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December 31, 2006 - Federal investigation requires Delaware to renovate prison health care The News Journal Delaware Correctional Center near Smyrna is among the Delaware prisons looking at major changes in inmate health care after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice found the prison system guilty of civil rights violations. (Click here for more) December 30, 2006 - Girlfriend says she gave inmate a ride east to help him escape St Petersburg Times How did a jail trusty manage to slip away from a work detail this week, elude a manhunt and get all the way to the east coast? He called his girlfriend. (Click here for more) December 29, 2006 - Two teen girls lead police on chase that ends in crash Lake County News-Sun Two teenage girls who escaped from Cornell Interventions in unincorporated Wauconda shortly before 2 a.m. Thursday were both charged with possession of a stolen vehicle after attempting to elude police in a chase. (Click here for more) December 29, 2006 - Inmate who walked off the job is captured 100 miles away St Petersburg Times Authorities captured the escaped Citrus County inmate at 5 p.m. Thursday, more than 100 miles from the Kensington Fire Station where he walked off a work detail the day before. (Click here for more) December 28, 2006 - Citrus inmate walks off job site St Petersburg Times A Citrus County inmate trusted to work outside the barbed wire walls of the jail remained on the lam Wednesday night after he walked off a job at a fire station earlier in the day. (Click here for more) December 26, 2006 - Ault prison plan hits bump Greeley Tribune After the state Department of Corrections pulled its contract with the GEO Group to build a prison in Pueblo, Ault residents wonder about GEO's proposed prison plans in their backyard. (Click here for more) December 25, 2006 - Records reveal details leading to indictment Juneau Empire In 2004, a privately owned Texas prison firm had a problem in Alaska. Its chain of halfway houses that took in prisoners under contract with the state Corrections Department was struggling. (Click here for more) December 22, 2006 - Pike Co. supervisors to advertise prison plans AP Pike County supervisors will run public notices about a proposed private prison in the Metro-Pike Industrial Park. (Click here for more) December 21, 2006 - Eloy unhappy with lower building tax for prisons in city Casa Grande Dispatch City officials are unhappy with the amount of money they are getting for the prisons being built. (Click here for more) December 20, 2006 - Inmate collapses, dies at jail Ocala Star-Banner An inmate at the Marion County Jail, who was known by the medical staff to have a life-threatening illness, died Monday. (Click here for more) December 20, 2006 - Jail health care workers call off two-day strike Mercury News Health care workers at two Alameda County jails late Monday night withdrew notice of a planned two-day strike that would have begun Tuesday, as negotiations continued to address staffing issues, according to a jail administrator. (Click here for more) December 19, 2006 - Detective 'knew' 1979 killing would be solved The Grand Rapids Press For most of Roger Van Liere's 29 years with the Holland Police Department, the 1979 killing of motel clerk Janet Chandler went unsolved. (Click here for more) December 18, 2006 - Law allows vote on prison Enterprise-Journal Pike County residents will get an opportunity to vote on a proposed prison if at least 1,500 voters sign petitions requesting a referendum, according to statute. (Click here for more) December 18, 2006 - Pike officials: No need for hearing on prison project AP Pike County officials have canceled a public hearing on a proposed prison, saying there is broad community support for the project. (Click here for more) December 17, 2006 - Ex-con meets reform halfway Tulsa World Brent VanMeter, a top-level state official until he was arrested six years ago, is now working for a company that runs halfway houses for inmates. (Click here for more) December 16, 2006 - State kills plan for Pueblo prison The Gazette State prison officials have canceled a contract for a new private prison in Pueblo, a move that casts doubt on how much Colorado will be able to rely on private prisons while it copes with a crowding crisis. (Click here for more) December 16, 2006 - State rescinds corrections contract offer to private prison ABC 7 News The state has cut off negotiations and rescinded a contract with developers planning to build a private prison in Pueblo. (Click here for more) December 15, 2006 - Groups highlight plight of jailed immigrant families American Statesman The T. Don Hutto