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August 30, 2007 - Bernalillo County's Regional Correctional Center conditions improving Albuquerque Tribune For months, allegations of filthy conditions, subpar medical attention and bad food have hung over the Regional Correctional Center in Downtown Albuquerque. (Click here for more) August 30, 2007 - Officials say community safe despite shortage Cibola Beacon The Beacon recently received several calls from residents concerned about the safety of the community because of the staff shortage in the areas prisons. (Click here for more) August 30, 2007 - Mother files suit over death of son The New Mexican The mother of a Chimayo man who hanged himself in the Santa Fe County jail two years ago is suing the County Commission, the sheriff and the firm that used to run the jail. (Click here for more) August 29, 2007 - Judge OKs deal for immigrant children's detention Houston Chronicle A federal judge on Wednesday approved a settlement between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and attorneys for illegal immigrant families housed at a Central Texas detention center. (Click here for more) August 29, 2007 - Murder trial: Prosecutor: In jail, ‘rats are taken care of’ New Mexican When his fellow inmates at the Santa Fe County jail asked why he was incarcerated, Dickie Ortega made an explosive statement that might have cost him his life, lawyers said Tuesday. (Click here for more) August 29, 2007 - Limestone prison to get 134 transfers The Huntsville Times The Alabama Department of Corrections said Tuesday that it will transfer 134 male inmates from a private Louisiana prison to the Limestone Correctional Facility as part of a cost-cutting measure. (Click here for more) August 28, 2007 - Willacy official questions contract Valley Morning Star Willacy County Commissioner Aurelio Guerra on Monday questioned a contract that could pay more than $27 million to the company that runs an illegal immigrant detention center here. (Click here for more) August 26, 2007 - Landmark settlement announced in federal lawsuit challenging conditions at immigrant detention center in Texas ACLU The American Civil Liberties Union today announced a landmark settlement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that greatly improves conditions for immigrant children and their families inside the T. Don Hutto detention center in Taylor, Texas. (Click here for more) August 26, 2007 - Cognetas can't get out of jails The Observer A possible sale or flotation of Global Solutions, which runs a number of Britain's prisons and detention centres, has been shelved by private equity owner Cognetas, according to City sources. (Click here for more) August 26, 2007 - Security guard jailed for faking £300K stick-up Sunday Mail A SECURITY van driver who claimed he was robbed by gunmen wearing fake Mexican moustaches has admitted lying to steal more than £300,000. (Click here for more) August 25, 2007 - Cornell may lay off 100 at Downtown jail Albuquerque Tribune The operator of Albuquerque's Downtown jail says it could lay off up to 100 of its 185 employees if the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency doesn't return its detainees to the lockup. (Click here for more) August 25, 2007 - More out-of-state prisoners unlikely, Daniels says AP The New Castle Correctional Facility likely has seen the last transfer of inmates from Arizona, according to Gov. Mitch Daniels and a state prison spokesman. (Click here for more) August 24, 2007 - Prison Operator Paid Lobbyist $120,000 AP Corrections Corp. of America, a company that designs, builds and manages prisons, paid Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLC $120,000 in the first half of 2007 to lobby the federal government, according to a disclosure form. (Click here for more) August 24, 2007 - Man indicted in fraud case has been involved in many public projects AP The Albuquerque businessman implicated in a courthouse construction scheme that cost taxpayers more than $4 million has worked on public projects around New Mexico for years. (Click here for more) August 24, 2007 - Juvenile facility fires 6 for abuse Commercial Appeal The private corrections company that operates the Shelby Training Center has fired six employees after two 15-year-old boys said they were mistreated two weeks ago. (Click here for more) August 23, 2007 - Lawsuit filed in jail death Charlotte Observer Prison Health Services, Gaston County and Sheriff Alan Cloninger are being sued in the 2004 death of a jail inmate who suffered a seizure in his cell. (Click here for more) August 23, 2007 - Psych help at jail criticized Rochester Democrat and Chronicle A state commission has concluded that a private company gave inadequate mental health treatment to a teenager who hanged himself in Monroe County Jail. (Click here for more) August 23, 2007 - Private prison project scrapped BBC Plans for a £100m prison to be run by the private sector have been scrapped, Scottish ministers have said. (Click here for more) August 22, 2007 - Val Verde jail's puzzling ailments not connected San Antonio Express-News Fears of a mysterious outbreak at a corrections facility here were allayed somewhat Wednesday, when area officials were told that four inmates who became ill with similar symptoms around the same time did not appear to have the same disease. (Click