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How the private detention industry courted Crete

By | 05.16.12 | 10:32 am

UPDATE: On Monday, June 11, Crete officials voted unanimously to end the town’s negotiations with the Corrections Corporation of America. More…
The fight over a proposed privately run federal immigration detention center in Illinois is raising thorny questions about the benefits and drawbacks of these facilities.

Corrections Corporation of America wants to buy Florida prisons

By Ashley Lopez | 02.15.12 | 8:30 am | More from The Florida Independent

The Huffington Post reported on Tuesday that a private prison company had approached 48 states — of which Florida is one — to trade cash in exchange for contracts to run state prisons. More…

Local Sierra Club opposes South Florida immigration detention center

By Marcos Restrepo | 02.13.12 | 8:00 am | More from The Florida Independent

The Broward Group of the Sierra Club last week announced its opposition to the federal immigration detention center set to be built in the South Florida town of Southwest Ranches.
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Activists praise ICE decision not to open new family detention center in Texas

By | 02.08.12 | 10:42 am

Prior to 2009, undocumented immigrant families were detained in a private prison facility in Taylor, Texas. The T. Don Hutto Residential Center, owned by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), profited from a government contract to imprison undocumented families. After the ACLU of Texas sued the T. Don Hutto Center and More…

Campaign finance watchdog says $1M behind Florida prison privatization move

By Ashley Lopez | 01.31.12 | 11:00 am | More from The Florida Independent

The National Institute on Money in State Politics released a report Monday that highlights the money behind the Florida’s renewed plans to privatize state prisons. More…

Occupiers arrested in Florida; protests continue against investor conference (UPDATE)

By Marcos Restrepo | 01.24.12 | 11:53 am | More from The Florida Independent

Updated 5:15 p.m., with video footage of the arrests.
Three protesters from the Occupy movements of Palm Beach and Miami were arrested Monday evening after they blocked the Camino Real bridge in Boca Raton to protest the 2012 GAIM conference, a major investor industry event. More…

‘Nobody’ in Pembroke Pines wants proposed immigration detention center, commissioner says

By Marcos Restrepo | 12.15.11 | 3:42 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Pembroke Pines Commissioner Angelo Castillo tells The Florida Independent that as an immigrant and an advocate for comprehensive immigration reform he abhors the proposed immigration detention center to be built on a lot surrounded by his city. More…

GOP Senate candidate says he opposes South Florida immigration detention center

By Marcos Restrepo | 12.08.11 | 3:06 pm | More from The Florida Independent

GOP Senate candidate George LeMieux issued a statement today opposing a publicly funded, privately managed immigration detention center to built in South Florida.
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