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CEO
of Corrections
Corporation of America, the first and largest private corrections
company in the country, so he profits when non-violent offenders
are jailed, and the longer the sentances the more he makes.
CCA Houses 68,000 inmates in over 75 facilities in the United
States, Puerto Rico, Australia and the UK.
Ferguson
was chosen as president and CEO of CCA and Prison Realty Trust
in August of 2000 when the companies merged.
Number
of people in prison in 1980: 400,000
Number
of people in prison in 2003:
2 Million+
CCA
formerly contracted Sodexho as
their main source of food service in prison. When Sodexho divested
from serving food in American prisons, it purchased from CCA
the Corrections Corporation of Australia, and UK Detention Services.
Sodexho is also commonly used by dining services at America's public
universities.
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