Government
Nov. 24, 2009
Private Prison Deal Awarded After Political Contribution
Corrections Corporation of America received a $54.4-million-a-year contract extension by California officials in October, six months after it donated $100,000 to a group spearhead by the governor.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO - The state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation inked a deal in October to ship 2,336 additional inmates to out-of-state facilities run by a private prison company, bringing the total number of California prisoners held by the firm since 2006 to roughly 10,500.
The contract extension, worth $54.4 million a year, came six months after the company, Nashville-based C...
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