For the past few months I've been looking at private prison giants CoreCivic (formerly CCA) and GEO Group. Here's what I've learned:
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Replying to @JustinGlawe
Both companies were salivating at the possibility of a Trump White House. They saw him as a friendly face that could bring back contracts.
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I detailed those hopes here: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/18/private-prison-companies-ready-to-cash-in-on-throwing-out-immigrants.html …
@woodruffbets covered as well:http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/01/25/private-prisons-cheer-trump-s-immigration-crackdown.html …2 replies 15 retweets 8 likes -
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@woodruffbets also wrote about GEO Group's possible illegal contribution to a pro-Trump super PAC2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
, @woodruffbets has done extensive reporting on GEO Group.Trump was private prison last hopehttp://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/09/29/is-donald-trump-private-prison-companies-last-hope.html …
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