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Private Prison Company CoreCivic Secures $300 Million in New ICE Contracts

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CoreCivic, a private prison company, secured nearly $300 million in new ICE contracts to add 5,700 detention beds across California, Kansas, and Oklahoma, effectively doubling agency capacity by 2026. The contracts include $130 million annually for California City Correctional Facility, $60 million …

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ICE detention deaths reach 14 in FY2025 amid reports of medical neglect and overcrowding

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Fourteen people died in ICE custody by August 2025, with 11 deaths occurring since the start of the Trump administration. Nearly 90% of ICE detainees are held in facilities run by private companies GEO Group and CoreCivic. Reports documented widespread medical neglect, overcrowding, lack of food, …

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Not just Big Tech: under-the-radar corporations rushed to donate to Trump's inauguration

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Major corporations donated millions to Trump’s 2025 inauguration, with private prison firms CoreCivic and GEO Group contributing $2.8 million, and Carrier Global Corporation donating $1 million, while holding significant government contracts

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Trump Family Separation Policy Detains 5,500 Children in Cages

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The Trump administration’s ‘zero tolerance’ family separation policy forcibly removed over 5,500 children from their parents at the border, detaining them in cages at facilities described as ‘concentration camps’ by historians. Children as young as 4 months were taken, …

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Private Prison Stocks Soar as CoreCivic, GEO Donate $2.8M to Trump

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Private prison companies CoreCivic and GEO Group saw their stock prices surge 100% and 98% respectively after donating nearly $2.8 million to Trump’s campaign and inauguration. Attorney General Jeff Sessions immediately reversed Obama’s order to phase out private prisons, declaring …

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