Sentences with phrase «for private prison companies»

Historically, the trend is favorable for private prison companies.

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And within a span of six weeks this fall, Hillary Clinton caused a drop in biotech stocks with a tweet calling for greater regulation of drug prices, then single - handedly tanked stocks of private - corrections companies when she tweeted about prison reform.

Private prison companies have been preparing for such a moment by shifting their focus to ICE facilities, many of which are already run by for - profit entities and house immigration detainees, according to Petrella.

Conducting field research for my upcoming book, I found that it is rare for contracts with private prison companies to demand fresh thinking, recidivism reduction, and outcomes that outperform the public sector.

CoreCivic, one of the largest U.S. private prison companies, has shelved a proposal to build a detention facility for undocumented migrants in Indiana after a series of community protests.

Not just for construction companies but for such private enterprises as the Corrections Corporation of America, a Tennessee - based company that is leading the way in the exorbitant campaign to turn all prisons over to private enterprise.

Paying private companies to run prisons, with more cash for those firms which achieve reduced reoffending rates, will now become the centrepiece of the government's approach.

One of the flagship policies of the last few months of the coalition government was the introduction of an additional compulsory one year supervision by the private companies for anyone sentenced to prison for a short period.

The company advocates for TD Bank, Waste Management, T - Mobile USA, private prison operator Geo Group and scaffolding and demolition magnates Greg and Lawrence Blinn.

Private prison companies spent nearly $ 3.5 million on federal lobbying in 2017, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

Fitch also asserts that the company might have some running room on prison construction, because «the cost for states to build, operate or repair facilities remains significantly higher than those of the private operators.»

The prison is operated for the state of Texas by a private company.

It calls for divesting from private prisons and immigrant detention centers, companies which violate indigenous sovereignty.