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CCA Closes Oklahoma Prison, Settles Tax Lawsuit Over Ohio Prison
Loaded on March 15, 2004
by Michael Rigby
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2004, page 14
The turbulent economy of the past decade has led many communities across America to foolishly seek prisons as a recession proof industry and rural welfare program for poor whites. But prisons can be a double edged sword, sometimes causing more problems than they solve. Private prisons can be especially duplicitous. ...
Filed under:
Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic,
Financing,
Prison Rebellion,
Staffing,
Money/Property,
Tax Law,
Telephone Rates.
Locations:
Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Wisconsin.
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