To score political points, Queens assembly candidate ignores COVID-19 spread inside public jails By Alexandra Wilkes Queens Daily Eagle April 13, 2020 It’s shameful to see Assembly candidate Khaleel Anderson play politics with the serious issue of COVID-19 spreading in New York’s prison system (OPINION: COVID-19 crisis highlights need to close private jails and prisons, Queens Daily Eagle, April 8, …
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(“Immigrants face coronavirus in ‘death trap’ detention centers. California must act,” sacbee.com, March 27, 2020) To The Editor: It is unfortunate to see two immigration attorneys falsely accuse our member companies of “playing Russian roulette with people’s lives.” First, our companies obviously play no role in setting federal policy on whether to release incarcerated and detained individuals — now during …
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, more than 11,000 employees of private sector contractors working in corrections and immigration delivered signed letters to the CEOs of America’s two largest banks – Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase and Brian Moynihan of Bank of America – protesting their announcements about ending financing for the government contractors and setting the record straight about the employees’ …
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Day 1 Alliance, the trade association representing private sector contractors working in corrections and immigration, released the following statement on members’ work with their government partners to prepare and respond to the potential risk of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The founding members of the Day 1 Alliance (D1A) are CoreCivic, The GEO Group, and Management & Training Corporation …
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Letter: More heat than light in the private prisons debate Financial Times March 4, 2020 From Alexandra Wilkes, Washington, DC, US It is clear the role of private contractors in US corrections and immigration has become a political hot potato for some investors and politicians in recent years (“Investors pressed on private jail holdings”, FTfm, March 2), but the debate …
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Last night, in a Town Hall hosted by CNN, former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg stated that when he is elected president, “there will be no such thing as a for-profit detention facility for children.” “When I’m president, there will be no such thing as a for-profit detention facility for children.” – Pete Buttigieg, CNN Town Hall, February 6, 2020 **Watch …
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Washington, DC – This week, the Day 1 Alliance launched a targeted digital advertising campaign in Denver, Colorado highlighting the small but valued role the private sector plays in addressing corrections and immigration detention challenges in Colorado and the United States. The digital ad campaign – targeted to news and political websites in the state capital – is set to run for the …
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