Maine Legislature Considers For-Profit Prison

"LD1095, An Act To Facilitate the Construction and Operation of Private Prisons by Authorizing the Transport of Prisoners out of State” would approve a for-profit Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) federal prison in Milo, Maine and also allow Maine's prisoners to be sent to for-profit CCA state prisons in other states, far from their families and any oversight. A hearing date has not yet been set.

You can read more about this bill and the problems of corporate for-profit prisons here: www.maineprisoneradvocacy.org . More background on CCA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrections_Corporation_of_America