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Related: About this forumStudents Occupy University President’s Office To Protest Naming Stadium After Private Prison Company
Last week, the administration of Florida Atlantic University raised eyebrows when officials announced that they had sold the naming rights to the schools new football stadium to the GEO Group, the nations second-largest private prison company.
And students arent taking the deal lying down. On Monday afternoon, dozens of activists staged a sit-in inside university President Mary Jo Saunders office demanding FAU revoke their agreement with GEO Group. After two hours, Saunders agreed to schedule a public meeting with the university community, according to the Palm Beach Post:
After some negotiations, Saunders emerged from her office for a brief meeting with the protesters, who have accused the GEO Group of human rights violations at its facilities, some of which are in Florida.
I dont know everything about this company, Saunders conceded, but she also indicated that she thought some of the accusations against the firm were untrue.
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Students Occupy University President’s Office To Protest Naming Stadium After Private Prison Company (Original Post)
limpyhobbler
Feb 2013
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MotherPetrie
(3,145 posts)1. K&R for those students
msongs
(70,104 posts)2. no democrat should support or endorse for-profit prisons nt
appal_jack
(3,813 posts)3. I agree 100%! n/t
Initech
(101,714 posts)4. +10000000000
Anything that puts more money in the hands of evil forces is something that should not be allowed.
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)5. Thats what I’m freaking talking about!!!
Anyone know how we can help?
dbackjon
(6,578 posts)6. Private Prisons should be illegal
Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)7. Bravo! Outstanding!
dixiegrrrrl
(60,011 posts)8. My faith is being restored by this.
Hot damn.
and rec.
NBachers
(18,095 posts)9. Maybe the prisons should start auctioning off their naming rights
drm604
(16,230 posts)10. In case anyone needs to be convinced of the evils of privately owned prisons:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal
The "Kids for cash" scandal unfolded in 2008 over judicial kickbacks at the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Two judges, President Judge Mark Ciavarella and Senior Judge Michael Conahan, were accused of accepting money from Robert Mericle, builder of two private, for-profit juvenile facilities, in return for contracting with the facilities and imposing harsh sentences on juveniles brought before their courts to increase the number of inmates in the detention centers.
For example, Ciavarella sentenced children to extended stays in juvenile detention for offenses as minimal as mocking a principal on Myspace, trespassing in a vacant building, and shoplifting DVDs from Wal-mart.
For example, Ciavarella sentenced children to extended stays in juvenile detention for offenses as minimal as mocking a principal on Myspace, trespassing in a vacant building, and shoplifting DVDs from Wal-mart.
Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)11. This should be an OP in GD :(
drm604
(16,230 posts)12. It's an old story.
It probably had more than one thread at the time.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)13. Thank you protesters!!!
Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)14. The students have won a town hall meeting over the issue.
OccupyCommunity @OccupyShannon
Inside the FAU Protest: Students Occupy President's Office, Win Town Hall Meeting Over GEO Group Stadium Naming Deal http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2013/02/protestors_occupy_fau_geo_stadium.php
Retweeted by occupybrlive
This wasn't clear in the OP link, so it's likely a new development.