WORLD WIDE AFRICA THE VOICE OF THE PAN AFRICAN MOVEMENT

Amendment  XIII Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction" "The Corrections Corporation of America launched  the era of private prisons in 1983, when it opened an immigration detention center in an former motel in Houston, Texas. Today the Nashville-based company houses more than 66,000 inmates, making it the country’s second-largest private prison company. In 2015, it reported $1.9 billion in revenue and made more than $221 million in net income—more than $3,300 for each prisoner in its care. More on CCA’s operations:  CCA runs 61 facilities across the United States. These include 34 state prisons, 14 federal prisons, 9 immigration detention centers, and 4 jails. It owns 50 of these sites. 38 hold men, 2 hold women, 20 hold both sexes, and 1 holds women and children. 17 are in Texas, 7 are in Tennessee, and 6 are in Arizona.  CCA and other prison companies have written “occupancy guarantees” into their contracts, requiring states to pay a fee if they cannot provide a certain number of inmates. Two most notable company figures Thurgood Marshall Jr.CCA board member, lawyer, and son of the first African American Supreme Court justice. Harley Lamppin CCA’s chief corrections officer and former director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Companies that bid for contracts with governments want to provide their customers with good service at the most efficient cost possible. "