Topic: CoreCivic

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Private prisons cash in on ICE crackdown

Nicholas Liu
Handcuffed female workers are escorted into a bus for transportation to a processing center following a raid by U.S. immigration officials at a Koch Foods Inc., plant in Morton, Mississippi, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. (AP/Rogelio V. Solis)

New lows in immigration cruelty

Sophia Tesfaye
Jeff Sessions: Donald Trump (AP/Getty/Photo Montage by Salon)

Trump's been a boon to private prisons

Lauren-Brooke Eisen
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-635707p1.html'>Eduardo Ramirez Sanchez</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Private prisons: Banks profit

Ilana Novick - Alternet
(AP Photo/Luis Alvarez, File)

Private prison heads dine at Trump place

Charlie May
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City signs with private prison

Vincent Peña - Salon Young Americans
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Private prison makes demands

Steven Rosenfeld - Alternet