here for more) August 22, 2007 - Exclusive: Medical staff speaks about care of Duval inmate First Coast News First Coast News has obtained statements from medical staff in charge of the care of John Laughon while at the Duval County jail. (Click here for more) August 21, 2007 - Broward, Palm Beach County inmates' HIV care under scrutiny South Florida Sun-Sentinel Some HIV-positive jail inmates in Broward and Palm Beach counties needlessly go for weeks or even months without getting any HIV/AIDS drugs, defense attorneys and advocates said. But jail health officials sharply denied the charge. (Click here for more) August 21, 2007 - Suspected illegals arrested at courthouse work site News-Herald Seven suspected illegal immigrants were arrested Tuesday at a county work site. (Click here for more) August 21, 2007 - 1 in 3 transfers to prison here was violent Indianapolis Star One-third of the Arizona inmates transferred to serve their sentences in an Indiana prison are violent criminals, including 25 who were convicted of murder, according to new data from state prison officials. (Click here for more) August 20, 2007 - 2 prisoners flee transport van; both rearrested Arizona Star Authorities Sunday night caught the second of two convicted sex offenders who escaped in the afternoon from a private interstate prisoner transport van near I-10 and Cortaro Road, a Marana Police Department spokesman said. (Click here for more) August 19, 2007 - Suspension for two warders at HMP Bowhouse Sunday Mail TWO senior prison officers have been suspended - one over her relationship with a con and another for allegedly taking bets on when an inmate with cancer would die. (Click here for more) August 18, 2007 - Jail doc’s past in question Times-Tribune The Lackawanna County Prison’s medical director was fired from a similar post at a Pittsburgh-based health care services company in 1999 in an apparent dispute over a new treatment for hepatitis C in state prisons the company served. (Click here for more) August 18, 2007 - Prisoners sent to Mississippi Sacramento Bee California corrections officials have begun sending hundreds of foreign national inmates against their will to a private prison in Mississippi as part of a stepped-up, out-of-state transfer plan. (Click here for more) August 17, 2007 - Prison Health Services loses contract Tennessean America Service Group Inc. said Thursday that its Prison Health Services subsidiary would lose its contract with the Alabama Department of Corrections. (Click here for more) August 16, 2007 - Prison put under indefinite lockdown Star-Telegram Inmates of a privately run, minimum-security prison in Mineral Wells remained under indefinite lockdown Wednesday, two days after a disturbance that lasted about 3 1/2 hours, officials said. (Click here for more) August 15, 2007 - Ex-inmate sues over cancer care Tampa Tribune A former Hillsborough County jail inmate who had cervical cancer filed a federal lawsuit Monday saying the sheriff's former medical provider allowed her to bleed and suffer for weeks before sending her to a hospital. (Click here for more) August 15, 2007 - Lopez indicted on three counts San Antonio Express-News Bexar County Sheriff Ralph Lopez was indicted Thursday on three misdemeanor criminal charges related to benefits he allegedly took from a jail contractor, but the four-term officeholder avoided the indignity of getting booked into his own jail. (Click here for more) August 15, 2007 - 300 detainees ill; tainted food suspected Seattle Times About 300 immigrants being held at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma spent the early part of this week recovering from suspected food poisoning. (Click here for more) August 15, 2007 - Court sees video of jail bashing The Age GUARDS did not step in as a prisoner bashed another inmate — at one stage wiping blood from his boots with a towel before continuing to kick his victim in the head as he lay on the ground — in a brutal 14- minute attack at the Melbourne Custody Centre on September 9, 2005. (Click here for more) August 14, 2007 - 28 charged in April riot at IN prison AP More than two dozen inmates face charges stemming from an April riot that broke out after hundreds of out-of-state prisoners were transferred to a privately run prison. (Click here for more) August 14, 2007 - Inmates questioned about disturbance Star-Telegram Dozens of inmates who were eligible to be considered for parole are facing the possibility of more prison time following a disturbance Monday night at a private correctional facility in Parker County. (Click here for more) August 14, 2007 - Disturbance reported at Mineral Wells private prison AP A disturbance broke out tonight among inmates at a private prison facility in Mineral Wells when the inmates refused to leave the recreation yard and return to their housing units. (Click here for more) August 12, 2007 - New team will probe mysterious jail deaths in Del Rio San Antonio Express-News A new medical team, including federal disease experts, is expected to arrive here this week to try and find the cause of the mysterious illness that has killed two inmates and hospitalized two others from the Val Verde County jail. (Click here for more) August 11, 2007 - Gang smuggled drugs into private jail Northampton Chronicle An organised gang who smuggled drugs into a privately-run prison in