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"Providing information to help make informed
decisions about correctional privatization"
Welcome to
the Private Corrections Working Group. Here you will find the latest in
news, reports and resources on correctional privatization from around the World. This service is provided to inform our
members, legislators and the public about the problems with for-profit
private corrections.
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Capitol Punish-ment:
the Florida Model
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Help Fighting
the For-Profits
If you need help fighting the for-profit private corrections
industry, we're here to help you. We have the data, the experts and the
resources to successfully organize opposition. Contact Ken Kopczynski at
850-980-0887 or at kenk@PrivateCI.org.
If you're a current or former private corrections employee and want to share
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the for-profit private prison industry. We also thank AFSCME DC for their
continued support.
PCWG in the News
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What's New:
Briefing on HR
2450 by Alex Friedmann
Reasons for applying FOIA requirements to
for-profit federal contracts
Briefing on HR 2450 by Judy Greene
Reasons for applying FOIA requirements to
for-profit federal contracts
The
Shadow Prison Industry and Its Government Enablers
CIP researcher Tom Barry exposes the soft
underbelly of immigrati9on detention for-profit
Officials Hid
Truth of Immigrant Deaths in Jail
NYT reporter Nina Bernstein continues to
expose the for-profits and
ICE
Israel Supreme Court rules against
for-profits
Landmark ruling by the Supreme Court
claiming that the detention of human beings is an inherently
governmental function.
USA v. Tellis Willams
Federal judge ordering an inmate
moved after the man and other inmates complained about inadequate food
at jail.
TN Contract Compliance
Reports for CCA's Whiteville CF
Reports from 2004 through 2009 covering
CCA contract non-compliance
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