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Texas State Equipment and Employees Used for Private Prison Labor Lobbying
Loaded on April 15, 2005
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2005, page 32
by Matthew T. Clarke
Filed under:
Contractor Misconduct,
Government Misconduct,
Prison Industries,
News,
State Legislation.
Location:
Texas.
Republican State Representative Ray Allen of Grand Prairie, Texas, Chairman of the Texas House Corrections Committee, has been using his state employees and state equipment to operate a private firm that specializes in consulting and lobbying for the private prison industry. Allen's company, called Service House, …
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