VIDEO: Why This Company Wants You in Prison VIDEO: Why This Company Wants You in Prison
It has something to do with the $1.7 billion they made off the privatized incarceration industry just last year.
Nov 5, 2013 / Jesse Lava and Sarah Solon
When Did ‘To Serve & Protect’ Become ‘To Seize & Profit?’ When Did ‘To Serve & Protect’ Become ‘To Seize & Profit?’
How police across the country are using civil asset forfeiture to seize people’s houses, cars and cash to make money for their departments.
Oct 29, 2013 / Jesse Lava and Sarah Solon
Criminalizing Immigrants Shouldn’t Be a Business Opportunity Criminalizing Immigrants Shouldn’t Be a Business Opportunity
But the private prison company GEO Group is making huge profits locking up immigrants who are often guilty only of the crime of being undocumented.
Oct 23, 2013 / Jesse Lava and Sarah Solon