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Liberty For Salenew

Should Ohio inmates be commodities in a for-profit venture?
Cincinnati CityBeat  |  German Lopez  |  09-20-2012  |  Crime & Justice

Va. Approaches Decision on Privatizing Sex Offender Programnew

The detention and treatment of sex offenders represents a growing business opportunity for companies which hope to score lucrative contracts from state officials looking to keep predators off the streets.
The American Independent News Network  |  Siddhartha Mahanta  |  06-26-2012  |  Politics

Mississippi Sticks with Private Prisonsnew

This summer, private-prisons company MTC will take over running three Mississippi Department of Corrections facilities from The GEO Group.
Jackson Free Press  |  R.L. Nave  |  06-14-2012  |  Crime & Justice

Private Prisons, Public Problemsnew

Sometime around 3 o'clock on May 20, a disturbance at the Adams County Correctional Center in Natchez, Miss., erupted into a full-scale melee.
Jackson Free Press  |  R.L. Nave  |  06-08-2012  |  Crime & Justice

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