Tag Archives: Corrections Corporation of America

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

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Prison Legal News survey examines prison phone contracts, kickbacks

Nationwide PLN Survey Examines Prison Phone Contracts, Kickbacks by John E. Dannenberg Originally published in Prison Legal News, April, 2011: https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/23083_displayArticle.aspx Download PDF (contains PLN Associate Editor Alex Friedmann comment to FCC on ‘Wright Petition’). An exhaustive analysis of prison … Continue reading

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