Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Protesting prisons-for-profit

Protesting prisons-for-profit

Incarcerating poor, powerless people for profit is a despicable business, but it sure is profitable. “Hello Harlem, we’re here to help” reads an unintentionally ironic sign in a Wells Fargo bank, a major investor in two private prison companies, the GEO Group and the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) that in 2010 made a whopping $2.9 billion in profits.

Protesting prisons-for-profit
Albor Ruiz
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:00:26 GMT

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