TheCCA360.com is a Web site intended to provide factual information about Corrections Corporation of America – from its quality private prison management services and programs, to its more than 17,000 employees that support the 66 facilities it operates.
Read first hand here stories and views shared by CCA employees and other citizens on the company and its impact in our communities.
It’s difficult to separate the facts from the reported myths about private prisons and CCA, especially if you follow some news accounts that rely on sources who are politically or professionally biased against the overall privatization of our nation’s prisons.
TheCCA360.com disputes the most common reported myths here.
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Newer 'New Rule:' Check Facts Before Ranting
Posted Jul 24, 2009
A recent column critical of privatization, authored by Bill Maher and carried on multiple Web-based news outlets, made inaccurate statements about Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). In his column, Mr. Maher claimed that CCA lobbies Congress “for stiffer sentencing laws,” allegedly for profit motives. CCA has not and does not lobby for or against sentencing laws. Those are public policy decisions that our society and its elected officials determine. The financial success and viability of our company, a company of more than 17,000 corrections professionals nationwide, is not based upon stricter sentencing laws. Rather, it is based on our ability to provide safe, secure facilities with effective programs and services that meet or exceed the expectations of our governmental partners. Public-private partnership in corrections, an industry CCA founded more than 25 years ago, provides meaningful services to government in a cost-effective manner. Additionally, our services provide relief to public correctional systems, resulting in greater efficiencies and safer conditions for staff and inmates in existing public correctional facilities. Our employees take great pride in the important public safety services they provide to their respective communities, states, and our nation. We are likewise proud of the meaningful role CCA and our industry has in helping government meet its correctional responsibilities while being good stewards of the taxpayers’ dollars.
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