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The city council voted 8-4 on Tuesday against renewing contracts with CoreCivic and GEO Group, which run six halfway houses in the Denver area.
Three new contracts mark the reversal of the Obama administration’s short-lived attempt to deprivatize federal prisons.
Detainees say they're making between $1 to $8 dollars per day at a CoreCivic detention center.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said that GEO Group should pay minimum wage to detainees who work inside its center.
Talk about a comeback.
The bill would make it easier for private prison corporations to help the federal government lock up migrant families.
The Attorney General's allegiance to private prisons and disdain for immigrants make for a frightening mixture.
