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05/16/2012
Private Prisons

All Dressed Up and No Prison CEO To Debate

By David Shapiro, National Prison Project at 3:18pm
Last week, we challenged Damon Hininger, the head of Corrections Corporation of America – the world’s largest for-profit incarceration company ... Read More
05/10/2012
Private Prisons

ACLU v. CCA: The Private Prison Debate Challenge

By David Fathi, National Prison Project & David Shapiro, National Prison Project at 3:37pm
Even as for-profit facilities lock up nearly 130,000 prisoners and take in billions of taxpayer dollars each year, these prisons remain shrouded in secrecy. The time ... Read More
05/04/2012
This Week in Civil Liberties

This Week in Civil Liberties (5/4/2012)

By Rekha Arulanantham, ACLU at 4:41pm
What surveillance tool used by law enforcement could lead to nightmarish privacy infringement? This week, the White House confirmed the existence of what program that ... Read More
04/30/2012
Private Prisons

Private Prisons Are the Problem, Not the Solution

By Margaret Winter, National Prison Project & Gabriel Eber, National Prison Project at 4:38pm
For the past two years, the ACLU and the Southern Poverty Law Center have been investigating and exposing a horrifying pattern of abuse against juveniles and the ... Read More
04/18/2012
Private Prisons

Say No to For-Profit Prisons

By David Shapiro, National Prison Project at 9:50am
Earlier this year, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the largest for-profit incarceration company in America, sent a letter to officials in 48 states ... Read More
03/30/2012
This Week in Civil Liberties

This Week in Civil Liberties (3/30/2012)

By Rekha Arulanantham, ACLU at 7:01pm
In which state did doctors try to force a pregnant woman to have a c-section against her wishes? What group can no longer be held in solitary confinement in ... Read More
03/29/2012
Solitary Confinement

"A Picture of Such Horror as Should Be Unrealized Anywhere in the Civilized World"

By Margaret Winter, National Prison Project at 1:27pm
A federal court judge has put a stop to the state of Mississippi's practice of putting kids convicted as adults in solitary confinement. Read More
03/16/2012
Overincarceration

Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights

By Alex Stamm, Center for Justice at 4:04pm
Today, the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. With over 2.3 million men and women living behind bars, our imprisonment rate ... Read More
03/08/2012
Private Prisons

Stop Incarceration for Profit in Your State

By Rachel Myers, ACLU at 3:28pm
A private prison company, Corrections Corporation of America, wants to buy your state's prisons and keep them full. Help us stop them. Read More
03/02/2012
Private Prisons

CCA's False Advertising

By Mike Brickner, ACLU of Ohio at 11:28am
As Mark Twain famously wrote, "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." A recent letter sent out by Corrections Corporation of ... Read More
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