PaidForPolitics

Policing and prisons

Police groups, criminal justice reform groups and private prison companies all spend in federal races. Crime and public safety remain a staple of campaign ads.

  • Given: the group’s own contributions to the campaign
  • Bundled: donors’ contributions the group collected and forwarded
  • For: outside spending supporting
  • Against: outside spending opposing

Groups tracked · raised $66K this cycle

Police groups

Totals

  • Given to campaigns
    $4K
  • Bundled to campaigns
    $0
  • Spent for
    $0
  • Spent against
    $0

Groups

  • FOP PACPAC of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), the largest U.S. police union. FEC type: PAC.$4K
  • NAPO PACPAC of the National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO), a coalition of police unions and associations. FEC type: PAC.$0

Where the money went

  1. John Cornyn (R)Senate · TX
    • Given$2K
    via FOP PAC
  2. Sheldon Whitehouse (D)Senate · RI
    • Given$2K
    via FOP PAC

Groups tracked · raised $561K this cycle

Criminal justice reform

Totals

  • Given to campaigns
    $0
  • Bundled to campaigns
    $0
  • Spent for
    $0
  • Spent against
    $0

Groups

Where the money went

No candidate-level spending reported by these groups yet this cycle.

Groups tracked · raised $1.1M this cycle

Prison and detention companies

Totals

  • Given to campaigns
    $174K
  • Bundled to campaigns
    $0
  • Spent for
    $0
  • Spent against
    $0

Groups

  • GEO Group PACPAC of the GEO Group, a private prison company that runs detention centers for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). FEC type: PAC.$46K
  • CoreCivic PACPAC of CoreCivic, a private prison company that runs detention centers for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). FEC type: PAC.$83K
  • MTC PACPAC of Management and Training Corporation (MTC), a private prison and immigration detention operator. FEC type: PAC.$46K

Where the money went

  1. Andrew R. Garbarino (R)House · NY-02
    • Given$30K
    via GEO Group PAC, CoreCivic PAC, MTC PAC
  2. Susan Collins (R)Senate · ME
    • Given$11K
    via GEO Group PAC, CoreCivic PAC, MTC PAC
  3. Celeste Maloy (R)House · UT-03
    • Given$10K
    via MTC PAC
  4. Blake Moore (R)House · UT-02
    • Given$10K
    via MTC PAC
  5. Ashley Hinson (R)Senate · IA
    • Given$8K
    via GEO Group PAC, CoreCivic PAC
  6. Pete Ricketts (R)Senate · NE
    • Given$7K
    via GEO Group PAC, CoreCivic PAC
  7. Juan Ciscomani (R)House · AZ-06
    • Given$6K
    via CoreCivic PAC, MTC PAC
  8. Mike Rogers (R)Senate · MI
    • Given$6K
    via GEO Group PAC, CoreCivic PAC
  9. Kurt Alme (R)Senate · MT
    • Given$5K
    via CoreCivic PAC
  10. Shelley Moore Capito (R)Senate · WV
    • Given$5K
    via GEO Group PAC, CoreCivic PAC
  11. Steve Daines (R)Senate · MT
    • Given$5K
    via CoreCivic PAC
  12. John Rutherford (R)House · FL-05
    • Given$5K
    via GEO Group PAC

Showing the top 12 of 48 candidates.

What this page doesn’t show

  • Police union spending in local and state races
  • Prosecutor and sheriff races, which are reported to states
  • Federal contract dollars paid to prison companies
  • Money given to party committees and other PACs, which is listed on each group’s own page

Totals cover the 2025-26 cycle, from FEC data as of Oct. 6, 2026. Each group’s total counts its contributions to candidates’ campaigns, the bundled contributions it forwarded for its donors, and its outside spending for and against candidates. Bundled money belongs to the individual donors, so it’s shown separately from the group’s own giving and never counted twice. How this works.