WASHINGTON – Today, Day 1 Alliance, the trade association representing private sector contractors working in the criminal justice and immigration systems, celebrate National Correctional Officer and Employee Appreciation Week, highlighting the talented men and women employed by D1A member companies. Day 1 Alliance member companies – CoreCivic, The GEO Group, MTC, and LaSalle Corrections – have highly diverse workforces. A few …
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Day 1 Alliance, the trade association representing private sector contractors working in the criminal justice and immigration systems, commemorated Second Chance Month, which President Joe Biden proclaimed for April 2022 to reaffirm our nation’s commitment to helping incarcerated individuals successfully reenter society. Second Chance Month is also an appropriate time to highlight the remarkable investments that …
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WASHINGTON, DC – In a new report released last week titled “Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2022,” the non-profit Prison Policy Initiative thoroughly debunks as “the first myth” that correctional facilities operated by private sector contractors are somehow responsible for mass incarceration in America. This new Prison Policy Initiative report compiles “national data sources to offer the most comprehensive view …
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Day 1 Alliance, the trade association representing private sector contractors working in corrections, today released the following statement by National Spokesperson Alexandra Wilkes on the ruling earlier this month by U.S. District Judge Douglas Rayes granting a Motion to Dismiss the lawsuit filed against the Arizona Department of Corrections for the state’s use of contractors. Read Judge Rayes’ full …
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WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Day 1 Alliance, the trade association representing private sector contractors working in the criminal justice and immigration systems, released the following statement by Spokesperson Alexandra Wilkes on a recent letter from Members of Congress calling for the termination of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) contracts with ICE facilities in the State of California: “Let’s be …
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Washington, DC – The Day 1 Alliance released the following statement from National Spokesperson Alexandra Wilkes on a recently published journal article in Cambridge University Press’ Business and Politics entitled: “Cosponsoring and Cashing In: US House Members’ Support for Punitive Immigration Policy and Financial Payoffs from the Private Prison Industry”: “Unfortunately, this article is based upon a distorted, biased view of …
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“[T]he fundamental issue raised by critics of the Tacoma facility and its operator has to do with opposing federal immigration law and detention policy – which, in reality, government contractors have zero role in deciding. Contractors don’t write or shape immigration law, don’t make arrests, don’t decide who should and shouldn’t be detained, and have no say in the adjudication …
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WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Day 1 Alliance, the trade association representing private sector contractors working in the criminal justice and immigration systems, released the following statement from national spokesperson Alexandra Wilkes on the “Abolish ICE” protesters at President Biden’s event yesterday in Georgia: “As the protesters at President Biden’s event in Georgia made clear, this is all about advancing …
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WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Day 1 Alliance, the trade association representing private sector contractors working in the criminal justice and immigration systems, released the following statement from national spokesperson Alexandra Wilkes on the actions of reckless, irresponsible activists to oppose replacing dilapidated, dangerous correctional facilities in the State of Alabama: “This is the height of hypocrisy. By trying to …
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