These are unfortunately not isolated incidents. Private prisons all over the country are being sued by the families of inmates, and in some places shutdown by the state. In many county and state legislatures the use of private prisons is being reexamined due to the systemic abuses. CCA is not merely an innocent benefactor of the problems with our criminal justice system, which has exploded our prison population to the point that we have the highest prison population numerically in the entire world, in a time when the crime rates have either been steady or falling, CCA is not just a builder and contractor. If this were not enough, step back and think logically about this.
Prisons run for profit only make money when every bed is full.
Educating and reforming inmates do not make for repeat customers, which threatens CCA's profits. April 4th was the International Student Day of Action. Over 400 campuses worldwide were involved with some form of issue awareness, including Union College. At SUNY Ithaca and Arizona State University there is active debate over the food service provider. Perhaps Union will soon be one as well.