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Locked and Loaded. CCA, the private jailer and one of Nashville?s richest companies, is facing heightened scrutiny after a year of particularly heinous controversies

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

June 19, 2008 Locked and Loaded CCA, the private jailer and one of Nashville?s richest companies, is facing heightened scrutiny after a year of particularly heinous controversies by Matt Pulle Located in a bland, almost anonymous Green Hills of?ce park of fake lakes and fountains is the headquarters of the nation?s largest private prison company, which, at the moment, may be the most disparaged corporation in the country. Since its inception in 1983, CCA has encountered legions of angry detractors who believe that the business of punishing criminals should not be?well, a business. But if the company has become accustomed to criticism over the years?like a best-selling author whose novels garner predictably bad reviews?it is now mired in a series of scandals, embarrassments and public-relations catastrophes that may tar its reputation for years to come...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on June 19, 2008 (boomark / email).