Sentences with phrase «private prison companies»

Historically, the trend is favorable for private prison companies.

This launched the Corrections Corporation of America (CXW), currently the largest private prison company in the United States.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.