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Private Prison Information Act of 2007

To require prisons and other correctional facilities holding Federal prisoners under a contract with the Federal Government to make the same information available to the public that Federal prisons and correctional facilities are required to do by law.

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4/17/2007--Introduced.
Private Prison Information Act of 2007 - Provides that each nongovernmental entity contracting with the federal government to incarcerate or detain federal prisoners in a privately-owned prison or other correctional facility shall have the same duty to release in... morehide bill summarySee Full Bill Text

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April 17, 2007

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November 08, 2008 Is America's Prison System Legalized Slavery?

One need look no further than the millions the private prison industry has spent to stop just one piece of legislation - H.R.1889 The Private Prison Information Act. This legislation would have only required that the private prison ...

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August 26, 2008 CONTRACTS

The Private Prison Information Act of 2007 (HR 1889) and (S. 2020) would require private prisons and other correctional facilities holding Federal prisoners under a contract with the Federal Government to make the same information ...

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July 26, 2008 Private Prison Information Act of 2007, and review of the Prison ...

hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, on HR 1889, November 8, 2007 ...

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