison Privatization, For-Profit Prisons, Florida Legislature, Business News

Florida this week faces a choice that is increasingly confronting much of the nation -- whether to hand over a major slice of its prison system to pri...

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Elise Foley

No Conviction, No Freedom: Immigration Authorities Locked 13,000 In Limbo

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Prosecutorial Discretion, Undocumented Immigrants, Cca, John Morton, Detention, Obama Immigration, Immigration, Immigrants, Barack Obama, Detainees, Barack Obama Immigration, Morton Memo, Video, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Corrections Corporation of America, Unauthorized Immigration, Ice, Immigrant Detention, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- On a single day this past fall, the United States government held 13,185 people in immigration detention who had not been convicted of a...

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Detainees: Working For $1 A Day, Using Phone for $5 A Minute

Axel W. Caballero | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Latino Voices., Abuse, Cca, Immigrants for Sale, Immigration, Private Prison, Private Prisons, Cuentame, Corrections Corporation of America, Immigration Reform, Video, Latino Voices News
Axel W. Caballero

On November 18th, a coalition of immigrant and civil rights organizations will demand the shut down Stewart Detention Center and the immediate termination of private prison contracts.

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Immigration Detainees Fear Rape and Death

End ICE Abuse | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Aclu, Prison Rape Elimination Act, T. Don Hutto, Corrections Corporation of America, Texas, Prison Rape, Immigration Detention, Private Prisons, End ICE Abuse, Immigration Reform, Latino Voices News
End ICE Abuse

There is one immediate thing the Obama administration can do to help ensure the protection of immigration detainees: make sure that all detainees are covered under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) of 2003.

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Elise Foley

Immigrants To Wells Fargo: Stop Investing In For-Profit Detention

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Wells Fargo Employee PAC, Michele Bachmann, Cca, Lamar Smith, Wells Fargo, For-Profit Detention Center, Seiu, John Cain, Corrections Corporation of America, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration, Geo Group, Immigrants, For-Profit Prisons, Politics News

Latino and Somali immigrants are organizing in Minneapolis, Minn., against Wells Fargo, telling the bank to stop donating to anti-immigrant politician...

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Privately Run Prison Remains Idaho's Most Violent Lockup

AP | By REBECCA BOONE | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Idaho Prisons, Video, Cca, Prison, Corrections, Lawsuits, Corrections Corporation of America, Boise, Idaho Correctional Center, Prisons, Idaho, Idaho Crime, Corrections Corp. Of America, Crime News

BOISE, Idaho -- In the last four years, Idaho's largest privately run prison has faced federal lawsuits, widespread public scrutiny, increased state o...

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Lost, Abused and Neglected for a Profit

Axel W. Caballero | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Latino, Immigration, Abuse, Private Prisons, Cca, Cuentame, Corrections Corporation of America, Brave-New-Foundation, Latino Voices News
Axel W. Caballero

Why do we leave our immigration system in the hands of corporations? How many more people are suffering and lost in a system that values profit over justice?

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Aurelia Fierros

WATCH: Mentally Impaired Man Awaits His Fate In Deportation Trial

HuffingtonPost.com | Aurelia Fierros | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Cca, California, Deportation Trial, Mentally Impaired, For-Profit Prison, Immigration, Deportation, Department of Homeland Security, Guillermo Gomez-Sanchez Deportation, Immigration Reform, Video, Corrections Corporation of America, Dhs, Ice, Deportation System, Guillermo Gomez-Sanchez, Latino Voices News

Guillermo Gomez-Sanchez, a Mexican national and lawful U.S. resident declared incompetent to stand trial in an ongoing deportation case, will learn hi...

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Ohio Becomes First State To Sell Prison To Private Company

AP | By JULIE CARR SMYTH | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Ohio Prison Sold, Prison Sold, Ohio, Ohio Prison, Republican Gov. John Kasich, Corrections Corporation of America, Ashtabula County, Conneaut, Prison Told to Private Company, Lake Erie Correctional Institution, Lake Erie, Crime News

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A lockup along the shores of Lake Erie has become the first state prison in the nation to be sold to a private company. Lake Erie C...

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Elise Foley

Proposed Detention Centers Draw Criticism From Residents, Immigrant Groups

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Cca, Obama Deportation, Immigrant Detention Centers, Immigration, Broward County, Deportation, Department of Homeland Security, Essex County, The Geo Group, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Corrections Corporation of America, Immigration Enforcement, Ice, Dhs, Private Prison Corporations, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Proposed immigration detention facilities in Florida and New Jersey will be ringed with barbed wire and house people against their will ...

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