Residential Center, a private detention facility in Taylor, is emblematic of new federal policy that detains all unauthorized immigrants from countries other than Mexico while the government determines whether they should be deported. (Click here for more) December 14, 2006 - Asylum seekers escape after dozy guards allowed cigarette break Daily Mail A failed asylum seeker is on the run after escaping deportation when he was allowed off a coach heading for the airport to have a cigarette. (Click here for more) December 14, 2006 - Two women sue D.C., alleging rape by jail guards Washington Post Two former female inmates at the D.C. Correctional Treatment Facility sued the District and jail officials last week, claiming that male guards took them to isolated parts of the jail and raped them. (Click here for more) December 14, 2006 - Prison project for Pueblo likely dead Pueblo Chieftain A three-year effort to build a private prison facility at the Pueblo Memorial Airport Industrial Park appears to be dead after the Colorado Department of Corrections and the prison company reached an impasse over guaranteed occupancies. (Click here for more) December 14, 2006 - Inquiry of
ex-prisons chief to go to DA Denver Post Results of an
investigation into former Colorado prisons director Nolin Renfrow's
conduct in office will be turned over to a district attorney early next
year, the Department of Corrections' inspector general said Wednesday. December 13, 2006 - Silverdale guards fired WTCV 9 Two guards at Silverdale have been fired for encouraging inmates to fight. (Click here for more) December 13, 2006 - Councilman rallies prison protest New York Daily News Springfield Gardens homeowners frustrated by the presence of a controversial federal prison in their neighborhood will have to wait a few more months, at least, for relief, a local politician has learned. (Click here for more) December 13, 2006 - Governor takes action against prison health care provider Santa Fe Reporter After two troubled years of administering health care in New Mexico’s prisons, Wexford Health Sources will lose its multimillion-dollar contract with the state. (Click here for more) December 13, 2006 - Audit questions role of ex-DOC chief in private prison pact Pueblo Chieftain A former top official for the Colorado Department of Corrections may have broken the law when he helped a private prison company win a state contract earlier this year, an audit revealed Tuesday. (Click here for more) December 13, 2006 - Private prison bid probed Rocky Mountain News A retired state prison official stands to be paid $1 million - and possibly face criminal charges - for helping a private prison company win a state bid while he was still working for the state. (Click here for more) December 12, 2006 - Silverdale corrections officers under investigation WTCV 9 Investigators are looking into claims the employees put inmates into a cell so that they would fight each other. (Click here for more) December 12, 2006 - Detainees in Baxter protest ABC News More than 30 detainees are reported to be staging a protest at the Baxter detention centre near Port Augusta in South Australia. (Click here for more) December 12, 2006 - Family seeks answers in jail inmate's death Charlotte Observer A 29-year-old man died while in custody at the Mecklenburg County jail over the weekend, and his family is concerned that he wasn't given prescription medication for the seizure disorder that apparently killed him. (Click here for more) December 12, 2006 - Prison officials zeroing in on contraband trade Delco Times Delaware County officials say they are closing in on a small group of crooked prison guards as they implement sweeping policy changes aimed at ending the contraband trade at the George W. Hill Correctional Facility. (Click here for more) December 12, 2006 - Bad prison care stole years, but not purpose, from an inmate's life Detroit Free Press Lloyd Byron Martell lies on a bed in Dearborn's Oakwood Hospital, sets the disc player above the colostomy bag on his stomach and slides on the headphones. (Click here for more) December 11, 2006 - Escaped W. Texas inmate caught after a week on the run AP An Idaho inmate who escaped a private West Texas prison was captured after a week on the run when authorities caught up to him at a ranch. (Click here for more) December 11, 2006 - Jailed ex-officer claims his custody inadequate Commercial Appeal A former Memphis police officer indicted for allegedly shaking down drug dealers is asking for $20 million in damages from federal marshals and a private prison facility where he is being held pending trial. (Click here for more) December 10, 2006 - Asylum riot firm hit by £5m penalty The Guardian The company running the detention centre at which hundreds of asylum seekers rioted last month is to be forced to pay the government more than £5m for a series of performance failures. (Click here for more) December 9, 2006 - Corrections employee sentenced for trafficking Hutchinson News A former Aramark Services employee who worked inside the Hutchinson Correctional Facility was sentenced to one year, three months in prison Friday for trying to bring methamphetamine inside the prison. (Click here for more) December 9, 2006 - Lobbyists, companies foot Crist's inaugural News-Press The biggest givers to Gov.