Rick Scott Receives Over $200,000 from Private Prison Group in Senate Campaign Donations
Gov. Rick Scott’s new U.S. Senate campaign report shows generous support from a Florida-based company with a controversial track record, the Boca-Raton based corrections giant the GEO Group.
GEO operates immigrant detention facilities in Florida and Texas that are at the center of a raging national debate over President Donald Trump’s “no tolerance” immigration policies.
At a time when other candidates are distancing themselves from GEO by returning the company’s money, Scott reports $10,800 from GEO’s chief executive, George Zoley, and his wife Donna, in his second quarter report filed with the Federal Elections Commission.
Scott’s Super PAC reported $125,000 from a GEO Group subsidiary, GEO Acquisition II, and the governor’s Victory Fund listed $78,600 from the Zoleys. The donations total $214,000.
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This does not surprise me. Corruption is found everywhere and prisons are not exempt. Shame on governor Scott and everyone should vote to keep him out of Washington. He privatizes hospitals and prisons only with the end result being less, inadequate services.
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Let’s hope (and pray for those inclined to do so) that Bill can fend off this rabid, nazi, dog! I want to vomit every time I see him wearing that Navy hat. He couldn’t cut it in the Navy so he got out after just 29 months! Maybe someone should investigate how you weasel out of a four-year enlistment in just 29 months!