a-a-and THIS, ladies, is the pee-es du rezeestaance-- THIS concludes the fascist part of our program-- THIS should tell you everything you never wanted to know about ALEC... Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) was a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) for over two decades, and reportedly left the organization in 2010. While CCA was an ALEC member, ALEC pushed legislation to privatize prisons, and at the same time advanced harsh sentencing bills to put more people in prison for more time, particularly truth-in-sentencing legislation calling for all violent offenders to serve 85 percent of their sentences before being eligible for release, and three strikes youre out bills requiring mandatory life imprisonment for a third felony conviction. These bills became law in a majority of states during the 1990s and early 2000s. Laurie Shanblum, CCAs Senior Director of Partnership Development, was the corporate chair of the Public Safety and Elections Task Force during portions of the mid-to-late 1990s, and was listed as a member of the task forces Executive Committee circa July 2011. Shanblum was also on that task forces Homeland Security Subcommittee during the same time period.- SOURCEWATCH
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