Category Archives: Private Prison Industry
America Eats its Young: Arizona communities embrace use of private prison employees in drug raids at public schools
By Beau Hodai, November 27, 2012 An unsettling trend appears to be underway in Arizona: the use of private prison employees in law enforcement operations. The state has graced national headlines in recent years as the result of its cozy … Continue reading →
Posted in Conflicts of interest, Corruption, Criminal Justice, Jiffy Squid, Lobbying and Special Interests, Private Prison Industry, Public-private partnerships
|
Tagged ALEC, ALEC model legislation, American Legislative Exchange Council, Arizona, Casa Grande, CCA, Corrections Corporation of America, Drug-Free School Zone, High School Drug Raids, High School Drug Sweeps, Pinal County, Private Prison Industry, Vist Grande High School
|
Comments Off
AFSC investigation: Arizona Department of Corrections, Legislature, knew private prisons bad deal for state– eliminated oversight anyway
July 24, 2012 By Caroline Isaacs, program director, American Friends Service Committee Tucson Documents recently obtained by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) show that the state of Arizona deliberately circumvented and ultimately repealed a state law requiring private for-profit … Continue reading →
Posted in Campaign finance, Conflicts of interest, Corruption, Criminal Justice, Investigative report, Jiffy Squid, Lobbying and Special Interests, Private Prison Industry, Public records, Public-private partnerships
|
Tagged American Friends Service Committee, Arizona Department of Corrections, Arizona Rep. John Kavanagh, Geo Group, MTC
|
Comments Off
Investigative Report: “Publicopoly: ALEC and the bid to make private all that is public”
Publicopoly: ALEC and the bid to make private all that is public By Beau Hodai, July 11, 2011 “An exhaustive DBA Press analysis of thousands of pages of documents obtained through public records requests over the past several months has … Continue reading →
Posted in Campaign finance, Conflicts of interest, Corporate media, Corruption, Investigative report, Jiffy Squid, Lobbying and Special Interests, Media matters, Private Prison Industry, Public records, Public-private partnerships
|
Tagged ALEC, ALEC model legislation, ALEC scholarship fund, American Legislative Exchange Council, campaign finance, collective bargaining, paycheck protection, privatization, public employee unions, right to work act
|
Comments Off
FBI issues subpoenas linked to Florida Geo Group investigation
FBI issues subpoenas linked to Florida Geo Group investigation By Beau Hodai DBA Press has obtained and archived all subpoenas issued by federal investigators pursuant to this investigation in both the Florida Legislature and with TEAM Santa Rosa. We have … Continue reading →
Posted in Bribery, Campaign finance, Conflicts of interest, Corruption, Criminal Justice, Jiffy Squid, Lobbying and Special Interests, Private Prison Industry, Public records, Public-private partnerships
|
Tagged FBI subpoenas Florida House of Representatives, FBI subpoenas TEAM Santa Rosa Geo Group records, Geo Group, Geo Group federal investigation, Geo Group records, Ray Sansom, Ray Sansom expense account records, Ray Sansom federal investigation, Ray Sansom travel records, TEAM Santa Rosa records
|
Comments Off