Private Prison Industry Increases Campaign Cash in Florida
Florida lawmakers finalized the state’s $69.7 billion budget on May 7 after intense negotiations. Effects of this 2011–2012 budget will be felt across the state, as it will reduce government spending...
View ArticleSpecial Report: An “Unholy Alliance”
Together with PICO National Network, Public Campaign has just issued a report on the state of private prison influence on state and federal politics. The report, titled Unholy Alliance: How The Private...
View ArticleSpecial Report: “Banking on Bondage”
In a recently published report, “Banking on Bondage: Mass Incarceration and Private Prisons,” the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) examined the history of prison privatization and concluded that...
View ArticlePrison Privatization Faces a Second Round in Florida
Florida is home to the nation’s third-largest penal system, a fact likely not lost on the state’s lawmakers when they finalized the state’s $69.7 billion budget last May. Taking aim at $4 billion in...
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