Poor Oversight of the Private Prison Industry
Poor Oversight One of my constant gripes about the private prison industry is the lack of oversight and transparency. Briefly, private prisons in all but 2 states are not required to comply with...
View ArticlePushback Against Privatization Efforts in NC, PA
Privatization Pushback Proposals to privatize health care and mental health care for prisoners have begun to meet resistance in both North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Let’s start with the NC situation,...
View ArticleDeath of Hawaiian Prisoner Sparks Lawsuit
Death of Hawaiian Prisoner Sparks Lawsuit Hawaii contracts with CCA to house some of its prisoners on the mainland, because they don’t have room for them in prisons on the islands. But their...
View ArticleCCA Tries to Suppress Information on Sexual Assaults
CCA Tries to Suppress Info on Sexual Assaults This story is almost too ridiculous. A CCA shareholder introduced a resolution to the company that would require it to disclose information on sexual...
View ArticleMichigan Toying With Privatization, Again
Michigan Toying With Privatization, Again The Michigan legislature is currently considering legislation that would allow a currently empty GEO Group facility to once again house prisoners; the bills...
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Arizona’s Political Leaders are Crazy for Private Prisons
Arizona’s Political Leaders Are Crazy for Private Prisons (Photo By tolomea via flickr) I’ve been remiss in updating everyone on the situation in Arizona, the state that loves private prisons, even...
View ArticleEffing Arizona.
First published on WhyIHateCCA Sometimes, a story comes along that really makes me wonder whether a lot of politicians just really don’t give a shit about people at all. And no, I’m not even talking...
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Shareholders Challenging the Private Prison Industry
A civil commitment center run by The GEO Group in DeSoto County, Florida First published on WhyIHateCCA In an interesting bit of grassroots advocacy, a few shareholders of the country’s two largest...
View ArticleCurbing Sexual Abuse in Immigration Detention
First Published on WhyIHateCCA A few weeks back, the Obama Administration finally got around to releasing new regulations governing sexual abuse in correctional facilities, as mandated by the Prison...
View ArticleMTC Takes Over Where The GEO Group Left off
First published on WhyIHateCCA After the state of Mississippi announced it was not renewing its contract with the GEO Group (or that the GEO Group bailed on the state, depending on how you see it)...
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