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WhyIHateCCA wrote a new diary post: Shareholders Challenging the Private Prison Industry
First published on WhyIHateCCA In an interesting bit of grassroots advocacy, a few shareholders of the country’s two largest private prison companies have worked to bring more accountability to the industry, which is exempt from public records laws in nearly every jurisdiction despite the fact that it performs inherently governmental functions. The GEO Group, based in Boca [...]
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WhyIHateCCA commented on the diary post CCA Sued Over Working Conditions by WhyIHateCCA.
Oh Grey Wolf, you flatter me! But seriously, I agree with pretty much all of your sentiment. Except that I know of only one jurisdiction that has specifically held that private prison companies perform an inherently governmental function (Florida). This speaks to an issue I’ve written about multiple times; the industry is still considered to [...]
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WhyIHateCCA wrote a new diary post: CCA Sued Over Working Conditions
First published on WhyIHateCCABy Jenny LandrethThe Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) has been sued by six current and former employees. The employees, who were supervisors at the Marion Adjustment Center in St. Mary’s, Kentucky, assert that CCA forced them to work additional hours whilst denying them overtime.Supervisors claim they are required to work additional hours, denied [...] -
WhyIHateCCA wrote a new diary post: Riots at 2 CCA Prisons
First published on WhyIHateCCA Two weeks ago, prisoners rioted at a CCA prison in Georgia , resulting in the prison being put on lockdown. There’s not much more information available on that But a second riot occurred at another CCA prison, this one in Mississippi, and what has come out so far isn’t pretty ; 200-300 prisoners were said to be [...]
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WhyIHateCCA wrote a new diary post: Is the Private Prison Industry Losing a Lifeline?
First published on WhyIHateCCA California, the state with the highest prison population, has also historically been one of the most privatization-friendly states , despite the influence of the powerful corrections officers lobby. The state has given hundreds of millions of dollars per year to the industry to house some of its prisoners in a vain attempt to reduce the burden [...] -
WhyIHateCCA wrote a new diary post: Effing Arizona.
First published on WhyIHateCCA Sometimes, a story comes along that really makes me wonder whether a lot of politicians just really don’t give a shit about people at all. And no, I’m not even talking about how North Carolina decided it would be a good idea to codify discrimination in its frigging constitution. I’m talking about the great [...]
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WhyIHateCCA wrote a new diary post: More on ALEC’s Demise
First published on WhyIHateCCA I must say, I’ve been more than a little pleased to see all the negative press coming out about ALEC, especially considering how it has helped promote prison privatization and laws (like stricter immigration legislation and sentencing “reforms”) that boost the industry’s bottom line. Many people are jumping on the Hate ALEC bandwagon , and I say, “Welcome aboard!” [...]
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WhyIHateCCA commented on the diary post Leasing Through the Back Door: The Private Financing of “Public” Prisons by WhyIHateCCA.
i got permission from the author to reprint/repost as I see fit. Thanks for checking though.
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WhyIHateCCA wrote a new diary post: Leasing Through the Back Door: The Private Financing of “Public” Prisons
Previously published on Nation of Change . Reprinted with permission from the author By Christopher Petrella Nearly 130,000 bodies are currently caged in for-profit or privately managed “correctional” facilities in the United States, a figure that accounts for 16.4% of federal and 6.8% of state populations . Since 2000, moreover, the number of extant for-profit and privately contracted penal [...] -
WhyIHateCCA commented on the diary post Mississippi Tosses Private Prison Company, The GEO Group by WhyIHateCCA.
precisely! and as soon as one of their prisons seem to not be drawing quite enough revenue, they look to pull out, basically leaving the government to figure out what to do with the thousands of prisoners they house. this is exactly what should be expected when a civil function such as incarceration is performed [...]
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WhyIHateCCA wrote a new diary post: Mississippi Tosses Private Prison Company, The GEO Group
Previously published on WhyIHateCCA Mississippi, of all places, has had enough. Not exactly known for its hospitable prison system, the state announced last Friday that it intends to terminate its contract with the GEO Group to operate 3 facilities , effective in July. One of those facilities is Walnut Grove, which was recently the target of a lawsuit that [...] -
WhyIHateCCA commented on the diary post Ask CCA to Report on Sexual Assault by WhyIHateCCA.
thanks! please also tweet, share, etc. widely!
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WhyIHateCCA wrote a new diary post: Ask CCA to Report on Sexual Assault
First Published on WhyIHateCCA I just want to drop a quick link here and encourage everyone to go sign a petition on Change.org asking CCA to report on its efforts to reduce sexual abuse within its facilities. Sexual abuse in prisons is a serious problem in both government and private facilities, so a CCA shareholder introduced a resolution [...]
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WhyIHateCCA wrote a new diary post: Is Louisiana on the Brink of a Terrible Decision?
Previously published on Why I Hate CCA Louisiana, the state with the highest rate of incarceration in the country, is considering selling its Avoyelles Correctional Center to a private company in a vain effort to save money. This was immediately panned as a terrible idea by many in central Louisiana (where the prison is located), including the union [...] -
WhyIHateCCA commented on the diary post NAFTA and Free Trade Do Not Belong in the Same Sentence by Dean Baker.
nothing about “free markets” that cons espouse is actually free in the real sense. it’s just a euphemism for “markets rigged in favor of the wealthy and politically powerful,” which wouldn’t be quite as easy to sell to the public.
But this is a great analysis of NAFTA – thanks!
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WhyIHateCCA commented on the diary post Taking ALEC to Task by WhyIHateCCA.
absolutely! i was very pleased to see that they are abandoning the task force and many of the social initiatives that I’ve come to hate them for. I’m sure they’ll still push for lighter economic and environmental regulations, but having them pull out of the criminal justice sphere is huge. Unfortunately, a lot of damage [...]
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WhyIHateCCA and
spocko are now friends
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WhyIHateCCA wrote a new diary post: Taking ALEC to Task
Taking ALEC to Task ALEC, one of the banes of my existence, has been in the news a lot recently, as people are starting to realize that they’re behind every conservative conspiracy to screw over some segment of the population. As I’ve reported on before, the industry has helped to write and push laws that have [...]
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WhyIHateCCA and
HotFlash are now friends
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WhyIHateCCA commented on the diary post Arizona’s Political Leaders are Crazy for Private Prisons by WhyIHateCCA.
I saw that as well; that came out in a story about how CCA has offered to purchase existing prisons from state and local governments. The industry has started to feel the pinch of the slumping economy, as many states have worked to reduce their prison populations over the past few years. The move by [...]
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