Private Prison

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</div><div></div><div>Since President Richard Nixon declared the national "War on Drugs" in the 1970s, the American prison population has skyrocketed; the same is true of the numbers of people locked up in private prisons, especially since the 1990s. Over their history, private prisons have been <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/issues/prisons/" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">controversial</a> for several reasons, including in some cases their treatment of incarcerated individuals. Supporters, however, say private prison companies have shouldered some of the burden from overpopulated federal prisons.In the <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/totals.php?cycle=2016&ind=G7000" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">2016 election cycle</a>, private prisons gave a record $1.6 million to candidates, parties and outside spending groups. That was nearly triple what they'd given in 2014 and more than double their contributions in the 2012 presidential cycle. Most of the increase came in the form of donations to outside groups, and Geo Group was responsible for most of that: It gave $300,000 to super PACs backing various Republican presidential candidates, including one backing now-President Donald Trump.Of the 2016 contributions that went to candidates or parties, 85 percent went to Republicans. That's higher than in most previous cycles, but consistent with the conservative leanings of this industry. Since 1990, private prisons have given 73 percent of their total party-and-candidate contributions to Republicans.Including its super PAC gifts, <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000022003&cycle=2016" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">GEO Group</a> was the <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.php?cycle=2016&ind=G7000" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">top contributor</a> from the industry by far in the 2016 election cycle, giving more than $1.2 million.Private prisons' outlays for <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/lobbying.php?cycle=2016&ind=G7000" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">lobbying</a> were the highest in nine years -- $2.75 million -- as the industry tried to fight back against then-President Obama's efforts to make less use of their facilities. Here, <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000021940&year=2016" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">CoreCivic</a> (formerly Corrections Corp. of America) led the spending with about $1.1 million devoted to lobbying.</div><div><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=G7000">https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=G7000</a>Since President Richard Nixon declared the national "War on Drugs" in the 1970s, the American prison population has skyrocketed; the same is true of the numbers of people locked up in private prisons, especially since the 1990s. Over their history, private prisons have been <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/issues/prisons/" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">controversial</a> for several reasons, including in some cases their treatment of incarcerated individuals. Supporters, however, say private prison companies have shouldered some of the burden from overpopulated federal prisons.In the <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/totals.php?cycle=2016&ind=G7000" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">2016 election cycle</a>, private prisons gave a record $1.6 million to candidates, parties and outside spending groups. That was nearly triple what they'd given in 2014 and more than double their contributions in the 2012 presidential cycle. Most of the increase came in the form of donations to outside groups, and Geo Group was responsible for most of that: It gave $300,000 to super PACs backing various Republican presidential candidates, including one backing now-President Donald Trump. [<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/background.php?cycle=2018&ind=G7000" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Read more Background</a>]...top 20<table class="DataTable datadisplay dataTable no-footer" id="cands" role="grid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; background: rgb(224, 230, 236); width: 574px; border: 0px; min-width: 450px;"><tbody><tr role="row" class="odd"><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">1</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary?id=FLS1&cycle=2018" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Scott, Rick</a> (R-FL)</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;" /><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$75,850</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">2</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/industries?cid=N00003105&cycle=2018" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Blackburn, Marsha</a> (R-TN)</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$66,150</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd"><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">3</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/industries?cid=N00009738&cycle=2018" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Culberson, John</a> (R-TX)</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$47,400</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">4</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/industries?cid=N00024978&cycle=2018" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Cuellar, Henry</a> (D-TX)</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$40,900</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd"><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">5</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/industries?cid=N00025095&cycle=2018" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Carter, John</a> (R-TX)</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$38,100</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">6</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/industries?cid=