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December 31, 2005 - To play, you pay, lobbyist reveals Journal Sentinel Lobbyist Bill Broydrick testified in 2002 about how Chuck Chvala, the former Senate majority leader, solicited lobbyists and their clients for contributions. (Click here for more) December 30, 2005 - Suspects change pleas in prisoner murder case The Free Press Three of the four people charged in connection with the killing of an inmate in 2004 at Central North Correctional Centre have pleaded guilty to lesser charges. (Click here for more) December 30, 2005 - Proposed private prison provokes controversy Imperial Valley Press The prospect of placing a privately owned and operated prison here has stirred some local unions and created controversy in the community. (Click here for more) December 30, 2005 - Man dies after jail fight in Texarkana Baxter Bulletin An inmate at the Bi-State Jail died early Wednesday after having a fight with another inmate at the jail, authorities say. (Click here for more) December 30, 2005 - A Villawood staff member has been accused of intimidating detainees ABC Alarming new allegations have emerged from the Villawood detention centre of intimidation and violence against detainees. (Click here for more) December 30, 2005 - State prison escapees sentenced Billings Gazette The last two of four prisoners who broke out of a prison transport van at a fast-food restaurant here last year have been sentenced to more prison time for the escape. (Click here for more) December 30, 2005 - Rejected contractor not finished with Bay County Jail News Herald Emerald Correctional Management LLC still wants the contract for Bay County's jail projects and has requested extensive documents related to the county's decision to negotiate with another firm. (Click here for more) December 30, 2005 - Detainee on hunger strike alleges corruption The Age Detainees at Sydney's Villawood detention centre have accused a senior staff member of running a drug trafficking business. (Click here for more) December 29, 2005 - Four fired from Alexander lockup Benton Courier A report on the escape of two 17-year-old prisoners in the state youth lockup at Alexander says guards sleeping on the job was one of the reasons the boys were able to break free. (Click here for more) December 28, 2005 - Prison visitor carrying drugs gets probation Cushing Daily Citizen A visitor to Cushing's private prison who was arrested after a drug dog hit on her hands during a narcotics checkpoint inside the facility has been placed on probation for five years. (Click here for more) December 28, 2005 - Sheriff cites new problem with county jail's operator St Petersburg Times Failure by the company that operates the Hernando County Jail to comply with a statewide electronic fingerprinting system for prisoners has Sheriff Richard Nugent pointing his finger - the old-fashioned, accusatory way. (Click here for more) December 27, 2005 - Report summary not enough to tie up loose ends Daily Bulletin San Bernardino County's synopsis of a five-month-long investigation into county land deals, including the $31.2 million purchase of a private jail in Adelanto, frowns on the actions of former Assemblyman Brett Granlund, R-Yucaipa. (Click here for more) December 26, 2005 - Evaluation of medical care provider in City's jails is questioned New York Times During the five years that a profit-making company, Prison Health Services, has provided medical care in New York City's jails, city health officials have assured the public that they were closely monitoring its work. (Click here for more) December 26, 2005 - County lacks contract for jail Albuquerque Journal Bernalillo County still doesn't have a valid contract with the private company running the Downtown jail- even though it opened 11/2 years ago. (Click here for more) December 26, 2005 - Mainland prison fight probed Honolulu Advertiser Acting Public Safety Director Frank Lopez has ordered a prison system internal affairs investigation into a violent disturbance in a Mississippi prison earlier this year that resulted in injuries to two Hawai'i inmates. (Click here for more) December 23, 2005 - Lobbyist didn't disclose ties to firm, probe finds Los Angles Times One of San Bernardino County's Sacramento lobbyists encouraged county officials to buy a jail in Adelanto without disclosing that he worked for the jail's owner, a county investigation has found. (Click here for more) December 22, 2005 - Jail inmate goes untreated, ends up in intensive care Sarasota Herald-Tribune Orestes "Rusty" Rendon started his 90-day sentence for driving without a license at the Sarasota County jail. (Click here for more) December 22, 2005 - Backlog of arrest filings a concern Hernando Today Sheriff Richard Nugent says there's a serious problem at the Hernando County Jail - one that could jeopardize public safety. (Click here for more) December 22, 2005 - Couple indicted in drug scheme The Oklahoman A former inmate at a private prison and his wife have been charged for their alleged involvement in a drug-smuggling ring. (Click here for more) December 22, 2005 - Family sues over suicide in detention The Age THE family of a Tongan man who died in controversial circumstances at the Maribyrnong detention centre five years ago has launched a damages action against the Immigration Department and the centre's former