The Abolitionist’s Daily – Private Prisons; Sex Abuse and Costly Bed Quotas

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April 16, 2015

A Corrections Corporation of America prison guard sexually assaulted eight women while taking them away from a CCA prison, the women claim in court. Donald Dunn, former “escort officer and resident supervisor” at CCA’s T. Don Hutto Residential Center in Taylor, Texas. We’ll discuss the charges, as well as the history of T. Don Hutto in American prison slavery.

Grassroots Leadership released a report on Wednesday that detailed lobbying on immigration issues by private prison corporations alongside a rise in for-profit detention since the creation of a controversial “bed quota” in 2009. During the press call, report co-author Bethany Carson said private prison corporations have seized a greater share of the immigration detention system since the onset of the immigrant detention quota. Let’s break it down.

We finally have a few details about John Legend’s FREE AMERICA.

Our Unexplainable Black Death Profile is Orlando Barlow, shot while on his knees surrendering to police.