* Corrections Corporation of America -- the largest of the three main private prison companies in the United States -- celebrated its 30th year of operation this week but the ACLU did not exactly join the celebration. From Carl Takei's birthday toast: So, on its thirty-year anniversary, what is CCA’s vision for the future? A March 2012 CCA investor presentation boasts that incarceration “creates predictable revenue streams,” and cites the demographic trends in CCA’s favor: Nearly half of all individuals released from prison end up returning to prison within three years, one in every 100 U.S. ... Read More