#Private-Prison
Events indexed under #Private-Prison — 23 entries in the record.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-01 | ICE detention deaths reach 14 in FY2025 amid reports of medical neglect and overcrowding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · CoreCivic · GEO Group · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-04 | Budget Bill Allocates $45 Billion for Private Immigration Detention Centers, 308% Increase Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) · Private prison contractors | confirmed | |
| 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 | |
| 2024-10-31 | ICE detention chief Daniel Bible joins GEO Group days before election Daniel Bible · GEO Group · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Trump PACs | 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 | |
| 2017-02-23 | Private Prison Stocks Soar as CoreCivic, GEO Donate $2.8M to Trump CoreCivic · GEO Group · Jeff Sessions · Donald Trump · +2 | 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 | |
| 2010-04-23 | Arizona Passes SB 1070 Drafted by ALEC and Private Prison Companies Russell Pearce · Jan Brewer · Corrections Corporation of America · American Legislative Exchange Council · +2 | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 1994-07-01 | 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 |