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In the Public Interest

In the Public Interest

Democracy, shared prosperity, and the common good

In the Public Interest is a comprehensive research and policy center on privatization and responsible contracting.

In the Public Interest

Democracy, shared prosperity, and the common good

In the Public Interest is a comprehensive research and policy center on privatization and responsible contracting.

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Private Prison CEOs Continue to Make Much More than the Correctional Officers that Work for Them March 2016

Blog Criminal Justice and Immigration What We Focus On

The U.S. DOJ is taking on debtors’ prisons

According to the U.S. DOJ, private probation companies have a “direct pecuniary interest in the management or outcome of a case.”
March 2016
Blog Criminal Justice and Immigration Programs Not Profits What We Focus On

One Way We Could Tackle Mass Incarceration Today

If our criminal justice system stopped sending people to private jails and prisons, hundreds of millions in tax dollars a year could be spent on providing rehabilitation and alternatives to incarceration.
March 2016

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How Private Prisons Take Tax Dollars Away from Fixing Our Criminal Justice System February 2016

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Private Companies Profit from Almost Every Function of America’s Criminal Justice System January 2016

Blog Criminal Justice and Immigration What We Focus On

Private Prison Exec: “We have a bad education system.”

The private corrections industry, which makes more profit when more people are in the criminal justice system, is an obstacle to the changes many of us want to see.
January 2016
Blog Criminal Justice and Immigration What We Focus On

Minnesotans Say ‘No Thanks’ to Private Prison Company

Reopening Prairie Correctional Facility would be a costly mistake for both moral and economic reasons.
October 2015
Blog Criminal Justice and Immigration What We Focus On

Pope: ‘Money Must Serve, Not Rule’

Private corrections companies like Corizon make up a multibillion-dollar industry, and many have glaring track records of providing low-quality services that harm prisoners, communities, and taxpayers.
September 2015
Blog Criminal Justice and Immigration What We Focus On

Pope to Visit Jail Full of Private Contractors with Horrible Track Records

When prisoners experience harm or neglect in our criminal justice system, it is often by the hands of private companies.
September 2015
Blog Criminal Justice and Immigration What We Focus On

From the Blue Ridge Comes a Resounding No

With a vote of 'no' to privatization, Johnson County, TN, joins a growing list of communities taking common sense action on criminal justice.
August 2015
Blog Criminal Justice and Immigration What We Focus On

Nothing’s Free

Are Social Impact Bonds an effective way to make up for America’s failure to invest enough in public services or yet another path towards privatization?
August 2015
Blog Criminal Justice and Immigration What We Focus On

The Prison Lobby No One Sees

Our new report reveals how corrections conferences allow corporations to influence government officials in ways outside the public’s oversight.
August 2015

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Buying Access: How Corporations Influence Decision Makers at Corrections Conferences, Trainings, and Meetings August 2015

Blog Criminal Justice and Immigration What We Focus On

Big questions surround AZ’s private prisons after another riot

The governor of Arizona has promised an investigation that will get to the bottom of what happened at Kingman. Unless he also plans to fully evaluate the costs and benefits (moral and economic) of allowing companies to [...]
July 2015
Blog Criminal Justice and Immigration

Abolish Profit Guarantees

Quotas do more to guarantee profits than guarantee public safety. Many thanks to Grassroots Leadership and American Friends Service Committee for their excellent work to bring an end to the Immigrant Detention Quota. [...]
April 2015

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