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State retirement fund invests in private prisons that hold large contracts

Katie Campbell//August 29, 2017//[read_meter]

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State retirement fund invests in private prisons that hold large contracts

State retirement fund invests in private prisons that hold large contracts

Katie Campbell//August 29, 2017//[read_meter]

The Arizona State Retirement System has invested in the country’s largest private prison operators, which also hold state contracts. The state pension fund owns 49,800 shares of CoreCivic, formerly Corrections...

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