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Meet the Lobbyists Behind Migrant Detention

Seventeen thriving private prison industry lobbyists on their way straight to Hell.

Pablo Manríquez
Mar 16, 2026
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WASHINGTON — There is a man named Richard Hoar who fills out government paperwork, and describes his job this way: promoting “the benefits of public-private partnerships for the delivery of secure residential care.”

Secure residential care.

That is what Richard Hoar — in-house lobbyist for GEO Group, the largest private prison company in the United States — calls a cage.

He is not alone in his word choices, or his paycheck.

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