Why I Hate CCA (Corrections Corporation of America)

By Elaine Hirsch A lawsuit recently filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas (ACLU-TX) against the United States Immigration...

Unfortunately, the US is not alone in its blind pursuit of privatization at all costs; Australia is one of a few other countries that also p...

Scary as it may sound, that's exactly what is being proposed in North Carolina.  A subsidiary of the GEO Group, GEOCare, is trying to ta...

Arizona is currently seeking proposals from private prison companies to construct 5,000 new prison beds, even though an auditor for the stat...

A really interesting story came out of New Mexico last week that really speaks to the great benefit the industry enjoys in having former (an...

November 5th, 2011: 400 angry residents of Pembroke Pines gathered at the Southwest Regional Library to vocally oppose a plane to build...

Hola - sorry for the barrage of Florida private prison news, but there's still so much fun going on in Southwest Ranches/Pembroke Pines ...

Just take a look at how some CCA employees feel about the company screwing them over while executives live in ridiculous luxury.  or

I don't want to re-hash everything I've written about the absurd privatization push / corporate handout happening in Florida.  You c...

Finally getting around to linking up an NPR story I previously just tweeted.  Following on the heels of some recent reports of the politica...

Fantastic new video from the Immigrants for Sale Campaign called "Occupy a Private Prison."  It's an advocacy piece to call ...

The state of New Hampshire, that freedom-lovin' land of no income tax and fiercely independent libertarians, has just dipped its toe int...