Current Events > Democratic Socialist takes down 2 for-profit prison companies in Denver.

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CommonStar 08/08/19 1:46:46 PM #1:	Two for-profit prison companies have lost major contracts in Denver over their work in immigrant detention, as backlash to President Donald Trumps immigration policy continues to mount. The stunning $10.6 million rebuke to the two firms, CoreCivic and the GEO Group, was led by newly elected city council member Candi CdeBaca, who won in June on a radical platform backed by the Democratic Socialists of America. CdeBacas stand on Monday against the firms was her first major effort since being sworn in, and she expected to be a lone vote of dissent. Instead, moved by the plight of those kept in camps run by CoreCivic and the GEO Group, and galvanized by opponents organized by CdeBaca at the public meeting, the council delivered an unexpected 8-4 rejection, ending the firms contracts to run halfway houses on behalf of the city. CoreCivic and the GEO Group run the bulk of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcements detention centers. The GEO Group also runs an immigration detention center in Aurora, Colorado, which has become a source of local controversy. The disturbing images beaming from the border, and pressure from repeated protests outside the detention center, persuaded council members that their financial support of for-profit companies made them complicit in ICE abuses. The vote was another signal of the DSAs rising influence (even as its recent national convention was lampooned on social media for its excessive displays of off-putting wokeness), and the willingness of mainstream politicians to follow the lead of organizers and activists making a stark moral argument... https://theintercept.com/2019/08/08/private-prisons-contract-denver/ <cite>CommonStar posted [p:925799575] in Democratic... [t:77924731]...</cite> <quote><quote>Two for-profit prison companies have lost major contracts in Denver over their work in immigrant detention, as backlash to President Donald Trumps immigration policy continues to mount. The stunning $10.6 million rebuke to the two firms, CoreCivic and the GEO Group, was led by newly elected city council member Candi CdeBaca, who won in June on a radical platform backed by the Democratic Socialists of America. CdeBacas stand on Monday against the firms was her first major effort since being sworn in, and she expected to be a lone vote of dissent. Instead, moved by the plight of those kept in camps run by CoreCivic and the GEO Group, and galvanized by opponents organized by CdeBaca at the public meeting, the council delivered an unexpected 8-4 rejection, ending the firms contracts to run halfway houses on behalf of the city. CoreCivic and the GEO Group run the bulk of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcements detention centers. The GEO Group also runs an immigration detention center in Aurora, Colorado, which has become a source of local controversy. The disturbing images beaming from the border, and pressure from repeated protests outside the detention center, persuaded council members that their financial support of for-profit companies made them complicit in ICE abuses. The vote was another signal of the DSAs rising influence (even as its recent national convention was lampooned on social media for its excessive displays of off-putting wokeness), and the willingness of mainstream politicians to follow the lead of organizers and activists making a stark moral argument... </quote> https://theintercept.com/2019/08/08/private-prisons-contract-denver/</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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CommonStar 08/08/19 2:01:08 PM #4:	shockthemonkey posted... So will those contracts go to other for profit prison companies? Better than the ones running concentration camps I guess. Don't know. Denver's City Council will have to decide where to redirect that money, maybe towards services for halfway house residents. <cite>CommonStar posted [p:925800163] in Democratic... [t:77924731]...</cite> <quote>shockthemonkey posted...</cite> <quote>So will those contracts go to other for profit prison companies? Better than the ones running concentration camps I guess.</quote> Don't know. Denver's City Council will have to decide where to redirect that money, maybe towards services for halfway house residents.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Master_Bass 08/08/19 2:05:00 PM #5:	Hairistotle posted... it's a start. good on her --- Many Bothans died to bring you this post. <cite>Master_Bass posted [p:925800343] in Democratic... [t:77924731]...</cite> <quote>Hairistotle posted...</cite> <quote>it's a start. good on her</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Current Events > Democratic Socialist takes down 2 for-profit prison companies in Denver.