Politics

Private Prison Giant Hires Twice-Convicted Ex-Aide to Top Democrat in Order to Fend Off Scrutiny

THE PRISON LOBBY

GEO Group faces some serious political pushback. So the company did what anyone would: It hired the former chief of staff to the chairman of the committee overseeing its industry.

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