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The Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation in Burkeville, Virginia. Photo provided to the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission by VCBR.

Va. approaches decision on privatizing sex offender program

By | 06.25.12 | 2:24 pm

The nation’s second-largest private prison company says it expects Virginia to make a decision by next month on its bid to expand and operate the state’s detention facility for sexually violent predators who have completed their prison terms.
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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.

Report: Fla. GOP tried to sneak prison privatization into budget

By Ashley Lopez | 03.06.12 | 11:43 am | More from The Florida Independent

During budget negotiations Sunday night, GOP leadership tried to unsuccessfully sneak prison privatization into the state’s budget, The Palm Beach Post More…reports.

Man returns home after long road through immigrant detention

By | 02.21.12 | 9:19 am

After a year in the South Texas Detention Complex in Pearsall, Texas, Nazry Mustakim is finally at home with his wife, Hope. Nazry, or Naz, as his family and friends call him, has spent the last year navigating the complicated US immigration system, with the hopes of regularizing his immigration More…

Florida Senate shoots down prison privatization bill

By Ashley Lopez | 02.15.12 | 9:00 am | More from The Florida Independent

A bill created to privatize 27 Florida prisons died on the state Senate floor Tuesday in a 21-19 vote. More…

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…

Florida governor reiterates support for private prisons

By Ashley Lopez | 02.14.12 | 3:58 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Gov. Rick Scott, who has been mostly silent on the plan to privatize 27 prisons currently moving through the Florida Senate, told reporters he is “hopeful” the state Senate will pass its bill. More…

Florida senator fails to stop prison privatization

By Ashley Lopez | 02.13.12 | 6:58 pm | More from The Florida Independent

An attempt by Florida state Sen. Mike Fasano to halt the Florida Senate’s push to privatize 27 Florida prisons failed Monday. More…