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Friday, May 18, 2012

''America's Newest Commodity: Prisoners''

From Occupy Wall Street.net
By Arvind Dilawar

''Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), owner of the largest private prison system in the United States, sent a letter this winter to 48 states offering up to $250 million to manage government-owned detention centers. The letter lists the criteria of eligible purchases and includes an assurance that state corrections agencies “have sufficient inmate population to maintain a minimum 90 percent occupancy over the term of the contract.''

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