operators. (Click here for more) December 22, 2005 - Jail system's failure linked to prison killing The Age THE murder of a prisoner was "a travesty" that happened at a time of inadequate supervision and searches at the Fulham Correctional Centre, a coroner has found. (Click here for more) December 21, 2005 - Inmates attack prison staff during inspection The Guardian Inmates threw a bucket of excrement over prison staff as government inspectors toured a privately-run jail, it emerged today. (Click here for more) December 21, 2005 - County working on deal with CCA News Herald Bay County plans to stick with Corrections Corporation of America to run its jails and build the jail annex addition. (Click here for more) December 21, 2005 - Death raises questions about safety of inmates St Petersburg Times The people at Corrections Corporation of America, the private company that Hernando County taxpayers have hired to run the county jail, apparently are not concerned about the safety of prisoners incarcerated there. (Click here for more) December 21, 2005 - Private prison where 40% of prisoners are on drugs The Times A PRIVATELY run jail is out of control, with high levels of assaults and a culture on the wings of drug abuse, according to a highly critical report published today. (Click here for more) December 20, 2005 - County looks to save health costs at jail The Daily Nonpareil Pottawattamie County spends more than $650,000 a year on health care for inmates at the county jail, but a new way to save money might become a reality early next year. (Click here for more) December 18, 2005 - Do some Louisiana good ol' boys really have a shot at the jail contract? News Herald To pair as "jail project contenders" Emerald Correctional Management and Corrections Corporation of America, as did a Nov. 22 News Herald headline, is akin to pairing as boxing-ring "contenders" Pee Wee Herman and Muhammad Ali. (Click here for more) December 17, 2005 - MTC pays 393 employees $169,105 in back wages Deseret News The U.S. Department of Labor announced Friday that Management & Training Corp., headquartered in Centerville, has paid $169,105 in back wages to 393 employees at five locations in Utah, Indiana, Ohio and New Mexico. (Click here for more) December 16, 2005 - Dion continues battle against private jail The Mirror A local woman has taken her fight to Queen's Park to have Central North Correctional Centre publicly operated. (Click here for more) December 16, 2005 - Financing for Bay jail expansion debated News Herald Emerald Correctional Management LLC says its method for financing jail expansion will help save the county at least $20 million compared to Corrections Corporation of America's payment option. (Click here for more) December 16, 2005 - No jail privatization, says sheriff Commercial Appeal Shelby County Sheriff Mark Luttrell and Mayor A C Wharton said Thursday they will not support any proposal to privately manage the county's jail and prison populations. (Click here for more) December 16, 2005 - 2 guards fired, 1 quits after escape Clarion Ledger Two guards have been terminated and a supervisor resigned in the wake of the October escape of two inmates serving life sentences for murder at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility in Meridian. (Click here for more) December 15, 2005 - Exporting prisoners short-term solution Bismarck Tribune Until everyone sentenced by the state justice system can serve their prison time in facilities in North Dakota, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation will face the quandary of where to place all the inmates. (Click here for more) December 15, 2005 - Taxes to rise if county still runs jail Pittsburgh Post Gazette It is, essentially, a tale of 2 mills. If the Beaver County commissioners get a Massachusetts firm to run the county jail, or if they strike an equivalent deal with the union representing jail workers, they expect to pass a budget with no tax increase. (Click here for more) December 15, 2005 - New asylum seeker centre safeguards Virgin.net New safeguards are to be introduced after evidence of racism was uncovered at an asylum seeker detention centre. (Click here for more) December 15, 2005 - Privatization gets a no and a maybe Commercial Appeal Shelby County government administrators have determined privatization of the Correction Center would not save taxpayers money -- in fact the county could lose money. (Click here for more) December 15, 2005 - Another stabbing at Arcadia center Sun Herald It was 42-year-old George Williams' hobby to tend to a patch of flowers outside his dormitory at the Florida Civil Commitment Center. (Click here for more) December 14, 2005 - Report: No drugs in inmate's system Hernando Today The medical examiner's office has released the toxicology results and cause of death in the case of Hernando County Jail inmate Daniel Warren, who died Nov. 2 in a cell after presumably strangling himself with a bed sheet. (Click here for more) December 14, 2005 - Prison van escapee gets ten years Independent Record Last week, a Helena District Court judge tacked 10 years onto the 90-year sentence already being served by a convicted murderer who escaped from a prison transport van parked outside of a Helena Burger King in 2004. (Click here for more) December 13, 2005 - American Service Group fires two executives in accounting probe