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8.11: Types of Prisons

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    State Prisons

    https://www.oregon.gov/doc/Pages/default.aspx. California has the California Department of Corrections, and Secretary Diaz is the head of this organization (2018 to present). CDCR oversees 34 adult institutions. For more information about CDCR, see https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/.

    Federal Prisons

    FBOP Regional Map

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    BOP Regional map

    Private Prisons

    [1] The GEO Group, the other primary private prison company runs 136 correctional, detention, or reentry facilities. [2] Pictured below, roughly half of the 50 States in America use private prison industry prisons.

    States Using Private Prison Industry

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    Private Prison State Map

    https://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/private-prisons-united-states/ and on NPR: https://www.npr.org/2010/10/28/130833741/prison-economics-help-drive-ariz-immigration-law


    1. See Core Civic facilities map: http://www.corecivic.com/facilities
    2. See Geo Group facilities map: www.geogroup.com/LOCATIONS

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