WASHINGTON, DC — The Day 1 Alliance today released the following statement from National Spokesperson Alexandra Wilkes on Assembly Bill 3228, recently signed into law by California Governor Gavin Newsom: “The fact that this bill fails to cover California’s state-run correctional system, which to date has experienced more than 60 COVID-19-related deaths, shows that this effort is all about scoring …
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Washington, DC – The Day 1 Alliance issued the following statement by National Spokesperson Alexandra Wilkes on a paper recently published by researchers affiliated with Washington State University in the journal Labour Economics entitled “Do privately-owned prisons increase incarceration rates?”: “Unfortunately, this paper is based on assumptions that defy basic logic. Corrections contractors have zero control over who goes to …
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WASHINGTON, DC — Day 1 Alliance spokesperson Alexandra Wilkes joined the Christian Science Monitor’s “Perception Gaps: Locked Up,” podcast to address common misconceptions and distortions about the role private contractors play in our nation’s criminal justice and immigration systems. Here are the top takeaways from her interview with CSM’s Samantha Laine Perfas and Jessica Mendoza: Setting the record straight on mass incarceration: Alexandra Wilkes: “One …
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Facts, not politics, should guide Nashville’s quest to take over CoreCivic’s contract Nashville-Davidson County Government’s drive to end CoreCivic’s contract is a political statement and does not address services private contractors provide inmates and prisoners. By Alexandra Wilkes The Tennessean August 17, 2020 The public should expect that facts guide the policy making in Nashville and other major cities. Unfortunately, there’s …
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Mr. Andrew Behar CEO As You Sow PO Box 751 Berkeley, CA 94701 Dear Mr. Behar: I write to address your comments as reported in Fast Company this week, and the new website from your organization attacking members of the Day 1 Alliance, a national trade association representing longtime federal and state government contractors working in the corrections and immigration …
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LETTER: ‘Which is it? August 8, 2020 Enid News & Eagle [Enid, Oklahoma] A recent guest editorial run July 24 on the Enid News & Eagle website (Opinion, “Crisis is the wrong way to exit private prison game,” Tulsa World) offers seriously conflicting messages on public-private partnerships in state corrections. On one hand, it assails the entire concept of private …
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Private prisons help August 4, 2020 Santa Fe New Mexican A recent My View (“Mass incarceration fueled by for-profit prisons,” Generation Next, July 3) seeks to blame private-sector corrections contractors for the serious issue of mass incarceration. However, the facts show that public-private partnerships have actually helped states like New Mexico serve the interests of incarcerated men and women. Private-sector …
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Washington, DC – The Day 1 Alliance issued the following statement by National Spokesperson Alexandra Wilkes on today’s virtual hearing on ICE contractors’ response to COVID-19 held by the House Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation & Operations: “Day 1 Alliance members appreciate the opportunity to share with the U.S. House of Representatives their companies’ experiences in navigating this unprecedented …
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Day 1 Alliance issued the following statement by National Spokesperson Alexandra Wilkes on a lawsuit filed in federal court in Arizona: “Day 1 Alliance members are part of the solution to serious challenges facing the public correctional system – not the problem – and every day provide innovative re-entry programming helping tens of thousands of …
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Day 1 Alliance released the following statement by National Spokesperson Alexandra Wilkes on House Judiciary Committee Democrats’ “Roundtable on ICE’s Response to COVID-19”: “The COVID-19 crisis is a serious challenge to all corrections and ICE processing facilities, no matter who operates them – both the public sector and contractors. Today we are all working together …
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