This section focuses on companies involved in the design and construction of new prisons, jails, and detention centers or in the renovation and maintenance of existing ones. Private prison companies CoreCivic and The GEO Group typically design and build their own prisons. Several other companies, mostly privately-owned, comprise this sector and are contracted to build prisons by the federal government and by state Departments of Corrections across the country. This section also includes companies that set up "tent cities" for immigration detention.
Facility Construction and Maintenance
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The list of companies involved in this sector
Select private companies are listed below publicly-traded companies.
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Publicly-Traded Companies
The world’s largest private prison company. It owns and operates prisons and jails, including immigration jails and “community corrections” centers, and uses forced prison labor. It also provides e-carceration technologies, transportation, and other services as part of the criminal punishment system.
A US workforce housing company that owns and partially operates two of the largest US immigration jails.
The world’s second-largest private prison company. It owns and operates prisons and jails, including immigration jails and “community corrections” centers, and uses forced prison labor. It also provides e-carceration technologies, transportation, and other services as part of the criminal punishment system.