N00031696&cycle=2018" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Lee, Mike</a> (R-UT)</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Senate</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$25,000</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd"><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">7</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/industries?cid=N00033085&cycle=2018" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Cruz, Ted</a> (R-TX)</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Senate</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$17,450</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">8</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/industries?cid=N00033982&cycle=2018" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">McSally, Martha</a> (R-AZ)</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$17,250</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd"><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">9</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/industries?cid=N00030788&cycle=2018" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Graves, Tom</a> (R-GA)</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$15,000</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td class="center" style="padding: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">9</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/industries?cid=N00031502&cycle=2018" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Yoder, Kevin</a> (R-KS)</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">House</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$15,00</td></tr></tbody></table> =<a href="https://www.alternet.org/2019/06/heres-the-shocking-amount-of-money-private-companies-are-making-from-detaining-immigrants/">https://www.alternet.org/2019/06/heres-the-shocking-amount-of-money-private-companies-are-making-from-detaining-immigrants/</a></div><div> =<a href="https://www.alternet.org/2019/06/heres-the-shocking-amount-of-money-private-companies-are-making-from-detaining-immigrants/">https://www.alternet.org/2019/06/heres-the-shocking-amount-of-money-private-companies-are-making-from-detaining-immigrants/</a>
no lnx grafs vidHere’s the shocking amount of money private companies are making from detaining immigrantswritten by Jen Hayden / Daily Kos June 26, 2019A new report from NBC News has detailed the enormous cost of housing the children and families being detained at the border. Are you sitting down? Because a for-profit, private company is billing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services a whopping $775 per child, per day to hold them in one of the “tent cities” on the Trump administration’s orders.Professor W. Warren Binford, a law professor who is an “internationally recognized children’s rights scholar and advocate” and founder of the Willamette’s Child and Family Advocacy Clinic, visited a Border Patrol detention facility in Clint, Texas, and she told PBS and several other media outlets about the squalid conditions these children are living in—sleeping on concrete floors, children taking care of toddlers, flu outbreak, diapers being reused or no diapers at all. Separated from their loved ones at the border as they turned themselves in to seek asylum and legal entry into the United States. This is a crisis entirely manufactured by the Trump administration as Professor Binford notes that nearly every child she interviewed had a family member in the United States willing to take them in and care for them.Almost none of the children that we interviewed had come across the border themselves alone.Essentially, they came across the border with family. And they are trying to be reunited with family who are living in the United States. Almost every child that I interviewed had family, parents, uncles, aunts, grandparents, siblings here in the United States who are waiting for them and are ready to care for them.Instead they are being held in these facilities for an endless amount of time. How in the world is this fiscally responsible? Republicans are laser-focused on “responsible spending” and we can’t give health care to low-income residents because we must prove how we will pay for every penny in advance. But shelling out $775 per child, per day? They don’t bat an eye. To show you how utterly ridiculous this spending truly is, especially when these children could be released to waiting relatives desperate to see these kids again, I checked into rates at Trump’s D.C. hotel. On the random dates I checked (September 4-6, 2019), the room rate was $395. Throw in a breakfast package and we are looking at $415. These children could be staying in luxury hotels, ordering room service and we’d still be paying half the daily fee. THINK ABOUT THAT! And yet, we are told there isn’t even a budget for these children to have toothpaste, soap, mattresses, bed linens, or diapers. We are paying $775 per day, per child, to hold them in abusive, neglectful situations.If you are asking yourself why the U.S. government is doing this, well, let’s follow the money.Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAOC Reminder: Caging kids is a for-profit enterprise, & the people who profit off camps finance the political campaigns of those who legislate more caging.
If you want to follow the money: GEO Group & CoreCivic are big ones. Look at the lenders & private equity grps they deal with. https://twitter.com/joycewhitevance/status/1143161956309884928 …
Joyce Alene$775 per day, per kid & it doesn’t even cover a toothbrush, soap, a bed.  https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/immigration-border-crisis/trump-admin-s-tent-cities-cost-more-keeping-migrant-kids-n884871 …The ACLU has a brief, but informative, video below about the GEO Group in particular, which makes $1.6 billion per year from government contracts. It is not coincidence whatsoever that private prison companies like GEO Group donate heavily to Republicans and Donald Trump. Their investment is paying off nicely for them at the expense of children dying and living in squalid conditions.
Here are some data points and graphics from OpenSecrets.org that tell the story.
