Corrections Corporation of America, a business that makes money off for-profit prison is trying to buy state owned prisons and is trying to capitalize off struggling state budgets. The company has sent letters to states offering cash for their prisons and asking for states’ assurance that the prisons will remain 90% full. The Huffington Post […]

BOISE, Idaho – The surveillance video from the overhead cameras shows Hanni Elabed being beaten by a fellow inmate in an Idaho prison, managing to bang on a prison guard station window, pleading for help. Behind the glass, correctional officers look on, but no one intervenes when Elabed is knocked unconscious. No one steps into […]