Policy and Religious Groups Urge Governors Not to Privatize Prisons
This appeal comes after Correctional Corporation of America (CCA), the largest private prison company in the US, offered states it’s...
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GEO Group Loses Contract in Mississippi
Color of Change wins local Mississippi fight against prisons for profit GEO Group.
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Occupy Movement Targets The ‘American Legislative Exchange Council’
Today the Occupy Movement target the American Legislative Exchange Council, the same group the brought you SB 1070. (Flickr: DonkeyHotey)...
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Report Finds a Thirty Three Percent Decline In Deportation Filings
Deportation filings have fallen by 33%. But we still gotta ask – is this relative? In 2011 Obama administration reportedrecord...
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Methodist Church Pulls Investments from Private Prisons
CCA and GEO Group have lost a high-profile investor–the United Methodist Church–are these for-profit prison operators feeling the pain? The...
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The National Day Laborer Organizing Network Hosts Conference in Los Angeles
[The conference] will discuss wage theft and worker safety, and they will reflect on the role that day laborers, often...
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ICE Will Shut Down Program That Deputizes Local Police Enforcement
Sound too good to be true? Well, yes and no. ICE will soon put a halt on its deputizing program...
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Queer In Immigration Detention
We recently featured Jorge Gutierrezin out latest episode of ‘An Honest Conversation.’ Jorge brought to light the plight at the intersectionof being queer...
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