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The Muni Bonds In The Hardin Jail Project: Who Lost Money?


Two Rivers Detention Center

We posted an investigative piece Monday about the back story on the empty jail in Hardin, MT, explaining how a consortium of companies made millions on the project that has netted exactly nothing for the struggling town.

But what about the $27 million in high-risk municipal bonds that were issued to fund the construction of the speculative jail in 2006 and 2007?

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Topics: Christopher "Kit" Taylor, Dan Rather Reports, Hardin, Hardin Montana, James Parkey, Private Prison Business, Private Prison Industry, Two Rivers Authority

American Private Police Force

The Unkindest Cut: Hardin Loses Its APPF Mercedes SUVs


Michael Hilton

Did we just hear the death rattle of the Hardin-American Private Police Force deal?

The last two Mercedes SUVs that the mysterious private security contractor brought to the tiny Montana town have been taken back.

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Topics: American Police Force, American Private Police Force, Becky Shay, Hardin, Michael Hilton, Private Prison Industry

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