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Maine Governor Rakes in Private Prison Money, Shows Appreciation
Loaded on April 15, 2011
by Lance Tapley
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2011, page 37
In Maine’s last gubernatorial campaign, the controversial Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest for-profit prison operator, spent $25,000 on behalf of Republican candidate Paul LePage, now Maine’s newly-elected governor. The money was given to the Republican Governors Association’s Maine political action committee, which spent heavily on LePage. No ...
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Private Prisons,
Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic,
Government Misconduct.
Location:
Maine.
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