Jeff Sessions is also a huge supporter of private prisons. After DOJ discontinued their use, he restored them. & it’s Sessions’ zero tolerance policy that has given them even more opportunity for profit. nonprofitquarterly.org/2017/02/27/fol…
GEO, the provider that benefitted from Sessions’ decision to return to use of private prisons despite a negative IG report also received the administration’s 1st immigration detention facility contracts. It moved its annual dinner to Trump’s Doral resort. google.com/amp/s/www.wash…
Same article notes: GEO has brought on new lobbyists in the past year, hiring two former Sessions aides, David Stewart and Ryan Robichaux, as well as Brian Ballard, who represented the Trump Organization in Florida and raised money for his campaign. #DrainTheSwamp
Is there a common motive behind the administration’s “tough on crime” policy that incarcerate more, disproportionately minority, people for non-violent crimes & immigration policies that lock up asylum applicants crossing our southern border? A profit motive cloaked in politics?
Always, follow the money. Especially with this administration.
