This launched the Corrections Corporation of America (CXW), currently the largest private
prison company in the United States.
The plans for the work were inspired by citizens of Crete, Illinois who were able to prevent a for -
profit prison company from constructing a new detention center in their village, effectively blocking the building of an immigrant prison.
«It actually kind of forces these companies to admit that they're kind
of prison companies only incidentally — what they really are is real - estate companies,» Petrella said.
As government - run facilities — and correctional budgets — swelled, private
prison companies stepped in, claiming they would house inmates at a cheaper cost.
The committee cash came in through just four contributions, including a $ 25,000 check from private
prison company GEO Group.
Private
prison companies also operate private immigration detention centers, which house as many as 65 percent of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees, and it is expected that the White House will expand the use of those prisons and private detention facilities to house immigrants it intends to hold and deport.
When America's largest private
prison company opened a 2,000 - bed facility in a barren stretch of the Mojave Desert in southeastern California in
Private
prison companies spent nearly $ 3.5 million on federal lobbying in 2017, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
10/16 GEO Group, the nation's largest for -
profit prison company, holds its annual conference at the Trump National Doral.
Corrections Corporation of America, the largest and most powerful private
prison company in the nation, lost four prison contracts in the past month after extensive reports of abuse, neglect, and even fraud within their operations.
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.
The Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and GEO Group, the country's two largest private -
prison companies, have contributed $ 10 million to candidates and pushed $ 25 million into lobbying efforts since 1989, a Washington Post report found last year.
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.
While such reports are no doubt disturbing, the most problematic aspect about private -
prison companies may be their efforts on Capitol Hill and in statehouses across the country to lobby for laws that expand demand for their own services.
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.
«They should follow NYCERS» lead and cease all financial involvement with private immigration detention and
prison companies.»
Nonetheless, Stringer said he hoped that other cities would follow New York's lead in getting out of investments to private
prison companies.
On June 8, City Comptroller Scott Stringer announced that the city had liquidated around $ 48 million in stocks and bonds related to three private
prison companies.
Comptroller Scott Stringer said Thursday that New York City's pension funds had divested its investments in private
prison companies, calling it the first such move by a major U.S. city.
A spokeswoman for the state Comptroller's office confirms that the state's pension fund holds investments in the two largest private
prison companies, Corrections Corporation of America, and the GEO group.
It's worth noting that the Koch - funded American Legislative Exchange Council distributed Arizona's controversial racial profiling law, SB 1070, to states around the country so private
prison companies can rake a profit off the incarceration of immigrants.
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