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Tuesday Jan 31 | The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog

The GEO Group Cashes In Business is Booming for the Prison Profiteers

Private corrections company The GEO Group celebrated the holiday season by opening a new 1,500 bed prison in Milledgeville, Georgia on December 12th.

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Tue Jan 10, 2012

The Kansas City Star

Court won't allow private prison employees lawsuit

The Supreme Court won't allow employees at a privately run federal prison to be sued by an inmate in federal court despite his complaint that their neglect left him with two permanently damaged arms.The high court ruled 8-1 Tuesday to throw out the federal lawsuit by inmate Richard Lee Pollard against employees of the GEO Group, formerly known as ... (more)

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Mon Jan 09, 2012

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Business is Booming for the Prison Profiteers

Private corrections company The GEO Group celebrated the holiday season by opening a new 1,500 bed prison in Milledgeville, Georgia on December 12th.

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Related Topix: Prison, Milledgeville, GA, Security