Why I Hate CCA (Corrections Corporation of America)

A CO at a CCA prison in Indiana was just arrested for criminal gang activity, fighting with police, and resisting arrest. All with her 16-ye...

CCA just jacked up their rate on Chattanooga County, TN.  They are now charging the county $809,000 more than they did last year to run the ...

Despite CCA's and Governor Jan Brewer's repeated claims to the contrary, CCA has been wiedling its influence on the governor in subt...

A decade ago, Jerome Miller coined the term "Gulag State" to describe what he saw as an increasing trend towards privatization in ...

A report by the State Auditor's Office in Texas uncovered a significant amount of issues in the state's ability to monitor its contr...

CCA is trying to take everything they can grab on their way out of the Hernando County, FL jail, without even waiting to determine whether o...

Just an interesting little tidbit I noticed in a story about how CCA stands to profit from Arizona's racial profiling law: Governor Jan ...

Ron Rodriguez of Laredo, Texas, was just named the Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Public Justice Foundation.  This award comes in recogniti...

The private prison industry has long been a beneficiary of our country's increased emphasis on immigration detention under Bush/Cheney. ...

Otter Creek Correctional Facility is one of 3 CCA-owned prisons in Kentucky, and has been plagued with all sorts of problems for years, desp...

Next up in Why I Hate CCA's international series is a story from the UK that details the recent uncovering of a physical restraint manua...

A third of the guards who used to work at Hernando County Jail when it was operated by CCA were immediately disqualified from Sheriff Richar...