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    Feb 28, 2013 |Column| Tribune Media Services

  1. The separation of profit and state

    Robert Koehler
    Sometimes what I fear most is that the disintegration of public life -- indeed, the very idea of the public good -- is complete. The vultures and profiteers swarm around the carcass and make a profit and that's all that matters. Thirty years on, the...

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Privatization, Immigration, Interior Policy, Company Privatization

    2. Nov 22, 2012 |Column| Tribune Media Services

  2. Prison price gouging costs us all money in the end

    Mary Sanchez
    For two decades now, politicians and public scolds have sold America on the idea of a sterner penal system. Zero tolerance, three strikes and you're out, supermax prisons and legions of young men who have done time -- these are the hallmarks of our age....

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Culture, Arts and Culture, Justice System, Mary Sanchez

    3. Mar 19, 2012 |Column| Petoskey News

  3. Arrest them, sentence them and lock 'em up

    There's something wrong with our nationwide prison system when the Corrections Corporation of America, which runs private prisons, offers $250 million in a proposal to 48 states to buy up state prisons with several provisos -- one of which is states...

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Culture, Arts and Culture, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Pat Robertson

    4. May 13, 2008 |Column| Hola Hoy
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    5. Feb 7, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  5. California sheds light on plans for out-of-state prisoners

    PolitiCal
    California inmates serving their sentences in private prisons out of state now have their first glimpse at whom the state intends to bring back, and when. In documents filed Wednesday with a U.S. District judge presiding over inmate mental health......
    6. Feb 6, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Judge seeks California's out-of-state prison plan

    PolitiCal
    This post has been updated. See below for details. Gov. Jerry Brown must explain to a federal court by the end of Wednesday how he plans to fit 9,000 inmates currently housed in out-of-state facilities back into California lockups. U.S.......
    7. Jan 7, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Brown fails to produce prison plan, seeks end of court control

    PolitiCal
    Gov. Jerry Brown contends California no longer needs to reduce overcrowding in the state's prisons. Federal judges had given the state until midnight Monday to file plans showing how California would meet federal caps on prison populations. Instead, in a....
    8. Jan 19, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel

  8. Today in Tallahassee: Private prison companies, jobs, sewage, budgets

    Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel
    TALLAHASSEE — Florida lawmakers plan to keep discussing prisons, jobs, the courts, drugs and budgets today. The House Economic Affairs Committee leads things off at 8:30 a.m. with a dozen bills on the agenda, including an onsite sewage treatment...
    9. Jan 30, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel

  9. Campaign finance tracker spotlights prisons

    Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel
    TALLAHASSEE — The National Institute on Money in State Politics is highlighting the contributions of private prison companies to Florida politicians in its latest report, just as the Senate prepares to take up a massive prison privatization plan...
    10. Mar 6, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Plumbers, private prisons contribute to Brown tax initiative

    PolitiCal
    Gov. Jerry Brown continues to raise money for his tax measure at an aggressive clip, reporting more than $630,000 in new contributions Tuesday. Support for the initiative comes from a variety of labor, business and tribal groups, reflecting the political....
    11. Oct 26, 2011 | Orlando Sentinel

  11. Ethics Commission: Teamsters made no case against Scott

    Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel
    By David Royse, The News Service of Florida THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Oct. 26, 2011…..The Commission on Ethics on Wednesday dismissed a complaint filed by a union that alleged conflict of interest by Gov. Rick Scott in the move to privatize prisons....
    12. Oct 31, 2011 | Orlando Sentinel

  12. Scott administration will not appeal prison privatization case

    Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel
    TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott has decided not to appeal a recent court ruling that knocked down the state's plans to privatize 29 prisons in South Florida, a major setback for companies like Boca Raton-based GEO and Nashville-based Corrections...
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