By Sam Brodey In his inaugural speech in January, Arizona’s new Republican governor, Doug Ducey, struck a budget hawk’s tone while staring down a $1.5 billion budget shortfall. “Fair warning: The budget will not meet with general approval among special interests,” he said. “I can assure you that a more efficient government is not only necessary
By Matt Clarke On October 24, 2012, a federal jury in Texas awarded $2.25 million to the estate and survivors of a prisoner who died at a facility operated by LCS Corrections Services (LCS), after finding the company was 100% at fault. The district court subsequently reversed its dismissal of § 1983 claims against LCS
On February 18, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) granted a request filed by for-profit prison company GEO Group to exclude a shareholder resolution that sought to reduce the high cost of phone calls made by prisoners at GEO-operated facilities. Ten days later, the SEC granted a request by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA)
Private prison corporation GEO Group is not only the recipient of fat federal contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), and other agencies: it’s also the retirement location for the former federal officials charged with awarding GEO Group its contracts. GEO Group has a long history of hiring federal
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