Protesting Details at the Appleton Prison

By: Mikki Morrissette

Outlets: Minnesota Women's Press

Published: August 20, 2026

Words: 868

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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Excerpted from Pam Costain’s August 20 newsletter “Acting in an Emergency”

Corruption

CoreCivic, a corporation that runs private prison facilities, is a major supporter of Trump. They once owned and operated the Appleton 1,600-bed private prison before it was closed down in 2010 due to numerous violations.

This year Core Civic sold the facility to the U.S. government for nearly $500,000, even though it …

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