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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the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) show that the state of Arizona deliberately circumvented and ultimately repealed a state law requiring private for-profit … Continue reading →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
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Tagged American Friends Service Committee, Arizona Department of Corrections, Arizona Rep. John Kavanagh, Geo Group, MTC
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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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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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