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America's Private Gulag

Loaded on June 15, 1997 by Ken Silverstein published in Prison Legal News June, 1997, page 1
Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Financing, Contractor Misconduct, Prison Industries, Prison Labor. Location: United States of America.
What is the most profitable industry in America? Weapons, oil and computer technology all offer high rates of return, but there is probably no sector of the economy so abloom with money as the privately-run prison industry.

Consider the growth of the Corrections Corporation of America, the industry leader whose …

 

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  2. Speedy Death Penalty Provisions Enjoined in California
  3. Strange Bedfellows; CCA's Political Connections, by Alex Friedmann
  4. Texas Sheriff Exploits Prisoner Labor
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  18. On the Edge of Midnight, by Mr Wolf
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  27. Trial Required on ADA EFV Claim
  28. California Prisoners Entitled to Contact Attorney Visits
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  32. Pro Se Litigant Entitled to Defendant's Identity
  33. Relation Back Period Suspended during IFP Application
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  35. Prison NA Meetings Violate Establishment Clause
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