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The editors at Top Criminal Justice Degrees decided to research the topic of: Profiting Off PrisonersWith some politicians arguing private prisons help states save money and other politicians arguing the system is rife with corruption, there can be no debate about this basic fact: The private prison system has surged in size since the U.S. began experimenting with private prisons in 1984. Between 1990 and 2009, the inmate population housed in private prisons grew by more than 1,600 percent.- 1,598,780 - Total number of state and federal prisoners - 128,195 - Number of state and federal prisoners housed in private facilities - 37% - Increase in private prison population between 2002 and 2009 Following the Money- $3.4 billion - Combined revenue in 2011 for two largest private prison corporations; that�s more than the GDP of Greenland and the U.S. Virgin Islands combined. - Corrections Corporation of America - $1.74 billion - GEO Group - $1.61 billion - $5.7 million - Executive compensation for CCA CEO George C. Zoley in 2011 - $3.7 million - Executive compensation for GEO Group CEO Damon T. Hininger in 2011 Side-by-Side- Take a closer look at the two largest private prison companies in the U.S. - Corrections Corporation of America - Facilities: 66 - Beds: 90,000 - Where they are: - Texas: 11 - Tennessee: 7 - Arizona: 6 - Georgia: 6 - Florida: 5 - California: 4 - Colorado: 4 - Oklahoma: 4 - Kentucky: 3 - New Mexico: 3 - Mississippi: 2 - Ohio: 2 - Montana: 1 - Nevada: 1 - New Jersey: 1 - Idaho: 1 - Louisiana: 1 - Minnesota: 1 - Indiana: 1 - Kansas: 1 - D.C.: 1 - GEO Group - Facilities: 56 - Beds: 61,000 - Where they are: - Texas: 13 - Florida: 3 - California: 4 - Georgia: 4 - Arizona: 3 - New Mexico: 3 - Colorado: 2 - Indiana: 2 - Louisiana: 2 - Washington: 1 - Oklahoma: 1 - New York: 1 - Pennsylvania: 1 - North Carolina: 1 - Virginia: 1 Clean Record- Safety - Both companies have faced allegations of unsafe conditions at some of their facilities. - Inmate-on-inmate assaults in Idaho (2007-2008) - CCA-run Idaho Correctional Center State-run Idaho State Correctional Institution - 132 42 - Both facilities held about the same number of inmates, 1,500. - $6.5 million - Damages awarded in wrongful death lawsuit against GEO Group in beating death of an inmate by his cellmate at a GEO Group-run prison in Oklahoma - $1.1 million - New Mexico Department of Corrections fine against GEO Group for inadequate staffing - Race - In addition to safety-related accusations, private prisons also face criticism over racial concerns. According to one analysis, minorities are over-represented in private prisons compared to government-run facilities. - Percentage of inmates of color - State Private Public - California 89% 75% - Texas 71% 66% - Arizona 65% 60% - Immigration status - Immigration detainees now number about 400,000 a year, and about 1 in 2 are held in private prisons. - Immigration detainees held in private prisons - Today 50% - 2003 25% - 457% - Increase in immigration detention since 1994 Boon to Local Economies?- Despite claims that state budgets can be bolstered by turning to private prisons, studies in several states have found just the opposite. And in the case of Hardin, Montana, the promise of a new private prison never panned out, wasting the town millions. - $27 million Bonds issued by the town to fund the project - 67: People offered jobs at facility that never opened - $8,000 Cost to fix leaky pipes in new building - $10,000 Monthly gas bills at empty facility Sources- http://www.huffingtonpost.com - http://www.policymic.com - http://www.cca.com - http://www.geogroup.com - http://www.sec.gov - http://www.propublica.org - http://www.bjs.gov - http://www.aclu.org  |
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Ambassador Lee Emil Wanta
It is difficult to write of an ending when there really is no ending. Yet, that is what this chapter is: An ending to WANTA! Black Swan, White Hat. It is also a beginning relative to the life and times of Leo/Lee Emil Wanta and the American economy and what is yet to come. [Read more...] (154)
Filed Under: Leo Wanta
Follow the money backwards to President Reagan, Russian rubles and Ambassador Leo Wanta
Idaho Observer, January 2007
Ambassador Leo Wanta is the lawful “principle” and “trustor” of funds stashed in accounts all over the world.
Editor’s note: The story of how Ambassador Leo Wanta was commissioned by President Reagan to make $trillions for the American people in shrewd (but legal) currency trading that concentrated on buying Russian rubles at a discount to destabilize the Soviet economy surfaced in 1992.
The Wanta story was recently revived on the Investigative Journal by Greg Syzmanski through interviews with Ambassador Wanta broadcast on the Republic Broadcast Network. As it turns out, British financial news publisher Christopher Story has published the documents in evidence giving credence to what is arguably the most important story in recent memory.
As you will see, several poorly-reported incidents during the 90s helped to bury the Wanta story as a tall-tale. As events unfold and independent researchers put the pieces together, Ambassador Wanta is emerging as a real man whose activities produced $trillions that are stashed away in real banks and invested in real properties. If this story is true—and the evidence is becoming unavoidably compelling—then it will not be long before all the world will know.
by Don Nicoloff
While many Americans argue about a variety of current scandals in federal, state, and local governments throughout the United States, the media has remained suspiciously silent about them. [Read more...] (43)
Filed Under: Corrupt Legal System, Don Nicoloff, Leo Wanta
