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Private Prisons: The Injustice League

Private Prisons: The Injustice League
Tue, 8/12/2014
This article originally appeared on Online-Paralegal-Programs.com

Private Prisons: The Injustice League

The two largest private prison providers in the U.S. each rake in tens of millions of dollars every year. How do they make their money, and what agreements are in place to protect their profits?

Guaranteed Occupancy

When a prison company approaches a state or city to either build or take over a facility, they’re often guaranteed certain occupancy rates. In other words, law enforcement is expected to provide prisoners (arrest and convict people of crimes) to avoid getting hit with fines, so the incentive to keep people in jail rather than out of jail is pretty clear.

65%: Private prison contracts that include occupancy rate guarantees

80%-100%: Range of guaranteed occupancy rates; 90% is the most frequent

$2 million: Amount Colorado taxpayers have been forced to pay in so-called “low-crime” taxes because crime has dropped by about one-third in the past 10 years

States with 95%-100% occupancy contracts: Arizona, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Virginia

Money Talks

It’s little wonder that states and cities have allowed private prisons to move in. The biggest prison companies in the U.S., Corrections Corporation of America and the GEO Group, have spent millions lobbying and donating to political campaigns.

CCA

$17.4 million in lobbying from 2002-2012 $1.9 million in political contributions from 2003-2012

GEO Group

$2.5 million in lobbying from 2004-2012 $2.9 million in political contributions from 2003-2012

Candidate Contributions

Which candidates have been the biggest beneficiaries of lobbying by private prison companies?

Top candidate recipients, 2013-14:

CCA

Lamar Alexander (R-TN): $7,000 Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN): $5,000 Steve Fincher (R-TN): $3,500 Sherrod Brown (D-OH): $2,500 Rob Portman (R-OH): $2,500

GEO Group

Henry Cuellar (D-TX): $10,000 Mary L. Landrieu (D-LA): $5,000 Joe Garcia (D-FL) : $4,000 Mark Begich (D-AK): $3,000 Pete Gallego (D-TX): $2,500

Source: Online-Paralegal-Programs.com

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