{"id":1071,"date":"2012-02-26T15:11:57","date_gmt":"2012-02-26T20:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/who-profits-from-ccas-private-prisons.html"},"modified":"2012-02-26T15:11:57","modified_gmt":"2012-02-26T20:11:57","slug":"who-profits-from-ccas-private-prisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/who-profits-from-ccas-private-prisons.html","title":{"rendered":"Who profits from CCA’s private prisons?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who profits from taxpayer dollars that support private prisons?
\nHere’s one example: CCA’s CEO.<\/p>\n

\nJakada Imani wrote for HuffPost 23 February 2012,
\n
\nPrivate Prisons Profit From Pain<\/a>,<\/p>\n

\nCCA’s CEO Damon Hininger stands to benefit should the states provide
\nhim with prisons well-stocked with prisoners. In 2010, for example,
\nhis total compensation equaled $3,266,387.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That would be Damon Hininger, number 4 on
\n
\nAmerica’s 20 Most Powerful CEOs 40 And Under<\/a>
\n(by Jacquelyn Smith, 14 February 2012).
\n
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

\n4. Damon T. Hininger
\n
\nCorrections Corporation of America
\n
\nMarket cap: $2.83 billion
\n
\nAge: 40
\n
\nIndustry: Property management\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How do you like that euphemism?
\n“Property management.”
\nDoes that refer to the real estate, or to the prisoners?
\nOr maybe to captive local government agencies that cede CCA
\n
\n“absolute discretion”?<\/a><\/p>\n

\n-jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Who profits from taxpayer dollars that support private prisons? Here’s one example: CCA’s CEO. Jakada Imani wrote for HuffPost 23 February 2012, Private Prisons Profit From Pain, CCA’s CEO Damon Hininger stands to benefit should the states provide him with prisons well-stocked with prisoners. In 2010, for example, his total compensation equaled $3,266,387. That would […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,1113,14,2,72,178],"tags":[8817,2996,2858,2995,1060,2997,180,8749],"class_list":["post-1071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-cca","category-economy","category-government","category-incarceration","category-vlcia","tag-cca","tag-ceo","tag-corrections-corporation-of-america","tag-damon-hininger","tag-forbes","tag-property-management","tag-valdosta-lowndes-county-industrial-authority","tag-vlcia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1071\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}