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03-12-2013, 08:40 PM
Rake In $5.1 Billion For Immigrant Detention Alone
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/08/03/627471/private-prisons-spend-45-million-on-lobbying-rake-in-51-billion-for-immigrant-detention-alone/?mobile=nc
A 2011 report found that the private prison industry spent millions seeking to increase sentences and incarcerate more people (http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/06/23/251363/cca-geogroup-prison-industry/) in order to increase the industry’s profits. 30 of the 36 legislators who co-sponsored Arizona’s now mostly invalidated immigration law — which would have landed many more people in detention — received campaign contributions from private prison lobbyists or companies, including CCA and GEO. According to a report released last year (http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/06/23/251363/cca-geogroup-prison-industry/), CCA spent over $900,000 on federal lobbying and GEO spent between $120,000 to $199,992 in Florida alone during a short three-month span in 2011. $450,000 went to the Republican national and congressional committees, while Democrats received less than half that number. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) were also among the private prison lobby’s top benefactors.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/08/03/627471/private-prisons-spend-45-million-on-lobbying-rake-in-51-billion-for-immigrant-detention-alone/?mobile=nc
A 2011 report found that the private prison industry spent millions seeking to increase sentences and incarcerate more people (http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/06/23/251363/cca-geogroup-prison-industry/) in order to increase the industry’s profits. 30 of the 36 legislators who co-sponsored Arizona’s now mostly invalidated immigration law — which would have landed many more people in detention — received campaign contributions from private prison lobbyists or companies, including CCA and GEO. According to a report released last year (http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/06/23/251363/cca-geogroup-prison-industry/), CCA spent over $900,000 on federal lobbying and GEO spent between $120,000 to $199,992 in Florida alone during a short three-month span in 2011. $450,000 went to the Republican national and congressional committees, while Democrats received less than half that number. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) were also among the private prison lobby’s top benefactors.