private prisons

Due to years of documented negligence and violence, as well as countless safety and security incidents, the Department of Justice will start scaling back its use of private prisons. the goal is to compeltely end the federal government's use of private prisons. The Feds won't pull out over...

Via the Associated Press: In the Land of the Free, we have 5% of the world's general population and 25% of the prison population. We have more prisoners per capita than any society in history- including the USSR at the height of the Gulag system and the Third Reich. Private prison contracts...

http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/01/17/33358.htm

There appears to be an interesting controversy over the origin of Arizona’s SB1070 immigration law. A recent investigation by NPR indicates that the drafting of the law originated and was drafted by private prison contractors, who stand to profit from the law...