Tag Archives: Civigenics
Lest we forget: Hardin jail debacle revisited
Over the first quarter of this year, lawmakers have largely turned to privatization as a solution for states in fiscal crisis. As such, DBA Press feels this may be an appropriate time to revisit the case of Hardin, Montana– the … Continue reading →
Posted in Bribery, Conflicts of interest, Corruption, Criminal Justice, Lobbying and Special Interests, Private Prison Industry, Public records, Public-private partnerships, Source Materials Archive
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Tagged American Private Police Force, Big Horn County, CEC, Civigenics, Corplan, Corruption, David Cortez, Emerald, Hale Mills, Hardin, Hudspeth County, Innovative Government Strategies, Israel Tamez, James Parkey, Joe Jimenez, Juan Guerra, McLennan County, Michael Hilton, Montana, MTC, Pioche, Rainmakers, TRA, Two Rivers Authority, West Texas Detention Facility, Willacy County
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DBA Press Investigative Report: Legacy of Corruption
Newly minted U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) was sworn in on January 5 with unfinished business back home.
Rubio, as former speaker of the Florida House of Representatives (R-Miami, 2006-2008)—as well as other state GOP lawmakers and party contributors– are currently the likely subjects of multiple wide-ranging state and federal investigations conducted by the FBI and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) into improper use of credit cards issued by the Republican Party of Florida, as well as tax evasion and improper budgetary appropriations.
One such set of appropriations/legislative actions reportedly being investigated by federal authorities are those which led to the development of the state’s largest private prison, the Blackwater River Correctional Facility (CF), which opened its gates for operation in November. The prison was designed and is operated by Florida-based Geo Group, the nation’s second largest private prison operator.
This story tracks the activities of both Geo Group and Rubio economic consultant Donna Arduin through private prison development in Florida under Governor Charlie Crist and in California under Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger– as well as some strange appearances with some strange bedfellows. Continue reading →
Posted in Bribery, Campaign finance, Corruption, Criminal Justice, Investigative report, Investigative reporting, Jiffy Squid, Lobbying and Special Interests, Miscellaneous, Private Prison Industry, Public records, Public-private partnerships
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Tagged Allen Clark, American Institutional Services, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Blackwater River Correctional Facility, Budd Kneip, campaign finance, CentraCore Properties Trust, Centric Group, Charlie Crist, Civigenics, Correctional Properties Trust, David Ericks, DBA Press, Donna Arduin, Edward Lee Dugger, Federal Bureau of Investigation, federal investigation, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Geo Group, George Zoley, indictments, investigative report, James Crosby, Joseph Arthur Deese, Keefe, Legacy of Corruption, legal bribery, Lobbying, Marco Rubio, PAC spending, pollitical action committees, Republican Party of Florida, Wackenhut Corporation, Wackenhut Corrections
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The Rainmakers: banking on private prisons in the fleecing of small town America
(James) Parkey and/or one of his pitchmen approach an economically-depressed and isolated community– preferably within 100 miles of a federal courthouse– and convince local government leaders through a period of wooing, wining, dining and otherwise bedazzling—sometimes bribing– that a private prison, jail, or immigrant detention center is just the thing to cause long-dormant clouds of cash to burst open and rain prosperity down on their blighted town. Continue reading →
Posted in Bribery, Corruption, Criminal Justice, Investigative reporting, Jiffy Squid, Lobbying and Special Interests, Private Prison Industry, Public records, Public-private partnerships
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Tagged American Private Police Force, APF, APPF, Beau Hodai, Big Horn County, Bribery, CEC, Civigenics, Corplan, Corruption, David Cortez, Emerald, Hale Mills, Hardin, Hudspeth County, Innovative Government Strategies, Israel Tamez, James Parkey, Joe Jimenez, Juan Guerra, McLennan County, Michael Hilton, Montana, MTC, Nevada, Pioche, private prisons, Rainmakers, Texas, TRA, Two Rivers Authority, West Texas Detention Facility, Willacy County
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