Private Prison Tax

Proposed this week in the California Legislature, AB 2303 would impose a 10 percent tax on private prison contracts with state prisons, with the money going to child care and preschool programs.

SACRAMENTO — California Assemblyman Tony Thurmond, D-East Bay, proposed AB 2303 this week. The bill would impose a 10 percent tax on private prison contracts with state prisons, with the money going to child care and preschool programs.