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[http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/e/e5/ALEC_on_Guns%2C_Crime%2C_and_Prisons.pdf |Download a one-page fact sheet on ALEC and guns, prisons, crime, and immigration here]].
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'''Bills that prop up the for-profit bail bond industry, a long-time ALEC board member, through:'''
* [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/b/be/7A11-Crimes_With_Bail_Restrictions_Act_Exposed.pdf |Expanding the list of offenses]] for which a person must pay a for-profit bail-bondsman for their release. (See also [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/e/eb/7A9-Bailable_Offences_Act_Exposed.pdf |this bill]] and [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/2/24/7A1-Alternative_Method_of_Court_Appearances_Act_Exposed.pdf |this bill]]).** [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/5/51/7A12-Uniform_Bail_Act_Exposed.pdf |Eliminating pre-trial release agencies]] that pursue evidence-based, public-safety oriented methods of release that don't require paying a for-profit business, or [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/8/80/7A10-Citizens_Right_to_Know_-_Pretrial_Release_Act_Exposed.pdf |imposing new burdens on those agencies]].
** Offering bail bond companies opportunities to avoid paying debts to states by:
*** [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/0/0e/7A4-Bail_Bond_Expiration_Act_Exposed.pdf |Allowing debts to expire]] or *** [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/4/41/7A5-Bail_Forfeiture_Notification_Act_Exposed.pdf |Imposing notification technicalities]] on courts.
'''Bills that benefit long-time ALEC members of the global for-profit prison industry,''' like the Corrections Corporation of America, by:
* [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/e/eb/7D6-Minimum-Mandatory_Sentencing_Act_Exposed.pdf |Increasing time served for drug offenses]] through mandatory minimum sentencing,* [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/6/60/7C2-Community_Corrections_Performance_Measurement_Act_Exposed.pdf |Creating barriers to alternatives to prison such as community-based corrections programs]], which will increase prison populations (see another example ([http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/6/6f/7C3-Recidivism_Reduction_Act_Exposed.pdf |here]]), and* [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/3/31/7L0-Habitual_Juvenile_Offender_Act_Exposed.pdf |Treating juveniles like adults]]. See also [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/7/74/7L1-Juvenile_Identification_Act_Exposed.pdf |here]]. *''Not in the zip file, but on The Heartland Institute website, is the [http://www.heartland.org/budgetandtax-news.org/article/6263/Private_Correctional_Facilities_Act.html "Private Correctional Facilities Act"] from 1995, which opens a state to for-profit incarceration.''
'''Bills that add new penalties for retail theft, which increase prison population and aid ALEC corporations that are retailers, like corporate board member Wal-Mart, such as:'''
* [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/a/a5/7B7-Theft_From_Three_Separate_Mercantile_Establishments_Act_Exposed.pdf |Making it a felony to steal from three retail establishments]], regardless of the value of the property stolen,* [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/1/13/7B8-Theft_Using_Emergency_Exit_to_Avoid_Apprehension_or_Detection_Act_Exposed.pdf |Adding a penalty-enhancer for thieves who use the emergency exit]], and* [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/1/10/7B10-Unused_Property_Market_Act_Exposed.pdf |Imposing new regulations on swap meets and flea markets]] that may compete with retail stores.
Other drug use-related bills would [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/2/2a/7F4-Drug-Free_Post-Secondary_Education_Act_Exposed.pdf |require that any college student convicted of a drug crime lose financial aid]], [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/2/22/7F14-Workplace_Drug_Testing_Act_Exposed.pdf |promote drug testing in American workplaces]], even if the work has nothing to do with public safety, and [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/f/f1/7Q5-Suspension_of_Driving_Privileges_Act_Exposed.pdf |suspend the driver’s driver's license]] of anyone convicted of a drug crime.
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'''The bills also include anti-immigrant legislation''' that require local law enforcement to enforce complex federal law, result in racial or ethnic profiling, and destroy the law enforcement-community relationship. (See Arizona's [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/2/2d/7K5-No_Sanctuary_Cities_for_Illegal_Immigrants_Act_Exposed.pdf |SB1070 model here]], as well as [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/6/69/7K3-Immigration_Law_Enforcement_Act_Exposed.pdf |this bill]], [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/e/ec/7K10-Resolution_to_Enforce_Our_Immigration_Laws_and_Secure_Our_Border_Exposed.pdf |this bill]] and [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/f/f6/7K12-Taxpayer_and_Citizen_Protection_Act_Exposed.pdf |this bill]]).
