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CORRECTIONAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA "A CRITICAL LOOK"

CCA has attempted to use its direct relationship with executive branch officials and legislators and senators, especially in the State of Arizona, to improve its chances of winning contracts.
The company has nurtured these relationships through its generous campaign contributions ans practice of hiring former government officials.

WHY PRIVATE PRISONS DON'T WORK

Problems such as these, along with economic considerations, helped to persuade some jurisdictions that had experimented with private management to conclude it was not worth the trouble. North Carolina terminated its two prison management contracts, both with CCA, saying it would be "in there best interest of the State" to return them to public management. State spokesman told a reporter: " I really felt like it was a failure", adding that private prison firms "are in business to make money, and they're going to take some shortcuts when they can.

State officials in Utah abandoned a plan for that State's first fully-privatized prison after concluding that it would be cheaper to rent space in county lockups. At about the same time, Corrections Officials in Georgia decided they didn't need 1,500-bed prison that CCA was building "on spec" (i.e., without a prior operating contract in hand) in Steward County, prompting the company to halt construction.

CCA industry got so bad that Business Week published an article headlined "Private Prisons Don't Work' :For-profit facilities face a barrage of criticism - and overbuilding has cut into profits and hurt stock prices."

CCA has tended to secretive about it's salary levels, but occasionally details have become public. In a newspaper reported that positions at a proposed CCA facility in Wythe County, Virginia have statrting salaries as low as $13,840. A Article in Corrections Professional pointed out that Guards at CCA's Diamondback Correctional Facility in Oklahoma were earning only $8.25 an hour, wich noted is bearly above the Federal poverty line for a family of four.
Guards at Youngstown were paid a more generous $11.84 an hour, but this was below the $15.49 received by Correctional Officers at Ohio State Prison, A State Official in Colorado said that CCA was paying it's employees in the State an average of $8,000 a year less the salaries of public Correctional Officers. The Union at the D.C. Correctional Treatment Center held a press Conference to complain about inadequate pay and forced overtime.

As we are about to enter the 27th anniversary year of CCA a momentous achievement for a company that began as an unproven idea, and grew into an industry. It is ironic that by the end of 2008 another top executive, Chief Financial Officer., admitted that corrections privatization has "barely scratched the surface.

Private prison industry has developed, even if it comprises only about five percent of the total U.S. prison and jail population. In promoting it's agenda of prison privatization, CCA and its competitors have consistently engaged in a few core strategies.

(1) Using a small body of questionable research written by analyst and academics who are either FUNDED by the industry or have an ideological predisposition in favor of privatization;

(2) Making significant Campaign contributions at the STATE and FEDERAL level to lawmakers and Senators, Governors, Politicians like Russel Pearce; and

(3) Using the support of organizations like the American Legislative Exchange Council and the Association of Private Correctional and Treatment Organizations.

In spite of the efforts, CCA has not been a success even by its own standards. CCA continues to be the plagued by many of the same kind of operational deficiencies, scandals, Lawsuits and mismanagement that characterized its performance during its early years. It is no surprise that the company acknowledges that, :The operation of correctional and detention facilities by private entities has not achieved complete acceptance by either governments or the public.

CCA's record is a clear example of how the pursuit of profit stands in the way of carrying out a core PUBLIC function such as correction. IT is time for the public, Governor and senate leaders of Arizona to know that independent investigators have failed to find clear evidence that private prisons management is superior in terms of quality, recidivism rates or cost. CCA has succeeded in staying in business for more than two decades, but it has not succeeded in demonstrating that prison privatization is socially economically or ethically acceptable.

SENATOR RUSSELL PEARCE the truth is that we as State Emplyees and State Correctional Officers feel as if we have been thrown off the bus right now. Setting aside the LEGAL ASPECTS involved STATES "BANDAID" fix, the impact of thousands of lobs and officers will be almost crushing to our economy even further.
These are Correctional Officers who have Families, homes, and take pride in the fact that they put their lives on the line day in and day out to ensure public safety. The State Governor of Arizona and the Senate republicans is basically turning their backs on all of these Brave Correctional Officers and forcing them into FORECLOSE and FOOD STAMPS by 2010.
There will not be enough available jobs out there for the amount of Correctional Officers that will be forsaken. Where will privatization end Russel Pearce? How far does it need to go before people realize the long terms effects that will happen based on some quick decisions and failed accountability.

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