Thread by @ALT_uscis

Private prisons industry charges the FED GOV about $170/Day per detainee. This is what $170 a day pays
Hey @GEOGroup and @CoreCivic Tell Ragsdale i said FU.
( former deputy director of @ICEgov is the Executive VP for Contract Compliance at The GEO Group...Contract compliance )

profits since the implementation of detention quota:
CCA from $133,373,000 in 07 to $195,022,000 in 14.
GEO profit increase from $41,845,000 in 07 to $143,840,000 in 14, a 244% increase.
It is not about national security or jobs, it is about PROFITS.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Sources: their own 10K :
CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA sec.gov/Archives/edgar…
@GEOGroup quote.morningstar.com/stock-filing/A…

Rep @RepKenMarchant is an investor in @GEOGroup per his own financial disclosure.
Her Marchant: do you abstain from voting on appropriations bills?
( source @OpenSecretsDC )

and how does @CoreCivic have a negative contribution to the democrats on the House appropriations committee? ( 2018 numbers)

PRIVATE PRISONS use the detainees to do labor for $1/DAY. privately run @ICEgov ICETAPO detention center locked an immigrant detainee in solitary as punishment for encouraging others to stop slaving, program that ICE says is strictly voluntary.1$/day interc.pt/2Fswm06

How is this not a humans rights CRIME !!
In the meantime, @ChrisRedlitz , a venture capitalist, created @TLM , a charity that teaches San Quentin inmates how to start businesses and code websites, for which they can earn up to $17 an hour.
VOTE in 2018 VOTE

YOUR tax dollars being wasted for the sake of a few 1% donors, tearing your communities apart while appealing to, and feeding some of the darkest tendencies within their base.
We dont advocate for illegal immigration, just due process and respect for basic human rights