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Photo–jurist.org Prisons for profit (5 billion dollar industry) love Pres. Trump. In August 2016, before Trump became our president and fired Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates,...
Photo–Business Insider In August 2016, before Trump became our president and fired Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, Yates stated that the Obama administration was starting the...
Photo–Getty What do we know about our future president’s policies on prison reform. We do know that private prison’s stocks sky rocketed the day after he...
During the first presidential debate, Clinton called for reform of our system of justice. In Clinton’s April 2015 speech on criminal justice reform, she listed five...
In August, the United States Justice Department announced that the Federal Bureau of Prisons will phase out the use of private prisons. This decision was based...
A Requiem for Private Prisons and a Last Call too. Catholic readers of this site probably know the meaning of the word “requiem.” A Requiem Mass...
The private prison industry takes in over $5 billion per year in revenue. Companies like Corrections Corporation of America and the GEO Group (formerly Wackenhut Corrections)...
“Whistleblower” originates from the whistle used by a referee to call an illegal or foul play. The term also has referred to an individual who...
Sen. Bernie Sanders understands that our system of justice is broken. The United States has 25% of the world’s inmates and only 5% of the world’s...
