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April 30, 2010 - Officer's error led to uprising by Alaskans in Colorado prison The News Tribune The security breach this month at a private Colorado prison holding hundreds of Alaskans was caused by human error, according to Cornell Companies, the prison owner and operator. (Click here for more) April 29, 2010 - Alpharetta man goes to prison for scamming Colorado prison Atlanta Journal-Constitution An Alpharetta man was sentenced Thursday to three years and five months in prison for bilking a Colorado corrections facility project out of nearly $13 million. (Click here for more) April 29, 2010 - Fed. court: ‘Gladiator prison’ suit can continue AP A prison violence lawsuit brought by 24 inmates at Idaho’s only private prison against Corrections Corporation of America can move forward in court, despite objections from the company, a federal judge said. (Click here for more) April 29, 2010 - Cornell Companies, Inc. investors file lawsuit PR Log An investor in CRN shares filed a lawsuit in Texas State Court on behalf of current investors in Cornell Companies, Inc. (NYSE:CRN) alleging breaches of fiduciary duty by the Cornell board of directors for selling Cornell Companies too cheaply to The GEO Group. (Click here for more) April 28, 2010 - CCA wants out of jail contract Hernando Today County commissioners were left scrambling for explanations after learning Wednesday the private operator of the Hernando County Jail will opt out of its contract with Hernando County in 120 days. (Click here for more) April 28, 2010 - Benson warned on private detention center San Pedro Valley News-Sun Allowing a private detention center to operate in Benson is not in the city's best interest said Michelle Brane, the director of the detention and asylum program for the Women's Refugee Commission. (Click here for more) April 28, 2010 - Company operating Hernando jail says it will end contract St Petersburg Times Corrections Corporation of America, which has run the Hernando County jail for 22 years, gave notice to Hernando officials Wednesday morning that it will walk away from the facility in 120 days. (Click here for more) April 27, 2010 - Briton Jailed On Graft Charges In Afghanistan RTTNews An Afghan court has jailed a British manager of a firm providing security to the British embassy in Kabul on graft charges. (Click here for more) April 27, 2010 - California Senate leader: Tear up contracts with Arizona over immigration law Mercury News How's this for border insecurity? In another swipe at Arizona and its strict new anti-immigration rules, California Senate leader Darrell Steinberg on Tuesday asked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to "deliver an unequivocal message" of disgust by tearing up the state's contracts with Arizona businesses and government agencies. (Click here for more) April 27, 2010 - Idaho man sues prison company over severe beating AP A former inmate is suing a private prison company, saying guards watched as he was beaten by a fellow inmate in an attack that went on so long his assailant had time to stop and drink some water before continuing. (Click here for more) April 27, 2010 - No answers from inside ICE prisons RT The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency holds thousands of undocumented immigrants in prisons around the country, and the truth of what happens inside is a closely guarded secret. (Click here for more) April 25, 2010 - Tampa Tribune House and Senate budget chiefs agreed Saturday to open a private prison and pour $61 million into the University of South Florida's Lakeland campus, but remained at odds over a variety of cuts and competing proposals. (Click here for more) April 24, 2010 - Debt, risk and the Geo Group Grits For Breakfast Texas Prison Bidness brings word that the Geo Group gobbled up yet another competitor, adding to its already enormous debt load and making it the second largest private prison company on the planet, behind Corrections Corporation of America. (Click here for more) April 24, 2010 - Legislators inch toward budget pact Tampa Tribune House and Senate budget chiefs agreed Friday on money for Florida Forever and a range of other issues, but will spend the weekend haggling over items ranging from crisis pregnancy counseling to trading state-run prison beds for private ones. (Click here for more) April 23, 2010 - Debate over new prison in Milton WEAR TV It cost taxpayers over 120 million bucks and one state agency says it's not needed. (Click here for more) April 23, 2010 - For the Lucios, private prison consulting is a family affair Texas Observer State Rep. Eddie Lucio III, a Brownsville Democrat, is following in his father's footsteps by joining forces with Corplan Corrections, a