Here’s a stunning graph showing the contribution trends of these for-profit companies and their record of donating to politicians. As you can see, they opened the taps to Republicans over the last three years and boy is it ever paying off for them!We are paying Donald Trump and Republican party donors billions in U.S. taxpayer dollars to abuse these children and families, even though their own families are waiting for them. They have no interest whatsoever in processing these asylum claims in a timely manner. In fact, they’ve made it harder to process claims, allocating fewer resources. So, immigrants pile up at the border, Donald Trump gets to keep feeding red meat to his racist followers with a crisis of his own making, Fox News gets to keep their ratings up with a new “immigration scare,” Republicans cash those private prison checks and see their base motivated to come to the polls. It’s a win-win for Republicans, but a loss for humanity.</div><div> =private prisons, child detention facility & weapons profiteers
As we reported in our last newsletter, Wells Fargo and JP Morgan announced they would stop financing <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/mpss/c/gA/ni0YAA/t.2s6/CoFMKH9bToGzDiMXCOX_cQ/h32/IGbuxRGxf-2FM66JIJ8i1XmlKpM4f-2FAtZ3n7NY22ycLYkjiiNgXmn06rbkwJbnkuH4UaqeowOv448HrHoMPX7IzviG3Ls69kgWzJf-2B2SM1R-2FjgjBRnQn0IS8jlRMGkRjBDOGzZkvN2-2FR-2FVFzQ1z4k-2B-2BOYyaBYyvUWDoIvj7XxmuEPsdBx6wA0S5p8MdN5TbTaLqdPMcd5BEjvDF3EoWdRQn7wu8K1WzSU-2BcVilbm4XGcUPrzfuXMRvP-2BZDdW2O9g-2BJObMEc5y7yYyIV-2Bx2shBovgw5GZHgqoFiI2T0F6Ie9osDTX-2BAU-2FM9R6wYYYDPrqgX-2FTUbRHgfnROXV3pLEoG3SGAG1BPjs-2FmrSNIdh-2B9-2BaQhXj1ZQmViNuH7YJa-2B9I0GgWF7mpXmUx306PKL91ntwbOlYCSZEMPnEzOXJp7VWqP02VXvYYJmhZv6wAmPVZzPs9FRnODXbF2IUUfD3yKCZdetjm2CDNXZy-2FqYjuLlHjyFNey8opKZ3wOlKEe95Z96Pt0tuaEh8KKpspt2x5BODojquTJxeHrwf5OAglhYHLy1dZBxTki0lyXFxOA6-2BDJBf5GWxKev9wMQ-2BXyJa5Omslw-3D-3D">private prisons</a>, in a big win for the #FamiliesBelongTogether coalition and #BackersOfHate campaign. But we’re not stopping the work to expose and hold to account private prison profiteers. In April, along with our friends In the Public Interest and the Center for Popular Democracy, we published a new report “<a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/mpss/c/gA/ni0YAA/t.2s6/CoFMKH9bToGzDiMXCOX_cQ/h33/Rc-2BtVMay6OkVmMzgB09IkkVKx-2BNUB2TW7N4-2B4rXsgClpjdQFvZqYdFdYBeghRZ2Ws8U9idqMgK6-2B1luKtsLC9F5L-2B0fTekMCnudxQdgzR3b-2BHK2GgB0qCSDDfxVdiw7Fjs7hEQMYA6HJU2AkGLR1VXjjWr03vQoj-2FfWunxlaui2LE-2BNF0MDggkV8fTWEBfZCRewEzWn9GzDqOdila89bmSC8ta-2BltUkXKoqeGjQgLcfA2oG3nfpbCsC2gKy3TMNMTLSYM6eRHtdnClPXU3mB9CsGxu6N-2B2jk95t0XRgBG-2BvnLzc7bFyc9SJU-2FbC4B-2FmmHW6fu5PLb0vGak1FH22FcVBG7ZCY3KEq-2ByRmE6xEOSMJp1T1Mt-2FQU3JZqc670iXpRbPU7rGHnA4L0BtyCIoviZ1TZzpAGKz0WL9tlVIM5vhPHH-2BXgxnLOJmc5qsSauhq7vOQ08diCkDCJK6YKTKp3kufMfWrOrd1tKVDKyxAUuMPT9mg7YS5YfBFVfI9pigOgsfTsk4TWIMHrdqJJgzupkpzjajb4Rsful7em892L-2Bs-3D">The