#Prison-Industrial-Complex
Events indexed under #Prison-Industrial-Complex — 26 entries in the record.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-06 | Private Prison Stocks Soar After Trump's 2024 Victory: CoreCivic Up 29%, GEO Group Up 42% in Single Session Donald Trump · CoreCivic · GEO Group · Tom Homan · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2023-05-01 | Tennessee Renews $168 Million CoreCivic Prison Contract Despite Deaths and Fines, Exposing Corporate Capture CoreCivic · Bill Lee · Tennessee Department of Correction · Tennessee State Building Commission | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-26 | Biden Signs Executive Order 14006 to End Federal Private Prison Contracts, But Excludes Immigration Detention Joe Biden · Department of Justice · Bureau of Prisons · U.S. Marshals Service · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2017-04-01 | McKinsey Delivers Final Rikers Report After Violence Soars Nearly 50% During Contract Period McKinsey & Company · New York City Department of Correction · Bill de Blasio | confirmed | |
| 2017-02-21 | Attorney General Jeff Sessions Rescinds Obama-Era Private Prison Phase-Out, Citing 'Future Needs of Federal Corrections System' Jeff Sessions · Department of Justice · Donald Trump · CoreCivic · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2016-11-09 | Private Prison Stocks Surge After Trump Election Victory, CoreCivic Up 43% and GEO Group Up 21% in Single Day Donald Trump · CoreCivic · GEO Group · Wall Street investors · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2016-10-28 | Corrections Corporation of America Rebrands as CoreCivic After DOJ Phase-Out Announcement and Undercover Exposé Corrections Corporation of America · CoreCivic · Damon T. Hininger · Board of Directors | confirmed | |
| 2016-08-18 | Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates Issues Memo to Phase Out Federal Private Prisons, Citing Safety Problems and High Costs Sally Yates · Department of Justice · Bureau of Prisons · CoreCivic · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2015-07-01 | McKinsey and NYC Corrections Officials Rig 'Restart' Program Data at Rikers Island McKinsey & Company · New York City Department of Correction · George Motchan Detention Center | confirmed | |
| 2011-03-01 | Prison Labor at $0.12-$0.40/Hour Documented: The Thirteenth Amendment's Slavery Exception in Industrial Operation ACLU · Federal Prison Industries (UNICOR) · CoreCivic · GEO Group | confirmed | |
| 2009-12-01 | Arizona SB 1070 Immigration Law Drafted at ALEC Meeting with CCA Executives - Direct Quid Pro Quo for Immigrant Detention Profits American Legislative Exchange Council · Corrections Corporation of America · Russell Pearce · Jan Brewer · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2008-09-11 | Kids for Cash Scandal Exposed: Pennsylvania Judges Accepted $2.8 Million in Kickbacks to Fill Private Juvenile Detention Centers Mark Ciavarella · Michael Conahan · PA Child Care · Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2005-01-01 | ALEC Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Models Achieve Nationwide Adoption, Guaranteeing Private Prison Profits American Legislative Exchange Council · Corrections Corporation of America · GEO Group · State Legislators · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2002-04-01 | United States Incarceration Reaches 2 Million: Highest Imprisonment Rate in World History Bureau of Justice Statistics | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-01 | ALEC Promotes Private Correctional Facilities Act Written by CCA Executives on Criminal Justice Task Force American Legislative Exchange Council · Corrections Corporation of America · Brad Wiggins · John Rees · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1995-01-01 | ALEC Criminal Justice Task Force Promotes Truth-in-Sentencing Model Legislation Written by Private Prison Industry American Legislative Exchange Council · Corrections Corporation of America · GEO Group · State Legislators | confirmed | |
| 1994-09-13 | Crime Bill Allocates $8.7 Billion for Prison Construction With Truth-in-Sentencing Requirements Bill Clinton · State Governors · Prison Construction Industry | confirmed | |
| 1994-09-13 | Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act Fuels Mass Incarceration Bill Clinton · Joe Biden · Jack Brooks | confirmed | |
| 1994-07-01 | Wackenhut Corrections (Later GEO Group) Goes Public on NASDAQ, Second Major Private Prison Company Enters Wall Street Wackenhut Corrections Corporation (WCC) · GEO Group · George C. Zoley · The Wackenhut Corporation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1994-01-01 | ALEC Passes Three Strikes Model Legislation Co-Sponsored by Private Prison Industry and NRA American Legislative Exchange Council · Corrections Corporation of America · GEO Group · National Rifle Association · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1987-01-01 | Wackenhut Corrections Wins First Federal Immigration Detention Contract in Aurora, Colorado Wackenhut Corporation · Wackenhut Corrections Corporation · George C. Zoley · George Wackenhut · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1986-10-01 | Corrections Corporation of America Goes Public on NASDAQ at $9 Per Share, Wall Street Bets on Mass Incarceration Corrections Corporation of America · Thomas W. Beasley · Nasdaq · Vanderbilt University Law School · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1984-01-22 | First Fully Privatized Prison Opens in Houston Under CCA Contract with Immigration and Naturalization Service Corrections Corporation of America · Immigration and Naturalization Service · T. Don Hutto · Thomas W. Beasley | confirmed | |
| 1983-01-28 | Corrections Corporation of America Founded in Nashville, Launching Modern Private Prison Industry Thomas W. Beasley · Robert Crants · T. Don Hutto · Corrections Corporation of America · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1866-01-01 | Alabama Initiates Convict Leasing: Slavery by Another Name Robert Patton (Alabama Governor) · Alabama State Legislature · Coal Mining Companies · Railroad companies | confirmed | |
| 1865-11-24 | Mississippi Enacts First Black Codes: Blueprint for Convict Leasing Mississippi State Legislature · Governor William L. Sharkey · Southern planters | confirmed |