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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

The Business Of Detention

The Business Of Detention


[ 25 Aug 2008 | No Comment | ]
The nation's largest private prison company has partnered with the federal government to detainclose to 1 million undocumented people in the past 5 years until they are deported. In the process, Corrections Corporation of America has made record profits. Critics suggest the CCA cuts corners on its detention contracts in order to increase its revenue at expense of humane conditions. Thanks to political connectionsand lobby spending, it dominates the industry of immigrant detention. CCA now has close to 10,000 new beds under development in anticipation of continued demand.

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