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April 29, 2004 - C.F. prison to resume paying the city (Paw Tucket Times) After 13 months without making contributions to the city budget, the Central Falls Detention Facility Corp. announced that it will resume making monthly payments to the municipal coffers. (Click here for more) April 28, 2004 - Wackenhut guard problems (Sun-Sentinel) Six security guards and a supervisor have been removed from duty at the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant after Florida Power & Light Co. found the guards failed to complete their patrols, a Wackenhut Corp. official said Tuesday. (Click here for more) April 27, 2004 - More trouble for CPC (sptimes.com)
Gov. Jeb Bush asked his inspector general Monday to investigate whether
the state agency overseeing private prisons violated the law last year
when it hired his former corrections secretary as a consultant. April 25, 2004 - Group 4 faces fines for escape (Sunday Mercury) Police may charge private security company Group 4 tens of thousands of pounds after an 11-day hunt to recapture a dangerous escaped murderer. (Click here for more) April 25, 2004 - Group 4 expose' (The Sentinel) Last Monday a short, skinny 15-year-old called Gareth Myatt died three days into his detention at Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre. (Click here for more) April 25, 2004 - Prisons agency failing the state (sptimes.com) It was a straightforward business proposition. (Click here for more) April 24, 2004 - Drug cost problems at CCA prison (Chattanooga Times Free Press) An inefficient system of ordering prescription drugs for workhouse inmates has cost Hamilton County up to $220,000 every year since 1998, county officials said. (Click here for more) April 22, 2004 - CMS under attack (Lansing Bureau) Hepatitis C infection among Michigan prisoners is less widespread than feared -- affecting an estimated 13.8 percent of the population -- a new study finds, but the state still needs millions to treat inmates at risk of developing liver failure, corrections officials say. (Click here for more) April 22, 2004 - Court rules death penalty okay in Wackenhut guard killing (AP) The state Supreme Court has ruled prosecutors can seek the death penalty for the killing of a guard in a privately operated prison. (Click here for more) April 22, 2004 - Pregnancy policy sought after PHS death (www.tbo.com) Hillsborough sheriff's Col. David Parrish agreed Wednesday to consider creating a standard operating procedure for treating pregnant inmates in county jails. (Click here for more) April 22, 2004 - 'Abuse' firm bids to buy Yarl's Wood (The Mirror) AN American firm linked with alleged human rights abuses is bidding to buy Yarl's Wood detention centre from Group 4. (Click here for more) April 21, 2004 - Group 4 murderer escapee
caught (Daily Record) AN ESCAPED Scots murderer was caught in London
yesterday after 11 days on the run. April 19, 2004 - CPC issue bumped up to leadership (Sptimes) There's more than money at stake as Florida lawmakers secret themselves away in state budget negotiations. (Click here for more) April 18, 2004 - Jail health firm to be sued over death (Palm Beach Post) Katrina Mueller's mother and father thought she was safe, at least -- off the streets and out of reach of heroin and crack cocaine. (Click here for more) April 17, 2004 - Troubled CCA warden replaced (Chattanoogan)
Tim Baltz, who was in his second tenure as warden of the Hamilton County
Workhouse, has resigned. April 17, 2004 - DOJ trouble for CSC (Baltimore Sun) With blistering language but only a mild threat of further legal action, the U.S. Justice Department has concluded that the violent conditions and substandard care at two Maryland juvenile detention centers are substantially violating the constitutional civil rights of the youths confined there. (Click here for more) April 16, 2004 - GEO inmate escapes (ABC.net) The operator of Junee private prison has dismissed concerns about the jail's security, after the escape of an inmate yesterday. (Click here for more) April 16, 2004 - For-profit investigated (AP) Federal authorities say they are investigating allegations that workers at a detention center have mistreated in mates. (Click here for more) April 15, 2004 - CSI loses contract (AP) San Miguel County officials have decided not to renew their contract with Correctional Systems Inc. to operate the county jail. (Click here for more) April 15, 2004 - Sheriff should rethink stance on jail death (Madison.com) There are no guarantees that Terrance Griffith, who died in the Dane County Jail Nov. 17, 2002, would have lived if he had gotten better treatment from jailers and the private firm that provides medical service in the jail. (Click here for more) April 13, 2004 - Cornell concedes pay issue (Zwire.com) A strike at the Wyatt Detention Facility that had been called for this morning was averted when union and management reached a three-year agreement late last week. (Click here for more) April 13, 2004 - For-profit transport on hold (thescotsman.com)
PLANS to use a private security firm at all of Scotland’s prisons have
been temporarily suspended following the mistaken release of a number of
prisoners, including a convicted murderer who is still on the run. April 12, 2004 - Inmates want state to run
prison (krnv.com) Nearly half of the 464 inmates at a privately run
