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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPrivate prison company moves annual conference to Trump-owned golf resort
A private prison company has moved its annual conference to a golf resort owned by Donald Trump in an apparent bid to show its desire to align with the US President.
Until this year, the GEO Group held its conference at venues near its Boca Raton headquarters, a city on the southeastern coast of Florida.
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An investigation into the company's activities found the GEO Group secured the Trump administration's first contract for a detention centre reportedly worth tens of millions of dollars a year.
This comes after the company's spending on lobbying and donations rose sharply during the 2016 election cycle, with nearly half a million dollars donated to Mr Trump's inaugural committee and to a pro-Trump super PAC, an organisation which can raise unlimited funds from individuals and corporations to support a political candidate.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-golf-resort-private-prison-company-geo-group-annual-conference-national-doral-club-miami-a8025336.html
Until this year, the GEO Group held its conference at venues near its Boca Raton headquarters, a city on the southeastern coast of Florida.
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An investigation into the company's activities found the GEO Group secured the Trump administration's first contract for a detention centre reportedly worth tens of millions of dollars a year.
This comes after the company's spending on lobbying and donations rose sharply during the 2016 election cycle, with nearly half a million dollars donated to Mr Trump's inaugural committee and to a pro-Trump super PAC, an organisation which can raise unlimited funds from individuals and corporations to support a political candidate.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-golf-resort-private-prison-company-geo-group-annual-conference-national-doral-club-miami-a8025336.html
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Private prison company moves annual conference to Trump-owned golf resort (Original Post)
Arkansas Granny
Aug 2018
OP
They are proposing to build a 5 cell prison at one of his golf courses.
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2018
#1
Does anybody know how to spell 'bribery', 'emoluments,' and 'treason'?
struggle4progress
Aug 2018
#2
Nether are 'integrity,' 'honor,' 'courage,' 'character,' and 'pariotism.'
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Aug 2018
#6
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,069 posts)1. They are proposing to build a 5 cell prison at one of his golf courses.
672214 Donald J. Trump
672215 Jared Kushner
672216 Donny Jr
672217 Ivanka Trump
672218 Eric Trump
No provision for solitary confinement. Fully equipped prison hospital for neurological treatments. No christian chapel needed but there will be a Jewish altar and Torah scrolls.
On-site KFC franchise.
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)2. Does anybody know how to spell 'bribery', 'emoluments,' and 'treason'?
Arkansas Granny
(31,540 posts)4. Its pretty obvious those words aren't in Trump's vocabulary.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,601 posts)6. Nether are 'integrity,' 'honor,' 'courage,' 'character,' and 'pariotism.'
Arkansas Granny
(31,540 posts)7. So very true. He would probably see those as a weaknesses.
Johnny2X2X
(19,254 posts)3. This group is evil
Private Prisons are the biggest threat to our way of life. It's legalized slavery and they want to expand greatly. This group lobbies for harsher sentences and against rehabilitation because they want more prisoners.
ck4829
(35,096 posts)5. Agreed, that's why we need to do things like flag their job ads
I got several of CoreCivic (another private prison group)'s job ads removed.
Imagine if we had a large group of people doing this.