scandal-plagued prison development company. (Click here for more) April 23, 2010 - Jail monitor turned in repair purchase orders Hernando Today In February 2008, Hernando County Jail warden Russell Washburn fired off a letter to the county's facility liaison alerting her to a roof leak problem. (Click here for more) April 23, 2010 - Feds ask questions about prison deal Florida News Network The FBI is asking question about former House Speaker Ray Sansom’s involvement with a legislative deal to build a private prison. (Click here for more) April 22, 2010 - Legislature approves bill to buy Perry prison AP The Alabama Legislature has given final passage to a bill that clears the way for the state to buy a private prison in Perry County. (Click here for more) April 22, 2010 - Private prisons operator opens wallet for lawmakers LA Times A company that operates private prisons – and which is hoping to pluck inmates out of California’s overcrowded lockups and into its for-profit prisons – has donated $1,000 each to 10 state lawmakers, Republicans and Democrats alike, in recent days. (Click here for more) April 21, 2010 - Former Erie youth worker sentenced for indecent assault Erie Times-News A former Cornell-Abraxas mental-health aide was sentenced this morning in Erie County Court to serve six to 20 months in the Erie County Prison for having indecent contact with a 14-year-old resident at the center. (Click here for more) April 21, 2010 - Arizona corrections officer caught buying cocaine for inmate ABC 15 A former Arizona correctional officer pleaded guilty this week to attempting to give a prison inmate drugs, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. (Click here for more) April 20, 2010 - Privately operated jail southeast of KC is shutting down AP Inmates have been removed from a western Missouri private jail near Holden and all but three staff members have been laid off. (Click here for more) April 19, 2010 - Boca Raton's Geo Group to acquire rival Cornell Cos. Palm Beach Post Private prison operator The GEO Group Inc. (NYSE: GEO, $18.91) has agreed to buy rival Cornell Cos. in a deal worth about $685 million, including the assumption of about $300 million of Cornell's debt. (Click here for more) April 19, 2010 - Bill Cotterell: Report grades Florida's privatized prisons Tallahassee Democrat Just as the state reshuffles some of its contracts with the private prison industry, we get a report that says maybe the whole business is not such a good deal. (Click here for more) April 15, 2010 - Beshear signs bill to make inmate-guard sex a felony AP Gov. Steve Beshear signed legislation Thursday allowing prison guards to be charged with felony rape for having sex with inmates. (Click here for more) April 15, 2010 - I-Team: Courthouse Security Supervisor Canned TMJ4 An exclusive I-Team investigation uncovers shocking details about the man hired to run security at the Milwaukee County Courthouse. (Click here for more) April 15, 2010 - Embattled Hernando jail passed recent inspections, records show St Petersburg Times With Hernando County taxpayers apparently on the hook for possibly millions of dollars in repairs to the county jail, officials on Wednesday were asking how things could have gotten so bad. (Click here for more) April 14, 2010 - Sullivan woman discovers recipe for trouble at prison Green County Daily World A Wabash Valley Correctional Facility contracted food service employee discovered today the recipe for trafficking with offenders includes arrest and a trip to the Sullivan County jail. (Click here for more) April 14, 2010 - Cell-doors open, trouble pours out of private prison Denver Post A disturbance at the privately owned Hudson Correctional Facility 25 miles northeast of Denver International Airport was sparked when cell doors in a unit housing 41 inmates from Alaska inexplicably opened early this morning. (Click here for more) April 14, 2010 - Prison guards let man die, family says Court House News Private prison guards let a suicidal prisoner suffer seizures, lapse into a coma and die of a drug overdose, and merely "put the decedent in an observation cell and ... check(ed) his vital signs every six hours," his family claims in Federal Court. (Click here for more) April 14, 2010 - Small group of Alaska inmates takes over section of private prison AP A small group of Alaska inmates took over a section of the privately owned Hudson Correctional Facility during a prison disturbance overnight. (Click here for more) April 14, 2010 - Lawmakers concerned about lawsuit, violence at private prison Boise Weekly Violent beatdowns at the privately run Idaho Correctional Center appear to have subsided in recent weeks, in the wake of a class-action lawsuit against the prison and shakeup of prison