¿Could it be possible that somebody actually profits from incarcerating and keeping immigrants locked up?
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The team at Cuéntame sent out the video below. watch it, read the press release and please, leave us your thoughts in the comment section at the bottom of the page!
Dear Friend,
Immigrants are for sale in this country. Sold to private prison corporations who are locking them up for obscene profits!
Here are the top 3 things YOU need to know about the Private Prison money scheme:
The victims: Private prisons don’t care about who they lock up. At a rate of $200 per immigrant a night at their prisons, this is a money making scheme that destroys families and lives.
The players: CCA (Corrections Corporation of America), The Geo Group and Management and Training corporations—combined these private prisons currently profit more than $5 billion a year.
The money: These private prisons have spent over $20 million lobbying state legislators to make sure they get state anti-immigrant laws approved and ensure access to more immigrant inmates.
How is all this possible? They profit from locking people up.Will you stand with Cuéntame’s “Immigrants For Sale” campaign and become part of a nationwide network of Prison Watchers as we follow and expose the players, the money and the victims in this corrupt money making racket? YES, I WANT TO!
Yours,
Robert Greenwald, Axel Caballero, Ofelia Yañez
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