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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRick Scott Is Getting a Boost From a Private Prison Company. Too Bad It Might Be Illegal.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/07/rick-scott-is-getting-a-boost-from-a-private-prison-company-too-bad-it-might-be-illegal/Rick Scott Is Getting a Boost From a Private Prison Company. Too Bad It Might Be Illegal.
The Florida governor has pushed to expand private prisons in his state.
Samantha Michaels
Jul. 27, 2018 6:00 AM
The countrys biggest private prison company may have run afoul of campaign finance law with a donation to Florida Gov. Rick Scotts campaign for US Senate, a campaign finance watchdog says.
GEO Group, which is based in Boca Raton, Florida, operates prisons and immigrant detention centers across the country. The company and its subsidiaries have received $560 million from federal contracts awarded by Immigration and Customs Enforcement since late 2016, according to OpenSecrets.org. During his tenure as governor, Scott has pushed for the expansion of private prisons in Florida: He campaigned on a pledge to drastically slash the states corrections budget, in part by transferring inmates to private lockups. And according to Federal Election Commission filings reported this week by the Tampa Bay Times, GEO Acquisition II, a subsidiary of GEO Group, donated $125,000 to a pro-Scott super-PAC in April after the governor announced his Senate bid.
Brendan Fischer, a lawyer at the Campaign Legal Center, says the subsidiarys donation violated a federal law that prohibits government contractors from making political contributions. This ban has been on the books for 75 years to ensure that public policy isnt warped in favor of deep-pocketed contracting interests, he says. GEO Group did not respond to requests for comment about the subsidiarys donation.
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Since the 2016 election, GEO has profited immensely from Trumps policies, and today it runs six facilities in Florida. It held its annual leadership conference last October in the state, at a golf resort near Miami that is owned by Trump.
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Rick Scott Is Getting a Boost From a Private Prison Company. Too Bad It Might Be Illegal. (Original Post)
babylonsister
Jul 2018
OP
Rick Scott is one of the biggest medicare swindlers in history - now he is governor
superpatriotman
Jul 2018
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superpatriotman
(6,249 posts)1. Rick Scott is one of the biggest medicare swindlers in history - now he is governor
Rick Scott don't care. Rules don't apply to our friends across the aisle.
babylonsister
(171,074 posts)2. He's running for Senate; he needs to get voted out! nt