Northamptonshire have been warned to expect long prison sentences. (Click here for more) August 12, 2007 - Mainland prison slammed Star Bulletin The heads of the education and addiction-treatment programs at a private Arizona prison holding Hawaii inmates abruptly quit their jobs complaining of poor management, inadequate facilities and lack of staffing. (Click here for more) August 11, 2007 - Jail CEO explains setbacks Albuquerque Tribune The head of Cornell Companies Inc. says Bernalillo County's Downtown jail wasn't one of the company's "best" as it struggled with management turnover, failed to meet the needs of a federal immigration agency and earlier this month lost the agency as its main customer. (Click here for more) August 10, 2007 - Officer says vodka he brought to jail was for himself Beaumont Enterprise A corrections officer accused of trying to bring vodka into the downtown Beaumont jail was indicted Thursday by a Jefferson County grand jury. (Click here for more) August 9, 2007 - Fatal Del Rio jail illness baffles authorities San Antonio Express-News A mysterious illness at a Del Rio detention center that has killed two inmates and hospitalized two others within the past month has baffled health authorities, who have asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for help. (Click here for more) August 8, 2007 - Mother of Idaho inmate who killed himself in Texas files claim AP The mother of an Idaho inmate who killed himself in a dilapidated private Texas prison earlier this year has filed a $500,000 claim against Idaho, contending the state's Department of Correction is responsible for "inhumane treatment and illegal and unconstitutional conditions of confinement" that contributed to his death. (Click here for more) August 7, 2007 - Ministers knew migrant centre risks The Times Ministers were warned less than two weeks ago that an immigration centre from which 14 men are on the run was unsuitable for holding them. (Click here for more) August 6, 2007 - Judge pulls children from Tenn. facility AP A Pennsylvania family court judge has begun removing troubled Philadelphia children from a controversial treatment center in Montgomery County, Tenn., where a 17-year-old resident died after a confrontation with staff. (Click here for more) August 5, 2007 - Prisoner sues over obscene sausage 'prank' The Ages A PRISONER who was allegedly hurt and humiliated by an obscene practical joke, known in prison circles as "Sausagegate", is suing the private operator of Port Phillip Prison at Laverton. Kirk Steven Ardern, 27, has lodged a writ in the County Court seeking damages for physical and psychological injuries suffered during the incident on May 22, 2005. (Click here for more) August 5, 2007 - Center's abuses didn't deter DHS Philadelphia Inquirer In March 2005, a man called the Philadelphia child-abuse hotline with a warning: His coworkers were using "improper and illegal" force against city youngsters sent to the Chad Youth Enhancement Center. (Click here for more) August 5, 2007 - TN. faults facility in teen's death Philadelphia Inquirer Tennessee regulators have concluded that a center for troubled children needlessly provoked the confrontation that led to the death in June of a 17-year-old Philadelphia teen. (Click here for more) August 3, 2007 - Prison guard charged in attempted luring Delco Times A guard at the George W. Hill Correctional Facility (Run by Geo Private Prison) was arrested early Thursday, charged with attempting to lure two teenage girls into his car, Chief John Finnegan confirmed Thursday night. (Click here for more) August 3, 2007 - Jefferson County jail sued over 2006 suicide Courier-Journal The family of a man who committed suicide at Metro Corrections in June 2006 filed a lawsuit today against the director of the jail and its health services provider, claiming they were negligent in preventing the 48-year-old’s death. (Click here for more) August 3, 2007 - Detainees' hunger strike on hold BBC Detainees at an Oxfordshire detention centre are suspending their ongoing hunger strike while they wait for a response from the Home Office. (Click here for more) August 2, 2007 - Federal detainees moving out of jail Albuquerque Tribune Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to pull all of its inmates out of the Regional Correctional Center, a spokesman for the company that runs the Downtown jail said on Aug. 2. (Click here for more) August 2, 2007 - Detention center food problems KGBT TV4 Allegations of spoiled food and air conditioning problems, and no, we're not talking about Food 4 Thought. (Click here for more) August 1, 2007 - Asylum seeker on the run from Yarl's Wood Bedford Today An asylum seeker is on the run after giving her guards the slip on Tuesday as she was escorted from Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre. (Click here for more) August 1, 2007 - Operation of Wyatt prison changes hands Providence Journal The Central Falls Detention Facility Corp. today takes over the management of the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility from Texas-based Cornell Corrections. (Click here for more) August 1, 2007 - Concern over mentally ill in jail BBC News
The presence of mentally ill prisoners in HMP Parc, Wales's only private
jail is a "constant concern," according to a new report.
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