Wall Street Banks Still Financing Private Prisons</a>.” We also participated in a <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/mpss/c/gA/ni0YAA/t.2s6/CoFMKH9bToGzDiMXCOX_cQ/h34/VE2atosPJwyp5yA4oN-2FSakXjq0Ozs-2FXTZXlVjRImDfzqU-2FBxl1h20vcihRwUdgGDOeQ7h86uMsR3-2BxEG5uxvg7URiWfSOcsAZwGmM-2Bqd1YGk-2BMQnnUfbndvHFcKSPVn9Ydvow1VI4KlbYo8G4w3X-2BusigPsqa9qd0kZA1nMhXfJHEpFBWnLWj2nMrMpfSMF6P52uzcbRmp54ritcT-2FGRohSzzLaVDAeUB2BvfOqOR8JSwvJmRZHpFErGmj0qhXSPXHhoJ9gqgjhgVHWvJ6ha7nX7E1RT3oZgS5yfPhjMnQhhZi8i-2BpR0N7AHnG-2F0h94GdjXCvI94MvDP-2F2jNDK00q4oQQuNm6BhT9bOZfB097d2JCDxcGXyuldiQ2jYJpyakosAX3Blc1SlYb92oGnpeahke7C1Qc5y5fpTEW-2FznJTmcbvGZURRYy9-2FBNk-2Fw-2BTplkHDIecC-2B8bGdCocsJMG6dUAMsZacwWXxsrybvc9kswPpK2-2B4DL2NqRfFcMvkJqsu">Twitter Chat</a> hosted by our coalition partners <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/mpss/c/gA/ni0YAA/t.2s6/CoFMKH9bToGzDiMXCOX_cQ/h35/7A7g9NwEtemfRP88CjPj8NDf3SEfWM7zK8ZcYbQeXaLNztKFYEganAZVNhS9i6q0UmKK4TTWT-2B-2FJUZ4EaAfF7F0SHWua-2BgT4U1MTF01a8-2FUTF2g8oCGOurjopbOAux-2BfdGHCZAXfeHMdiEs103D0CHeNsQxZq2qtqtqebscA-2FQqb2-2BvYqNNorQ6c3HNzvIl3iFIAWk-2F6DmjFrhyYn5Us191xILnwpXwcT0zoZs4esN6iDisZNFwFxGqepIcZH-2FNxOGJKVB4OnuY2YclofJV9ayD0g3z-2FR9x5L1kdz8P5WFwOdylis-2BdYyr7Zb4CHlFh0-2F7Qdgk9f4hwXq7ARdT7aqPxzHd-2FPw-2Fcwn9S34U25mjxpr-2FwFIUXx4JUqrOZ2Wf5GrCfuG5FmMMEdkBv7ZWlwikA0uQ665UMpgfBTEmxviEiq8tbvB-2BOgDl6NowWzw51xP-2BNG7p6SxJTr34CMCDtrwQ-3D-3D">Moms Rising</a> to explain the research on private prisons and the banks financing them.Read the report, "<a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/mpss/c/gA/ni0YAA/t.2s6/CoFMKH9bToGzDiMXCOX_cQ/h37/Rc-2BtVMay6OkVmMzgB09IkkVKx-2BNUB2TW7N4-2B4rXsgClpjdQFvZqYdFdYBeghRZ2Ws8U9idqMgK6-2B1luKtsLC9F5L-2B0fTekMCnudxQdgzR3b-2BHK2GgB0qCSDDfxVdiw7F12c8zyahaGpc8rkAbhK4GzvcDWJkg-2B975Mr69nqJR0K9pqlJzrhBKOny-2FKLzE-2BiY7N2fP-2BqfjREwCmMUyH4ZkQ0l9Ge3eGwJ7IcGZasYvfQuxGEM8rOuHH6NkdqKte-2FAKZ2hWLUffQ3ObZ8Z5mnZW2VfE3ub09rBzjPXj-2Fpnf38xzx-2BBMqy6o55tGlUh376be8xq-2Fy8Z3tFxMlp-2Fgpq-2BD5E-2FsCegkbBzzhxnSPgIhc1dyqYpy20HCdCIZ8boyqLQvEXQGCMkero6NEDULwZ-2BzlSTpZ5VAIo0WUocQVe1naZwNH9EsvqIoD-2FUm8MOpsPqy305RfiFXixr4-2FsnfOTD05IZeuj6mbvi73BkELOAWdgU-2FFZu1BA0W1-2BY-2F5Z4iBBfNKC-2F1kikEsKvN8zxMGeyRtXX0UnVJR8vuPR49VRf4tE-3D">The Wall Street Banks Still Financing Private Prisons</a>"
In our last newsletter, we noted that PAI director Kevin Connor was featured on NPR’s <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/mpss/c/gA/ni0YAA/t.2s6/CoFMKH9bToGzDiMXCOX_cQ/h38/37cExdmQgvw1fajrcfZN4smLXC67z0RcLYbultGYdozCPmaxHPVfn5byz6QOUahUtkbrn33-2FLdTHi60UnRLteC9UmiCHP0Yc4A9L-2B-2FZVFmH0uWof8zMDsbwjAA66CKwkkopmlPmkUGADpHL0rdrDP07zfte99i4E5UNCn3wxgJ9Rsllr4WDL6Y-2FdGtBJ2iVjvRDLaO28l4WusC6Mmtzycaj0FkGP-2Fu6I6gh4ml77jktLDtIAt3FziOjK-2FIynjRNO-2FBtn6qGi6YwNlglFY18nx4EcKNjHYXp6h2fZGr7LScjzMiv9sn96rNEhSIub2dSS8JXArZBUI-2B-2FTA-2F7nDGKTgdWW8-2F45hcop2qNba3VUIrV7ZCicUZGmREOUahwY2yRTKVWIV9AiN5YAptA61v-2B0W2M8G7lUnhurPEnzNO6LMWAi55uFQadOzmDlEpTN-2FS8NnfAALBhO3gRlqt-2Fkg9KNXv7VnIIqtdYszpTCi6pfr7TRMt-2Butt27HGLiD18j5ZniUvSZwUNSp793dH-2BWV-2Fw4RWuBzqscdOMOuH5SVK1s0IMxPJtuB301C9nfByYlV7tj">Morning