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Private Prison Corporation GEO Group Expands its Stable of Former Top Federal Officials

Loaded on July 7, 2015 by Darwin Bond-Graham published in Prison Legal News July, 2015, page 40
Filed under: Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Lobbying, Immigration. Location: United States of America.

Private Prison Corporation GEO Group Expands its Stable of Former Top Federal Officials

by Darwin Bond-Graham

On July 2, 2014, private prison corporation GEO Group added yet another former government official to its inner circle. GEO Group’s management voted unanimously to expand their board of directors to seven seats, adding Julie ...

 

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