GEO, CCA, MTC-The Private Prison Contract Battle

The U.S. House of Representatives recently approved funding for the Department of Homeland Security until next fiscal year. Republicans had held up funding for DHS in an attempt to overturn President Obamaâ??s executive action to give up to five million undocumented immigrants a reprieve from deportation. A federal judge blocked the Presidentâ??s order, but the administration has vowed to appeal the decision. In the meantime the top three private prison corporations are vying for the contracts to house those men, women... and children.