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'''The bills would also overturn long-standing rules designed to protect Americans' constitutional rights,''' including the right to be free from warrantless searches and the right to confront one's accusers, such as legislation to:
* [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/b/bc/7D1-Exclusionary_Rule_Act_Exposed.pdf |Reverse the "Exclusionary Rule"]] for unlawfully obtained evidence and,* [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/4/46/7D2-Hearsay_in_Public_Hearings_Act_Exposed.pdf |Eliminate the rule against hearsay]] when determining whether probable cause existed.
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'''Still other bills would aid corporations in other ways,''' like [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/d/d7/7I1-Mortgage_Fraud_Act_Exposed.pdf |bills to punish homeowners]] for the mortgage crisis by creating the crime of "mortgage fraud," that focuses primarily on consumers, but no corresponding new crimes for the Wall Street shell game that sank the U.S. economy.
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Bills or resolutions in this area:
* [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/0/00/7J11-Resolution_on_Semicopy_Exposed.pdf |Oppose bans on semi-automatic firearms]] like the one used in the shooting in Arizona that killed nine people and seriously injured Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.* [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/3/37/7J10-Resolution_On_Firearms_Purchase_Waiting_Periods_Exposed.pdf |Oppose waiting periods for criminal and mental health background checks for firearm purchases]].* [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/9/98/7J3-Concealed_Carry_Outright_Recognition_Act_Exposed.pdf |Support concealed-carry gun laws] ] [[httpMedia://alecexposed.org/w/images/a/a2/7J4-Concealed_Carry_True_Reciprocity_Act_Exposed.pdf |see also here]].* [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/0/08/7J7-Defense_of_Free_Market_and_Public_Safety_Resolution_Exposed.pdf |Oppose efforts by law enforcement]] to use their purchasing power get gun manufacturers not to market guns or ammo likely to be used against police, like "cop killer bullets" that pierce armor.* [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/1/15/7J5-Consistency_in_Firearms_Regulation_Act_Exposed.pdf |Prohibit local counties or cities]] from enacting firearm restrictions, [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/0/09/7J8-Emergency_Powers_Firearm_Owner_Protection_Act_Exposed.pdf |or emergency measures that could be abused]].* [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/9/90/7J1-Campus_Personal_Protection_Act_Exposed.pdf |Encourage guns on campus]], [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/4/43/7J9-Resolution_on_Child_Firearms_Safety_Exposed.pdf |and for younger kids]].
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''For a full list of bills from this section, [[Bills_related_to_Guns,_Prisons,_Crime,_and_Immigration|click here]].''
'''This information is available for download as a two-page fact sheet [http[Media://alecexposed.org/w/images/e/e5/ALEC_on_Guns%2C_Crime%2C_and_Prisons.pdf |here]].'''
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At the time, the private sector members of the ALEC Task Force included for-profit prison operator Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), which before the meeting had identified immigrant detention as a profit center important for its future growth, stating it anticipated receiving "a significant portion of our revenues" from detaining immigrants. Around half of all immigrant detention facilities are operated by for-profit corporations. After the Arizona bill was introduced, 30 of the bill's 36 co-sponsors promptly received campaign contributions from donors in the for-profit prison industry.
[http://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/11/11120/arizona-senator-recalled-over-alec-immigration-bill Russell Pearce lost his seat] in a recall election November 8, 2011. The vote was widely seen as a referendum on the anti-immigration legislation. In June 2012, the [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/06/11607/us-supreme-court-strikes-down-parts-alec-immigration-law U.S. Supreme Court] struck down most of the provisions of the Arizona bill. The Court held that striking down the law's controversial "papers please" provision would be premature, but narrowed the provision's application and made clear that it could be challenged at a future date.
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<big>''For descriptions of some of these bills, [[#How Are Corporations Interfering With Our Criminal Justice System?|click here]].''.</big>
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