Nashville-based Corrections Corporation of America is under the microscope of immigrant advocates, who claim the company pushes for immigration laws to fill their private prisons. At a CCA shareholders meeting Thursday, members of the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition asked – unsuccessfully – for major investors to sell their stock.
CCA officials have made comments that acknowledge the company benefits from stepped up immigration enforcement. NPR conducted an investigation into CCA’s role in shaping Arizona’s strong immigration laws and uncovered some behind-the-scenes maneuvering.
But CCA says NPR’s stories were inaccurate. A statement Thursday from CCA says the company has “never lobbied or had any role in passage of immigration laws,” and that CCA doesn’t get involved when crime or sentencing is the legislative issue.
See NPR’s investigation into private prisons and immigration.
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