leadership, according to documents obtained by Boise Weekly. (Click here for more) April 14, 2010 - Bosses install metal detectors at riot-hit jail in bid to halt spate of knife attacks Daily Record PRISONERS at one of Scotland's most violent jails are being screened with metal detectors to stop a spate of slashings and stabbings. (Click here for more) April 13, 2010 - Corrections Corp Wins 3 Florida Prison Contracts; Geo Shut Out Dow Jones Newswire The state of Florida said Tuesday it plans to award three prison contracts to Corrections Corp. of America (CXW), two of which previously were held by rival Geo Group Inc. (GEO). (Click here for more) April 13, 2010 - Sheriff withdraws offer to run jail Hernando Today Citing deteriorating conditions of the jail and the potential costs involved in fixing up the facility, Sheriff Richard Nugent has withdrawn his proposal to take over operations there. (Click here for more) April 13, 2010 - Villawood needs more guards: secret report ABC An interim report on security at Sydney's Villawood Immigration Detention Centre has recommended the boundaries of the facility be strengthened. (Click here for more) April 13, 2010 - Family reaches settlement in Ellis death Rutland Herald The family of a Rutland woman who died in part from lack of medications while she was an inmate in Vermont has settled with the private company that provided health care to the state's prisons at the time. (Click here for more) April 12, 2010 - Eden Detention Center locked down after riot Standard-Times The Eden Detention Center was in lockdown status late Monday after a riot was contained Sunday night, a release from the detention center stated. (Click here for more) April 9, 2010 - Study: Privatizing prisons has questionable benefits South Florida Business Journal Privatizing Florida’s prison system has done little to lower costs or reduce recidivism rates compared to prisons operated by the state, according to a report released Friday by the Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy. (Click here for more) April 9, 2010 - Immigrants who escaped from Villawood still on the run AAP THREE Chinese men who escaped from Villawood Immigration Detention Centre 11 days ago are still on the run. (Click here for more) April 9, 2010 - Milton woman who works at jail suspect in theft of inmates' items Panama City News-Journal A Milton woman who worked at the Santa Rosa County Jail is suspected of taking items that belonged to inmates. (Click here for more) April 8, 2010 - State might take inmates from Brush Brush News-Tribune Due to a decline in the number of female prisoners throughout Colorado, the state might remove inmates from High Plains Correctional Facility in Brush this summer. (Click here for more) April 7, 2010 - US Wackenhut operation rebranded as G4S Info 4 Security G4S Wackenhut is changing its name to G4S, in turn reflecting the company’s vision of providing comprehensive security solutions. (Click here for more) April 7, 2010 - Georgia House Speaker Ralston rakes in donations AP In the 3 1/2 weeks following his selection as the Republican nominee for House speaker, David Ralston raked in $137,550 in campaign contributions — more than four times what he raised throughout all of 2009 combined. (Click here for more) April 6, 2010 - Inmate takes own life Odessa American An Odessa woman fearing a life sentence in federal prison hanged herself in an isolation cell Monday morning, her family said. (Click here for more) April 6, 2010 - Inmate found hanging in jail The Courier of Montgomery County An inmate at the Joe Corley Detention Facility is in critical condition in a local hospital after being found hanging by the neck in a jail dorm room. (Click here for more) April 6, 2010 - Changes key for insurance at jail facility Daily Star-Journal The county will not be able to insure Integrity Correctional Center as a county jail without modifications, insurance agent Mike Keith said. (Click here for more) April 2, 2010 - Parolee recaptured after attempted murder, escape in South County Monterey County Herald A parolee from Texas tried to kill an extradition agent and escaped from a transport vehicle Thursday night on Highway 101 near San Ardo, sheriff's deputies said. (Click here for more) April 2, 2010 - Prison nurse calls for investigation into Sansom prison deal WEAR TV A prison nurse in Santa Rosa County wants a federal and state investigation into the deal to bring the private Blackwater prison to Milton. (Click here for more) April 2, 2010 - Something fishy
in aquarium escape The Age A CHINESE man has embarrassed his
private security minders by escaping from immigration detention while on
an excursion at the Aquarium in central Melbourne.
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