In a corporate video on the company’s website, the founders of Corrections Corporation of America -- the largest operator of private prisons in the world -- reminisce about how they secured their first contract 30 years ago. “We saw this big ol’ sign, ‘Olympic Motel,’ made an offer to lease the motel for four months,” recalled T. Don Hutto, who,
For Private Prison Industry, Taking A Hard Line On Undocumented Immigration Is Lucrative
Recent allegations claim the federal and state governments sought to increase the number of detainees for the sake of bolstering the industry.