Tennessean Brentwood-based America Service Group Inc. said today that it has fired two people in connection with an ongoing investigation into the billing practices of its prison pharmacy subsidiary. (Click here for more) December 13, 2005 - Former inmate who had miscarriage in prison has civil suit thrown out Bonita Daily News A former Lee County Jail inmate who miscarried less than two weeks after first reporting medical problems cannot take her case to trial because she didn't follow internal grievance procedures, a federal judge has ruled. (Click here for more) December 12, 2005 - Probe into jail death continues Hernando Today Sue Coleman is convinced her son, 39-year old shrimper Daniel Ray Warren, didn't hang himself in jail. (Click here for more) December 12, 2005 - Tutwiler Prison care on the mend Birmingham News It's been a year since Tutwiler Prison's health care became subject to quarterly visits from a court monitor, Illinois Dr. Michael Puisis. (Click here for more) December 11, 2005 - Former employee decries jail health care Gwinnett Daily Post The death of a cancer patient at the Gwinnett County Detention Center has touched off an avalanche of complaints by other inmates about substandard health care. (Click here for more) December 11, 2005 - Inmate's death brought end to week of torment Hernando Today Daniel Ray Warren spent just seven days in the Hernando County Jail, long enough to bring out the worst in some of his fellow inmates. (Click here for more) December 10, 2005 - Autopsy contradicts inmates' account Gwinnett Daily Post Information in the medical files of a leukemia patient who died at the Gwinnett County Detention Center in October conflicts with her cellmates' allegations that the woman was repeatedly denied hospitalization, according to autopsy records released Friday. (Click here for more) December 10, 2005 - Dominic Reddick captured WSAV The U.S. Marshals Service has confirmed that Dominic Reddick is in custody. (Click here for more) December 10, 2005 - Teens nabbed 9 hours after escape Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Two 17-yearold boys face adult prison time, and a private corrections company suspended five employees without pay after an early Friday morning escape from the Alexander Youth Services Center near Bryant. (Click here for more) December 9, 2005 - Can't ignore inmate health, safety Atlanta Journal-Constitution Whenever a prison inmate dies in custody - especially when the death may have been the result of inadequate medical care delivered by a for-profit company - the public deserves to know what happened and why. (Click here for more) December 8, 2005 - Corrections officer jumped, beaten at county jail St Petersburg Times In eight months at the Hernando County Jail, Tommy Lee has punched out two inmates, mutilated himself, flooded his living quarters and smashed out the windows of his cell. (Click here for more) December 8, 2005 - County: escapees' argument 'a matter of grammer' Independent Record Lewis and Clark County prosecutors discount a recent argument by public defenders that two men who bailed out of a prison transport van outside a Helena Burger King last year should receive a new trial based on a legal technicality. (Click here for more) December 8, 2005 - Prison price draws query News Herald A police union wants to know whether state officials and a private company gave themselves financial wiggle room in their plan to build and operate a prison in Graceville. (Click here for more) December 7, 2005 - Comptroller says delayed security contracts put state employees at risk WWTI Delays in issuing contracts for guard services continues to raise the security risks for state employees and people visiting state buildings while wasting taxpayer funds. (Click here for more) December 7, 2005 - Suit filed in Gwinnett jail Taser death Atlanta Journal-Constitution Attorneys for a man who died after a Taser-related scuffle at the Gwinnett County jail today filed a wrongful death lawsuit. (Click here for more) December 7, 2005 - Mother files lawsuit over suicide at county prison York Daily Record A woman whose son, Michael Herman, 19, committed suicide in a solitary-confinement cell at York County Prison on Jan. 6, 2004, has filed a wrongful death and discrimination lawsuit in federal court. (Click here for more) December 7, 2005 - 'Slippage' at state prison Casper Star-Tribune An independent audit of health care provided to inmates at the Wyoming State Penitentiary blamed problems in timeliness and record keeping on the process of changing private contractors. (Click here for more) December 7, 2005 - Bullitt trials delayed for 3 charged in abuse of McDonald's employee Courier-Journal The trials of the three people charged in connection with the sexual humiliation of a teenage McDonald's employee in Bullitt County during a hoax last year have been postponed. (Click here for more) December 7, 2005 - Suits hound health-care firm Atlanta Journal-Constitution A Tennessee company responsible for providing care to Gwinnett County jail inmates has faced a litany of lawsuits in at least four states in recent years. (Click here for more) December 6, 2005 - State can no longer ship prisoners to Minnesota AP A private prison in Minnesota can no longer take inmates from North Dakota, the North Dakota prison warden says. (Click here for more) December 6, 2005- Search