Stop Corporations from Profiting Off the Prison Business | Black Blue Dog

Stop Corporations from Profiting Off the Prison Business | Black Blue Dog
JohnButts@JBMedia - Reports:


Did you know that 1 in 3 Black men will spend part of their lives in prison?  That’s right—the United States of America incarcerates more people than any other country in the world with Black men being affected the greatest.
What’s even more tragic is that the private prison industry is making billions of dollars each year from prison labor.  That means that private prisons must fill their beds with more prisoners because if they don’t, that equates to a loss of profits for them.
The Color of Change has launched a petition to stop these for-profit prison companies from profiting off of prisoners.  They recognize that these organizations promote and exploit mass incarceration and the racial bias that goes on in the criminal justice system.
They also recognize that these for-profit industries also maximize profits by lobbying for and benefiting from laws that put more people in jail. In the 1990′s CCA chaired the Criminal Justice Task force of shadowy corporate bill-mill, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which passed “3 strikes” and “truth in sentencing” laws that continue to send thousands of people to prison on very harsh sentences.

Here are three main companies federal and state governments contract with to lock people up:

• Corrections Corporation of America (CCA)
• GEO Group, Inc.,
• Management and Training Corporation (MTC).

What also must be noted is that the top two prison companies, CCA and GEO, are publicly traded and financed by investors, major banks and corporations, who hold shares in the industry.
Color of Change is asking that you sign its petition to end this horrific practice.  They want you to join in their efforts to urge investors and board members of these for-profit prison companies to get out of this exploitive and racist system.
Please visit their campaign on their website and sign the petition.