Posts tagged migrant-prison complex

Exposing the Business of Immigrant...

By Prerna on September 21, 2008
Exposing the Business of Immigrant Detention – CCA

I recently discovered a Reuters report featuring CCA (Corrections Corp of America)–the biggest privatized immigrant detention facility in the United States–almost gloating about the fact that these coming elections won’t make a difference to their company since there will always be a population that would... [+]

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21Sep

Welcome to America - Here We Make...

By Prerna on September 1, 2008
Welcome to America – Here We Make ‘Criminals’ Out of Jet-Skiers

This news story feeds perfectly into the socio-political construction of the migrant criminal / ‘inmate’ touched upon in the last blog post. It also shows the ludicrousness and tragicomic hilarity of our archipelagos of detention. Two jet skiers that had an accident in Lake Ontario and... [+]

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01Sep

Undocumented Immigrants and Crime -...

By Prerna on June 26, 2008
Undocumented Immigrants and Crime – Dispelling Myths

Kyle asked via email whether there are any studies which show that undocumented immigrants commit less crimes than American citizens. The one study we should be familiar with is the one from IPC last year, which is here. This was the summary of their research: At... [+]

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26Jun

The Immigration Detention Gold Mine

By Prerna on May 12, 2008
The Immigration Detention Gold Mine

PBS has now done a series on “Immigrant Detainees- A New Profit Center?” giving us a look into how the private corrections industry is profiting from immigrants held in detention facilities. “Sometimes they get food…sometimes they don’t… It’s freezing in the winter time … and we... [+]

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12May

The Business of Detention

By Prerna on May 4, 2008
The Business of Detention

Finally, there is a website dedicated to ‘jailing immigrants for profit.‘ Video credit goes to The Business of Detention

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04May