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Texas Democrat Politicians Keep Private Prison Consulting in the Family
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2010
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2010, page 42
by Matt Clarke
Filed under:
Management and Training Corporation,
Corplan,
International,
Immigration.
Location:
Texas.
In 2003 and 2004, Texas state Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. (D) was a consultant for Management & Training Corporation, a private prison firm, and Corplan Corrections, a prison design and development company. Now his son, state Rep. Eddie Lucio III, (D) has signed on to be a ...
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