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AFCSME, Arizona, House Appropriations Committee, Lobbyists, Olivia Sandbothe, Prison System, Private Prisons, State Rep. John Kavanagh, Taxpayer, The GEO Group
Backroom Deals in Arizona Enrich Private Prison at Taxpayer Expense, by Olivia Sandbothe, AFSCME
A private prison corporation already rakes in $45 million in taxpayer dollars each year in the state of Arizona, with a contract that virtually guarantees the company fat profits no matter how it actually performs. But that wasn’t enough for the GEO Group, as a recent flap in the Statehouse reveals.
The GEO Group operates 59 private prisons across the United States, making it the nation’s sixth-largest prison system. Last year the group turned $115 million in profits and paid its CEO nearly $5 million. But they didn’t get there through healthy competition or better business practices. . . .
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