three major private prison companies spent $45 million lobbying

[presence]

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.

[ZENemy]

Hmm doesn't this make ALL trial in all courts a conflict of interest?

[HOLLYWOOD]

Here's the Justice Policy Institute's pdf report on the lobbying and how it all works. Recommended reading

http://www.justicepolicy.org/uploads/justicepolicy/documents/gaming_the_system.pdf


Corrections Corporation of America(CCA) and GEO Group, combined had over $2.9 billion in revenue in 2010(one year).

[kcchiefs6465]

Whole towns have sprung up or have been brought back around these massive industrial prisons. [slave labor] One is, Taft Correctional, off of the top of my head. I believe that is a Wackenhut [later renamed to GEO] facility.

American Drug War: The Last White Hope is a good documentary on various aspects of it. From the 'Cash for Kids' scandal, to the Tulia, Texas [arrest every black in town] scandal, to Tommy Chong's entrapment, to Freeway Rick Ross, Danilo Blandon, and the likes of Ollie North, Ronald Reagan, George Bush Sr. and Barry Seal's drug importation scheme. [many, many more are involved. Look at the war on drugs and the militarization of our police]

Even if you don't watch the documentary, look up those keywords.