Blood-Sucking ‘Treatment Industrial Complex’: The New Private Prisons Hustle to Stay in Business

‘Private prison companies have had a rough couple of months.
First, the Department of Justice announced it would phase out its private contracts for management of Bureau of Prisons facilities. Then, the Department of Homeland Security said it would re-examine the use of for-profit immigrant detention facilities. Stock prices for publicly traded Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and GEO Group both plummeted and last week CCA laid off 12 percent of its workforce.
This may well be the beginning of the end of for-profit prisons in America. But it may not. Like the Walking Dead TV zombies, you just can’t count these bloodsuckers out until its over. And a disturbing new trend suggests it is not.’
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