-elect Charlie Crist's inaugural party are a petroleum company, a sugar company, a well-connected insurance lobbying firm and developers. (Click here for more) December 9, 2006 - Federal bribery case centers on link to prison firm lobbyist Anchorage Daily News State Rep. Tom Anderson pleaded not guilty Friday to a series of federal charges accusing him of selling his legislative office for $12,828 in bribes from a lobbyist representing private prison interests. (Click here for more) December 8, 2006 - Alabama governor getting new chief of staff for second term Ledger-Enquirer Gov. Bob Riley's chief of staff, Toby Roth, is leaving to become a lobbyist and will be replaced by Riley's senior adviser, Dave Stewart. (Click here for more) December 8, 2006 - Judge holds Mich. prisons in contempt for poor inmate health care WOOD TV 8 A federal judge on Thursday held the state Department of Corrections in contempt and threatened $2 million in fines unless it hires more physicians at Jackson prisons. (Click here for more) December 8, 2006 - Corrections center expansion delayed The Oklahoman A project by a private corrections company to expand its minimum-security center in Oklahoma City is in jeopardy after a state agency failed Thursday to act on its proposal to sell bonds to finance the deal. (Click here for more) December 8, 2006 - Grand jury indicts Alaska lawmaker on extortion, 7 counts Anchorage Daily News A federal grand jury has indicted an Alaska lawmaker on charges of extortion, conspiracy, bribery, and money laundering, federal officials said Friday. (Click here for more) December 7, 2006 - Jail medics seek an unbudgeted $500,000 The Capital Times Some Dane County Board supervisors are up in arms over a huge, unexpected cost increase in the health services contract for inmates at the Dane County Jail. (Click here for more) December 5, 2006 - Jail nurses contract talks grows contentious CBS 5 Healthcare workers negotiating a new contract with a firm that provides health services at two jails in Alameda County were threatening to give formal notice of a strike on Wednesday if talks failed to deliver an agreement tonight. (Click here for more) December 5, 2006 - Prison costs fuel Delco increase Philadelphia Enquirer Higher costs at the state's only privately managed prison are the major contributor to an $11.3 million, or 3.8 percent, increase in Delaware County's proposed 2007 general budget. (Click here for more) December 5, 2006 - Search on for Idaho inmate who escaped West Texas jail AP Texas authorities continue to search for an Idaho inmate who escaped from a privately-run prison in subfreezing temperatures. (Click here for more) December 4, 2006 - Search on for inmate who escaped West Texas jail AP West Texas authorities were searching in subfreezing temperatures late Sunday for an Idaho man who escaped from a privately operated prison in Spur. (Click here for more) December 3, 2006 - Crisis continues for mentally ill inmates Orlando Sentinel The plight of the mentally ill in Volusia County, reflecting conditions statewide and nationally, raises concerns about misplaced priorities, misguided efforts and the baseless hope that if we ignore the issue long enough, it will just go away. (Click here for more) December 2, 2006 - Prison Bid Challenged: Health Czar's Contract With Pharmacy Service Looks Like 'Cronyism,' U.S. Court is Told The Sacramento Bee California's prison health czar awarded a pharmacy management services contract two months ago "in blatant violation of California law, state competitive bidding requirements and fundamental principles of fair dealing," a losing bidder charged in papers filed this week in San Francisco federal court. (Click here for more) December 1, 2006 - FBI, Justice
asked to investigate inmate death in Portsmouth The
Virginian-Pilot Joseph Combs was sent to the City Jail in June and
died there six days later. Combs, 57 , died of severe dehydration and
acute pneumonia, with bipolar disorder contributing, according to the
medical examiner.
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