state women's prison in North Las Vegas have signed a petition stating
conditions at the prison are unacceptable and the state should take over. April 12, 2004 - Questioning for-profit transport escape (BBC) The discussions follow a mix-up on Thursday which led to the mistaken release of a convicted murderer James McCormick was taken to Hamilton Sheriff Court by Reliance Custodial Services which began prisoner transport duties last week. (Click here for more) April 11, 2004 - Big trouble with for-profits (Orlando Sentinel) One of the most egregious child abusers in Florida is the very agency that's supposed to rehabilitate troubled youths: the state Department of Juvenile Justice. (Click here for more) April 9, 2004 - Poor care infects jail (Palm
Beach Post) An outbreak of highly contagious staph infections at the Palm
Beach County Jail has raised new questions about the performance of its
medical provider and also the administrative oversight of Sheriff Ed
Bieluch. April 9, 2004 - City concedes prison zoning was invalid (Pueblo Chieftain) The city of Pueblo has conceded that an ordinance passed by City Council last year, zoning a lot at the airport industrial park for construction of a private prison, is invalid. (Click here for more) April 8, 2004 - Deputy chastised for 911 call
in PHS investigation (Tampa Tribune) A sheriff's deputy assigned to
guard the infirmary at the Falkenburg Road Jail was scolded for calling
911 after an inmate gave birth while squatting over a jail toilet, records
released Wednesday show. April 8, 2004 - LaSalle prison needs more bond
money (The Bond Buyer) Backers
of a $22 million private jail in Texas near the border with Mexico
are proposing issuing an additional $4.5 million of revenue bonds to
cover
construction costs that have surpassed available funds. April 7, 2004 - Inmate death suit filed
against GEO (Delco Times) The family of a 43-year-old man who was
found hanging in his prison cell two days after a 2002 drug arrest filed
suit this week charging"reckless indifference" on the part of
Delaware County’s prison officials. April 7, 2004 - DA looks into criminal charges at LCS prison (AP) A Louisiana district attorney says he will pursue criminal charges against guards at a private prison over sexual contact with inmates from Alabama, The Birmingham News reported. (Click here for more) April 7, 2004 - Group 4 guards strike (The West.com) GUARDS at privately run Acacia Prison in Wooroloo remained on strike last night in a stand-off with prison management over the guards' claim of dangerously low numbers of staff and the suspension of a union delegate. (Click here for more) April 7, 2004 - Bay ponders new jail operator (The Time News) Bay County commissioners took a small and necessary step Tuesday toward bidding out the contract for operation of the county jail and annex — but they didn’t cross the Rubicon. (Click here for more) April 6, 2004 - Even more trouble for PHS (The Idaho Statesman) Department of Correction Director Tom Beauclair is disappointed in the contractor providing medical care to prison inmates and says his agency has launched three separate investigations into employees of Prison Health Services. (Click here for more) April 6, 2004 - Prison workers push for more staff (ABC.net) The union representing prison officers at the Acacia Prison east of Perth says workers will continue to press their claim for increased staffing levels. (Click here for more) April 5, 2004 - Inmate's complaints ring of desperation (Palm Beach Post) Inmate grievances obtained by The Palm Beach Post show just how powerless those incarcerated at the Palm Beach County Jail are in trying to get their medication. (Click here for more) April 5, 2004 - inmate rediagnosed, denied medicine (Palm Beach Post) After years of using cocaine to escape from the chaos in his head, Guy Giovia finally seemed to be getting his life under control. (Click here for more) April 4, 2004 - Medical care at jail questioned (Columbian) Donna Power says officers at the Clark County Jail abused her husband, Gale, by failing to provide his medication for several days after he was arrested. (Click here for more) April 2, 2004 - Attorney nearly loses arm to jail infection (Palm Beach Post) An outbreak of a potent staph infection at the Palm Beach County Jail is no longer isolated to just inmates: An assistant public defender contracted the disease. (Click here for more) April 2, 2004 - PHS fined often (The Tampa Tribune) The agency that provides health care services to Hillsborough County jail inmates has failed in key areas during numerous audits in the past year and been fined more than $112,045 as a result, according to documents obtained by The Tampa Tribune. (Click here for more) April 1, 2004 - Medicaid fraud costs company $5-million (St. Petersburg Times) The Attorney General's Office has reached a $5-million Medicaid fraud settlement with a company that provides or provided health services for some Florida prisons and county jails, including the Citrus County jail. (Click here for more) April 1, 2004 - Strike at Wyatt looms as
contract expires tonight (Journal) With a contract expiring at
midnight tonight, and no new contract in place, the Donald W. Wyatt
Detention Center is facing the possibility of a strike by its 73
correctional officers. (Click
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