Forum Post: Corrections Corporation of America Used in Drug Sweeps of Public School Students
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Corrections Corporation of America Used in Drug Sweeps of Public School Students
Tuesday, 27 November 2012 13:35 By Beau Hodai, PRWatch | Report
In Arizona an unsettling trend appears to be underway: the use of private prison employees in law enforcement operations.
The state has graced national headlines in recent years as the result of its cozy relationship with the for-profit prison industry. Such controversies have included the role of private prison corporations in SB 1070 and similar anti-immigrant legislation disseminated in other states; a 2010 private prison escape that resulted in two murders and a nationwide manhunt; and a failed bid to privatize nearly the entire Arizona prison system.
And now, recent events in the central Arizona town of Casa Grande show the hand of private corrections corporations reaching into the classroom, assisting local law enforcement agencies in drug raids at public schools.
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World Energy Report 2012: The Good, the Bad, and the Really, Truly Ugly
Tuesday, 27 November 2012 12:36 By Michael T Klare, TomDispatch | Report
Rarely does the release of a data-driven report on energy trends trigger front-page headlines around the world. That, however, is exactly what happened on November 12th when the prestigious Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) released this year's edition of its World Energy Outlook. In the process, just about everyone missed its real news, which should have set off alarm bells across the planet.
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