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NEWS ABOUT: private prisons

private prisons stories: 2 news summaries

Jail Biz Backfires for Rhode Island Town's Immigrants

Privately run jail causes discord in town full of immigrants

Dec 27, 08 10:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Locking up accused criminals is big business in America, but an attempt to cash in came with a high cost for one Rhode Island town, a New York Times investigation finds. The Donald D. Wyatt Detention Center, a maximum security jail, promised to bring jobs to the largely Hispanic town... More »

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illegal immigrant • prison • deportation • jail • Rhode Island • Immigration and Customs Enforcement • private prisons • detention

 Record 2.3M Crowd US Prisons 

Federal report describes system in crisis

Jun 12, 08 5:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - A record 7.2 million criminals were behind bars, on parole, or being supervised on probation in 2006—a figure that cost taxpayers $45 billion and has states rethinking sentencing laws and shipping inmates elsewhere, the Washington Post reports. Of that number, 2.3 million people were in jail or... More »

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crime • probation • parole • prisons • criminal justice system • Bureau of Justice Statistics • private prisons • Pew Center • California District Attorneys Association • incarceration

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