Tag: Kavanagh

KEEP HANDOUT FOR GEO GROUP OUT OF THE BUDGET!

  Despite our successful effort to remove the funding from the Senate’s version of the budget, Rep. Kavanagh just hasn’t gotten the message. He has indicated that he might try to restore the $900,000 handout to GEO Group that the Senate pulled from the budget. The budget will […]

PRESS RELEASE: Arizona Lawmaker Behind $900,000 Giveaway in Taxpayer Funds to Private Prison Company Received Campaign Donations from Same Firm

American Friends Service Committee and Human Rights Defense Center For Immediate Release  PHOENIX, AZ – Last Friday, the Arizona Republic reported that House Appropriations Chairman John Kavanagh had inserted $900,000 in additional funding into the House state budget for the GEO Group, the nation’s second-largest for-profit prison company. Rep. […]

No Handouts for GEO Group!!

UPDATE March 31, 2014: SUCCESS!  Thanks to the overwhelming outpouring of calls, emails, and support the $900,000 handout was taken out of the budget when the Arizona Senate met today.  Thank you all for your help in making an important dent in the contracts awarded to private for-profit […]