Don't take it from me. A spate of recent articles basically sums up how G4S, the world's largest private security firm, might be the worst of the private prison companies in the world. They don't operate any facilities in the US that I'm aware of, which is a good thing. Take a look for yourself:
John Grayson, Mobilising Outrage: Campaigning With Asylum Seekers Against Security Industry Giant G4S, OpenDemocracy.net
Clare Sambrook, Who Should Investigate Murder - The Police, or a Private Security Company?, OpenDemocracy.net
Clare Sambrook, Corporate Power Stamps its Brand on British Policing, OpenDemocracy.net
GS4 is, essentially, the step-brother of GEO Group. Both were offspring of Wackenhut Corp., based in Boca Raton, FL. Wackenhut formally morphed into GS4, while GEO group took over Wackenhut's US facilities, and created a separate corporate identity. Oh, and GEO is still based in Boca, and runs at least one facility under the Wackenhut name. However, it is GS4 that shares the corporate DNA of Wackenhut.
ReplyDeleteyeah that entire corporate family is messed up. Wackenhut provides private security forces in a lot of cities, including working as transit police in places like Miami, where they always seem to perform very poorly. The whole corporate family tree was started by a former FBI agent who used to keep secret dossiers on US citizens he thought were communist sympathizers. If that gives you any insight into the assholes that run these companies...
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