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

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

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Criminal Justice and Immigration Infrastructure Tools and Guides What We Focus On

Guide: CoreCivic and GEO Group’s push for public-private partnerships in building prisons

We're concerned that private prison corporations are actively pushing governments to consider the use of private financing. Here's why.
January 2018
Blog Criminal Justice and Immigration What We Focus On

Statement on Justice Department private prisons announcement

If private prison companies have their way, poor and working families will be broken up and communities will be further devastated, and already rich executives and shareholders will profit even more.
February 2017

Featured Article

Report: The Banks That Finance Private Prison Companies November 2016

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Buying Influence: How Private Prison Companies Expand Their Control of America’s Criminal Justice System October 2016

Blog Criminal Justice and Immigration What We Focus On

The Private Prison Industry Has a Backup Plan

Private prison companies are finding new ways to profit from mass incarceration beyond operating facilities.
September 2016

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Fact Sheet: GEO Group and Corrections Corporation of America Spend Billions of Taxpayer Dollars Purchasing Smaller Companies September 2016

Blog Criminal Justice and Immigration What We Focus On

U.S. DOJ Says It Will End Use of Private Prisons

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced they plan to end the use of privately operated, for-profit prisons to incarcerate federal prisoners.
August 2016
Blog Criminal Justice and Immigration What We Focus On

For Private Prison Companies, There’s No Value in an Empty Prison

A private prison in rural New Mexico won't close until October, but the company that owns it is already shopping it to other government customers.
August 2016

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Fact Sheet: Private Prison Companies Encourage Mass Incarceration by Owning Facilities July 2016

Blog Criminal Justice and Immigration What We Focus On

It’s Been a Rough Few Weeks for the Private Prison Industry

In the past few weeks we’ve taken big steps towards getting our money back from the shareholders, executives, and Wall Street banks that profit from mass incarceration.
July 2016

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Research Brief: How Private Prison Companies Increase Recidivism June 2016

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Cutting Corners in America’s Criminal Justice System April 2016

Blog Criminal Justice and Immigration What We Focus On

Here’s How We Turn Mass Incarceration Into Mass Employment

Ending mass incarceration will succeed only if the formerly incarcerated have skills and jobs.
April 2016
Blog Criminal Justice and Immigration What We Focus On

What Efficiency Really Looks Like in Prisons

In a drive for profit, private corrections companies like Aramark routinely cut corners to lower costs.
April 2016

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

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