Prisons

Community corrections refer to criminal justice supervision and services provided to individuals outside prisons and jails. This includes all “alternatives to incarceration” such as probation, electronic monitoring, home confinement, day reporting centers, intermediate sanctions facilities and programs, and court-ordered treatment programs, as well as re-entry services including parole supervision, halfway houses, and transition programs.
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The main companies involved in this sector are:
GEO Group, of Boca Raton, FL (NYSE: GEO)
Correctional Alternatives, Inc., belongs to CoreCivic, Inc., of Nashville, TN (NYSE: CXW)
G4S plc, of Brawley, U.K. (LON: GFS)
Avalon Correctional Services, belongs to CoreCivic, Inc., of Nashville TN (NYSE:CXW)
Aspen Education Group, a subsidiary of Acadia Healthcare, of Franklin, TN (NASDAQ: ACHC)
Community Education Centers, Inc. (CEC), of West Caldwell, NJ (Private)
ComCor, Inc., of Colorado Springs, CO (Nonprofit)

Companies providing prison telephone service enjoy a state-sponsored monopoly, since prisoners can’t choose which phone service they want to use. Once a contract is awarded, the cost of phone calls is set by the telephone companies, without any competition. In all but eight states, contracts include “commissions” paid to jails and prisons – direct payments to the contracting agencies, added on top of the price of the phone call and paid by the prisoners.
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The main companies involved in this sector are:
CoreCivic, Inc., of Nashville, TN (NYSE: CXW)
CenturyLink Public Communication, Inc., of Monroe, LA (NYSE: CTL)
Global Tel*Link Corporation, of Mobile, AL (Private)
Securus Technologies, Inc., of Dallas, TX (Private)
ICSolutions Advanced Technology, Keefe Group inc., of San Antonio, TX (Private)  
Telmate LLC., of Ontario, OR (Private)
Pay-Tel Communications Inc., of Greensboro, NC (Private)
NCIC Inmate Phone Services, of Longview, TX (Private)

Video visitation companies provide real-time interactive video communication services connecting family members and others with incarcerated people. Often, they charge exorbitantly high rates for remote capabilities, operate through unreliable technology, and shut down traditional in-person visitation in prisons and jails using it.
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The main companies involved in this sector are:
CenturyLink Public Communications, Inc., of Monroe, LA (NYSE: CTL)
HomeWav, of Virginia Beach, VA (Private)
ICSolutions Advanced Technology, Keefe Group inc., of San Antonio, TX (Private)
M2 Technology, Inc., of San Antonio, TX (Private)
Renovo Software, a subsidiary of Global Tel*Link, of Mobile, AL (Private)
JPay and Primonics TeleCorrections, subsidiaries of Securus Technologies, of Dallas, TX (Private)
Telmate, of San Francisco, CA (Private)
TurnKey Corrections, of Hudson, WI (Private)
The Sierra Companies, of Brighton, CO (Private)
Sydaptic Inc, of Waco, TX (Private)

In prisons, jails, and detention centers across the U.S., incarcerated people are required to work for little to no pay. The legality of prison labor within the US remains entrenched in the Thirteenth Amendment. The Thirteenth Amendment abolishes all forms of slavery and involuntary servitude “except as punishment for crime.”

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The main companies involved in this sector are:
3M Company, of Odessa, FL (NYSE:MMM)
ASI Sign Company, of Irving, TX (Private)
Filtration Services, LLC, of Luemburg, WI (Private)
Humanscale, of Greenwood Village, CO (Private)
Nightingale Corporation, of Ontario, Canada (Private)
OEI, of Green Bay, WI (Private)
Uvex (formerly Titmus), of Colonial Heights, VA (Private)

Incarceration and detention facilities

Services in facilities

Supervision and monitoring