News & Commentary about Private Prisons
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The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
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Feb 21, 2013
Sponsoring a Florida College Football Team Can’t Whitewash a Private Prison Company’s Atrocious Record
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Feb 8, 2013
Private Prison Company Celebrates Black History Month -- Wait, What?!
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Feb 4, 2013
States Should Run Screaming From the CCA to Avoid Dangerous and Disgusting Prisons
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Jan 29, 2013
Happy Birthday to the Corrections Corporation of America? Thirty Years of Banking on Bondage Leaves Little to Celebrate
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Jun 18, 2012
A Tale of Two Communities . . . and Zero Private Prisons
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Jun 4, 2012
States Take Sizeable Steps in 2012 to End Overincarceration
May 30, 2012
Prisoners of Profit: Immigrants and Detention in Georgia
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May 30, 2012
What We’re Doing About Louisiana’s Prison Crisis
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May 10, 2012
ACLU v. CCA: The Private Prison Debate Challenge