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VIDEO:
Power, Politics, and Private Prisons
Recently,
the
New
York
Times
reported
that
1
in
99
American
adults
are
behind
bars,
our
country's
highest
rate
ever.
I
decided
to
do
some
research
about
the
role
private
prisons
play
in
the
economics
and
politics
of
this
development.
by
Dustin_TN
on Mar 12,2008
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Corrections Corp. of America
Gus Puryear
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