A Contributing Influence: The Private Prison Industry and Political Giving in the South


 

Publication Date: April 2002

Publisher: National Institute on Money in State Politics (U.S.)

Author(s): Edwin Bender

Research Area: Justice; Politics

Type: Report

Abstract:

Private-prison companies gave more than $1 million to candidates in 14 Southern states during the 2000 election cycle, targeting much of it to legislators who were influential in setting prison policy.