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PA’s millions: Pensions split on private-prison protest

The plans are split over a private-equity firm that prison-reform activists and labor-union leaders say is tainted by its association with a for-profit prison contractor.

State Correctional Institution Phoenix in Skippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania's largest prison.
State Correctional Institution Phoenix in Skippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania's largest prison.Read morejacqueline Larma / AP File