Edition</a> discussing the financial profiteers behind the Homestead detention center, a South Florida facility that is holding migrant children. (For more information, read our <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/mpss/c/gA/ni0YAA/t.2s6/CoFMKH9bToGzDiMXCOX_cQ/h39/IGbuxRGxf-2FM66JIJ8i1XmlKpM4f-2FAtZ3n7NY22ycLYnUhlAMpor9U7JVkjjqTojnxQqu7ImWHhjzA6EkUnJw-2BMiOOT-2B8leWfN2lWpj2fXFVb7eQhqIXBLhx7nkYjqr0p8VyBCFrTdUTJWafHDY43RwMqjL323Rlz-2BNkmJLNNCyzj3jd-2FI9OjWA4aT5hhx6zkJ0duTQQbSohYsHOv8AXQmXWUqlCIkXboLjDsxGYcdAMMwH19YjZqcbXcIWbIFEoDSTySSg03ukJOJyAd1InuLndbkWSLLosaNC-2FciJganK3Z5wdmpMAz8NTgQvCrgsCgVrWytQzKqkpZ2Aki6sh9eHwK095vqzXNrRQn-2Fx-2FbRyNrZ0ZSRr4leWnioJhtzZPwcOvN4Nm1cBE57KCBMhsHkJpDtavRg3-2BlrhnLFRoOKmlQq-2Bj3OiGfvxylU39UEfE5UE1eh9hrUSih39CpHM2IYcHl0Fcwm7V3jWDc-2FVoK-2B9gcvRIFn-2FiccZfDH0mejU82-2F7J6fr4Kzk1nHOxyr-2BdwnUt7pRshDq4cyyDjhFGQ3hZ5-2FmR-2BkOSPwgq5NFzs5MjND1R1VtHQmk1yfB4nYARiVQ-3D-3D">post</a> on it)Here’s a new May 27 <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/mpss/c/gA/ni0YAA/t.2s6/CoFMKH9bToGzDiMXCOX_cQ/h40/1FhOqgXf-2FrszR51D-2Bt0tlS4tcExWIAsX1TqoUmhXC5OfFyBcwNf8CTjjWfA0VhuJrrT-2BjXD45jEOoa7pnni8VMoNBFiAA-2BORd9-2FndKJUCXPFruHGSuO8nVwH0zqPz-2F1PD1cWOE2PgjiGdwxbEX4E8zPKdlQdU4jlMKJ1EYZwxSdcpIY8Y2n46QSZaYKKknBx1gsU3OOZkGXc4dWvrxwBL5-2BMPwiMzDXnEVjAi1INrLOY2A42ej3ZMI4FGUJSaAqTGMkVr8ediIljuf4ZlWK6ntkYxurLH22aKrWhxsICEDJjJxORoQoBd6IC9wN-2BqdGwNQ9KvEW6nhCmuBZjAApk5SL9bGng0iFMaeV1cYJPJPOBW3JoxBQO5GfsuBSXL3ZQZujkpFhb3oXPgU1fVtH4xYgdc4OU1xt9S-2FbUOQSOUwAUfyskoM2F6NT8OtoO2vrpQhiqGWYG-2F8xaSY3gvzPS8ZvnrG2MT8Wj1C0coQhlIpV56c69j6MKnZIzBgWN4-2FV6WOboM-2BzWUuVPtHtUScAq3w-3D-3D">Miami Herald article</a> - also citing PAI - on resistance to the detention center and the power and financing behind it. Because of the growing scrutiny of its role in the Homestead child detention center, Caliburn, the detention center’s parent company, <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/mpss/c/gA/ni0YAA/t.2s6/CoFMKH9bToGzDiMXCOX_cQ/h41/1FhOqgXf-2FrszR51D-2Bt0tla7RTdEEwn941t2dCQRvWON8ulv8YnoYUHCwb2u7n6k2tKvXBfQ3jXJGUh5dD-2FBkCNZrRjg-2Fpe87Gh0EfHDrwh4NiBtxIdTVjJ7QMLcCjQAdI64-2Fs8r-2BcP6apwujIxmHITyW4nfqRzAu2UhUG3mW4uNleoDRZsU3Bjhq8vmSpZOw1XWoILUE4mP3jYuD7FRIW0GB7inOYgwHNKGVuEt1Mq9C1LpCXNxGVPJdim4GqmajpXF6e0y6OL-2FPkVfgG3W9S7-2BTtJSeI-2BUFp-2Bwpdn50fA4djMeQOHPtInJOB5JMCFE9Gt0Yqb7dM2Fe8MNhwqybqt2Vlyhv387MAC-2Fw3H1rcFzVOao0zCfNI0FKMXc-2FoQQEzL3hecpDJdKTp1NZ-2FR8RiuQ5Dm-2FoYPZlO6EMVxLfWKy-2Bp5A7bN7nMvCgPYYVNr-2Fms1Hpum743WJ68oaWwkHNT-2Bov87wFLdgrtf4TQQbY0cUg2zeJ8MqcNhImFs-2B-2BwcEUzfgtviaFO-2BSd1lSHXQohjQx0iOpNq1nuxIYVUDobIFEbEJY58gKti423IvyrmWgf8e2dwRP2onNwBtNfr0YqeQ-3D-3D">canceled its plans</a> to go public.ref
