Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Private Prisons in America: Are They Right for Our Youths?

 

Taking Legal Action

On May 5, dozens of members of Friends and Family Members of Youth Incarcerated at Walnut Grove -- an organization founded by McIntosh -- held a news conference to announce the delivery of petitions to Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps, calling on him to cancel the system's contract with the GEO Group, the Florida company that runs the facility. (Epps said in an email to The Root that he could not comment because of pending litigation. Pablo Paez, a spokesman for GEO Group, also declined to comment via email.)

Private Prisons in America: Are They Right for Our Youths?

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