Jerry Summers: Howard P. Sompayrac, Jr., - The Great Dissenter (1928-2009) Monday, May 3, 2021 - by Jerry Summers
Jerry Summers
Although the title “The Great Dissenter” was applied to Justice John Marshall Harlan of the United States Supreme Court, for his strong solitary dissent in the landmark decision of Plessy v. Ferguson on May 18, 1896, that upheld racial segregation, Hamilton County has also had a “great dissenter.”
Prior to the creation of Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and the “privatization” of the Hamilton County Workhouse in 1983, the care and incarceration of inmates was at the antiquated jail on Walnut Street and the workhouse farm in Silverdale.
Continual problematic actions necessitate ending BU’s contract with Sodexo Provided by Jonathan Gaughan Jonathan Gaughan is a senior majoring in integrative neuroscience.
Sodexo s exploitation of prison labor and treatment of Black employees is unacceptable
April 19, 2021
It’s Restaurant Week in Binghamton, which means that many students will be eating at their top spots in Downtown Binghamton to grab delicious food and support local businesses. Now let’s just pretend for a second that your favorite spot downtown made over 3 percent of its annual income off of prisons they operated. Additionally, pretend this food place had a history of racism and practiced performative activism. I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t want to eat at that restaurant. Yet every time students swipe their meal cards at the Binghamton University dining halls, we are inadvertently choosing to support Sodexo, a company that does exactly as described above.
CoreCivic to settle investor lawsuit for $56M nashvillepost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nashvillepost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
CoreCivic to settle shareholders lawsuit for $56 million
by Travis Loller, The Associated Press
Posted Apr 19, 2021 12:13 pm EDT
Last Updated Apr 19, 2021 at 12:14 pm EDT
NASHVILLE CoreCivic says it will pay $56 million to settle a lawsuit by shareholders who accused the private prison operator of inflating its stock prices by misrepresenting the quality and value of its services.
The lawsuit was filed in 2016, when CoreCivic’s stock fell after the U.S. Department of Justice directed the Bureau of Prisons to phase out contracts with private operators. The DOJ memorandum said privately run prisons have more safety and security problems than federally run prisons without significant cost savings. The class action was led by Amalgamated Bank, which said it lost $1.2 million when stock prices fell.
CoreCivic to settle shareholders lawsuit for $56 million durangoherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from durangoherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.