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 Welcome to the Private Corrections Working Group. Here you will find the latest in  news, reports and resources on correctional privatization from around the World. This service is provided to inform our members, legislators and the public about the problems with for-profit private corrections.

The Truth About Correctional Privatization
 

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If you need help fighting the for-profit private corrections industry, we're here to help you.  We have the data, the experts and the resources to successfully organize opposition. Contact Ken Kopczynski at 850-980-0887 or at kenk@PrivateCI.org.
If you're a current or former private corrections employee and want to share with us, contact Frank Smith at 620-967-4616 or fsmith@kanokla.net. Help is just a phone call or email away.

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PCWG in the News

What's New:
Research Study Finding Benefits from Prison Privatization Conveniently Funded by “Members of the Private Corrections Industry
PCI press release

Corrections Corporation of America Refuses Moment of Silence to Honor Employee Slain During Prison Riot
PCI press release

Corrections Corporation of America Admits to Falsified Staffing Records, Violating Contract with Idaho DOC
PCWG press release

CCA Excludes Shareholder Resolution Requiring Company to Fully Disclose Information about REIT Conversion
PCWG press release

Thomas Wierdsma, Sr. V.P. GEO Group, Inc.
Video deposition posted December 6, 2012.

CCA Political Contributions Report 2011

Immigrants prove big business for prison companies
Locking up illegal immigrants has grown profoundly lucrative for the private prisons industry, a reliable pot of revenue that helped keep some of the biggest companies in business.

Justice Policy Institute and Grassroots Leadership letter to Virginia Governor McDonnell  Eleven organizations signed on to urge Governor McDonnell not to privatize the state's civil commitment facility.