<a href="https://populardemocracy.org/news/publications/wall-street-banks-still-financing-private-prisons">https://populardemocracy.org/news/publications/wall-street-banks-still-financing-private-prisons</a><div class="pretitle" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">04/8/2019</div><h1 class="title" style="margin: 15px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; line-height: 40px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Wall Street Banks Still Financing Private Prisons</h1><div class="block clearfix block-358 block-system" id="block-system-358" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="blockin" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="node-3907" class="node node-publication" about="/news/publications/wall-street-banks-still-financing-private-prisons" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="content clearfix" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="field field-name-field-intro-text-pub field-type-text-long field-label-hidden" style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><div class="field-items" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="field-item even" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Under the Trump administration, the number of immigrants detained by the US government has skyrocketed. Nearly 75% of those detained are held in private prisons, whose stock prices have soared against the backdrop of Trump’s zero-tolerance and family separation policies.</div></div></div><div id="contents_sections" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="pubindex" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="field field-name-field-body1 field-type-text-long field-label-hidden" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="field-items" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="field-item even" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">However, private prison companies are not the only corporate actors being enriched. A groundbreaking 2016 report by In the Public Interest documented how major Wall Street banks finance the multibillion-dollar private prison industry’s two major players: CoreCivic and GEO Group. Wall Street banks provide loans and other financing agreements that are vital to the expansion of the private prison industry. GEO Group and CoreCivic depend on debt financing—in the form of credit, loans, and bonds—to support their day-to-day business operations and to grow their business (e.g. to build new facilities or expand into areas like drug abuse rehabilitation). In return, Wall Street banks receive millions of dollars in interest and fees from private prisons. Download the report to learn more.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div></div></div>