Private prison companies donate $1 million to Trump inauguration

Private prison companies GEO Group and CoreCivic each donated $500,000 to President Trump's inauguration fund—double their contributions to his 2017 inauguration. On his first day in office, President Trump reversed Biden's 2021 executive order barring DOJ contracts with private prisons. GEO Group told investors the administration's mass deportation plans could fill 18,000 empty beds and generate $400 million in additional annual revenue.