The Supreme Court ruled against two private prison corporations, GEO Group and Corrections Corporation of America, which sought to block the release of records related to government contracts with them.
New prisoners begin the intake process by being searched – File Photo (AP/Will Shilling)
New Mexico — A small community in New Mexico is learning firsthand the consequences of relying on corporate industry to fuel your economy. In the case of Torrance County, it’s the private prison industry. From a July 25 article by the Santa Fe New Mexican:
A prison guard on horseback watches inmates return from a farm work detail at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La.
SAN DIEGO — A privately run immigration prison in San Diego forces its inmates to clean their own jail for a dollar a day or less, two prisoners say in a federal class action.
Detainees sleep in a holding cell at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility, Wednesday, June 18, 2014, in Brownsville,Texas. (AP/Eric Gay)
The Texas Senate on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to legislation that would make it easier for the state to license privately run detention centers as “family residential centers” in order to hold immigrant families in detention centers longer.
It pleases me that I can finally report some good news on a topic that has been near and dear to me for many years: private prisons.
