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Private Prison Companies Use Political Influence to Increase Incarceration

Loaded on Nov. 15, 2012 by Matthew Clarke published in Prison Legal News November, 2012, page 26
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Organizing, Lobbying. Location: United States of America.
by Matt Clarke

A June 2011 report by the Justice Policy Institute (JPI) reveals how for-profit private prison companies use political campaign donations, lobbyists and relationships with government officials to increase their profits by promoting policies that result in more people being incarcerated.

Even in tight budgetary times when many ...

 

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