continues for inmate Orlando Sentinel Law officers continued to search today for an Orange County Jail inmate who escaped Monday while being transported for a court hearing in Alachua County. (Click here for more) December 6, 2005 - County council budget holds tax line Atlanta Journal-Constitution While several Delaware County municipalities are planning to levy a new $52 tax on their workers and increase property taxes for their residents, county government is eyeing the same slice of your pie. (Click here for more) December 6, 2005 - Sheriff pledges analysis of death Atlanta Journal-Constitution Gwinnett's sheriff promised a thorough investigation Monday into an inmate's death, which prompted two cellmates to allege inadequate medical response. (Click here for more) December 6, 2005 - Jail builder faces open records suit News Herald A South Florida company hired to build a prison in Graceville and recently scolded for overbilling the state now faces allegations that it violated the Sunshine Law by withholding public records. (Click here for more) December 6, 2005 - Employment of detainees 'slave labour' The Australian A COURT will decide today whether the Immigration Department and a private prison company acted criminally in employing detainees as "slave labourers" and paying them in phone cards and cigarettes. (Click here for more) December 5, 2005 - Tag firm 'loses' lag No2 The Sun A CRIMINAL was allowed to roam free after a second blunder by a jail tagging firm. (Click here for more) December 5, 2005 - Prison medical provider loses three top officials WCAX Three top officials have resigned from the private company that provides health care services in Vermont's prisons. (Click here for more) December 5, 2005 - Poor care alleged in inmate's death Atlanta Journal-Constitution Two Gwinnett Detention Center inmates are alleging that shoddy medical treatment contributed to the death of their cellmate. (Click here for more) December 4, 2005 - Officials flourish in Florida sunshine Pittsburg Tribune The Sunshine State seems to exert a magnetic-like pull on some of Pennsylvania's most powerful politicians. (Click here for more) December 3, 2005 - Trade publication sues over prison records Ft Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel A trade publication marketed to prisoners sued Boca Raton-based The Geo Group Friday, alleging that the company, which runs three private Florida prisons, is denying access to public records because they contain information critical of the company. (Click here for more) December 2, 2005 - Woman recounts giving birth alone in jail The Capital Kari Parsons said she can still hear her own screams when she sleeps, days after she delivered a baby alone in a county jail cell. (Click here for more) December 2, 2005 - Lawyers: Escape verdicts improper Billings Gazette The lawyers for two men who bailed out of a prison transport van outside a Helena Burger King, sparking a manhunt in a neighborhood last year, are asking the trial judge to set aside a guilty verdict recently handed down by a jury in the case. (Click here for more) December 2, 2005 - Ex-prison super heads to trial for sexual assault Delco Times The former Delaware County prison supervisor charged with sexually assaulting a female inmate waived his preliminary hearing Thursday. (Click here for more) December 2, 2005 - Trial date set for inmate accused of killing another inmate KOTV An update on a riot at a private prison in Cushing earlier this year, where one inmate was killed. (Click here for more) December 2, 2005 - Groups clamor for divestment from prison company Yale Daily News Around 100 Yale students and faculty members gathered at Beinecke Plaza on Thursday afternoon to hear faculty members denounce Yale's investment in the Corrections Corporation of America, a private prison-operating company. (Click here for more) December 2, 2005 - Prison company investment at issue Hartford Courant A small part of Yale University's $15 billion endowment has been invested in the largest private prison company in the country - a revelation that has led to calls from some students and professors for Yale to divest for ethical reasons. (Click here for more) December 1, 2005 - Woman gives birth in jail The Capital A 25-year-old inmate at the Jennifer Road Detention Center delivered a baby boy in her cell Sunday afternoon, a jail official confirmed yesterday. (Click here for more) December 1, 2005 - Adelanto jail cost dips due to delays San Bernardino Sun The county's newest jail will cost several hundred thousand dollars less than expected because the owner failed to meet the agreed-upon completion deadline. (Click here for more) December 1, 2005 - Officials are concerned over land condemnation Cedartown Standard At a meeting with state Sen. Bill Heath and state Rep. Bill Cummings, county commissioners expressed concerns over proposed legislation that would expand the power of inverse condemnation. Commissioners also voiced their concerns over state funding for prisoners housed in county jails. (Click here for more)
December 1, 2005 - Faulty intercom has inmate die a lonely death The
Age A JAIL inmate who died from an asthma attack at the weekend left a
note telling authorities he had tried to get help but his calls went
unanswered due to a faulty intercom system. (Click
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