Whats the connection between limp fries and an escaped prisoner in Youngston, Ohio?
A multinational called Sodexho Marriott Services. Meanwhile, Kevin Pranis and the other activists from the Prison Moratorium Project have spent the last two years organizing cafeteria boycotts and demonstrations at university campuses across North America. “The ultimate goal is to shut down the private prison industry,” said Pranis. “But the immediate goal is to get Sodexho Alliance to divest its interest in private prisons.” While private prisons have yet to set up shop in Canada, they now control roughly 122,900 of the two million prison beds in the U.S. And on May 5, Ontario’s Ministry of Correctional Services signed a five-year contract with Management and Training Corp. – a privately held company based in Utah – to manage the province’s new 1,181 bed super jail in Penetanguishene, Ontario. Private facilities treat prisoners badly in an effort to cut costs, said Pranis, adding recreational and educational programs are among the first to go. “Private prisons are terribly run, and th
