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December 29, 2007 - Settlement sealed in lawsuit against state Rutland Herald The proposed settlement in a wrongful death suit against the state has been sealed. (Click here for more) December 28, 2007 - 55 Idaho inmates sidetracked during move from Texas prison AP Fifty-five Idaho inmates who were moved out of a troubled Texas prison on Thursday have been forced by a contract delay to make a temporary stop before going to their final destination, a lockup near the Mexican border. (Click here for more) December 27, 2007 - Resolving CCA tax Casa Grande Valley News As of the last City Council meeting on Dec. 17, it looked like the city of Eloy and Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) were finally settling on the construction tax dispute for the Saguaro Prison after a year's worth of negotiations. (Click here for more) December 27, 2007 - Warden at Albuquerque's Regional Correctional Center beefing up security Albuquerque Tribune Calvin Morton started making changes in his new job as warden at the Regional Correctional Center right at the front door - literally. (Click here for more) December 27, 2007 - Prison search reveals cell phones Times-Dispatch A surprise shakedown this month at Virginia's only private prison turned up a half-dozen cell phones. (Click here for more) December 22, 2007 - DPS seeks money for role in capture of prison escapees East Valley Tribune Arizona for the first time is using a state law that allows police agencies to recover costs in capturing people who escape from private prisons. (Click here for more) December 21, 2007 - Inmate cuts throat on razor wire during escape KFDM KFDM News has learned a man cut his throat on razor wire while trying to escape Friday from the Fillyaw Correctional Center in Newton County. (Click here for more) December 20, 2007 - Closure of jail adds to problem of overcrowding The Bellingham Herald Officials say the recent closure of a privately run minimum-security jail facility will have little financial impact on taxpayers but it could make the county's crowded jails even more cramped. (Click here for more) December 19, 2007 - Audit bus security, sheriff urges Journal Sentinel Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. has called for an audit of Wackenhut Corp., claiming the company is doing a poor job despite its nearly $1 million-a-year contract to provide security on county bus routes. (Click here for more) December 18, 2007 - Cognetas sells Global Solutions for GBP 355 million Yahoo Business Wire Cognetas, an independent mid-market pan-European private equity firm specialising in complex deals, today announces the sale of Global Solutions (GSL) for £355 million to G4S. (Click here for more) December 16, 2007 - Health care quality at Marion County Jail raises complaints, questions Star-Banner Thoughts of suicide began to form in James Johnson's mind. He felt nauseous. He couldn't sleep. He was confused. (Click here for more) December 14, 2007 - A changing of the guard... literally Patriot-News Wackenhut, one of the largest security firms in the world, just lost its contract to protect 10 nuclear power plants. (Click here for more) December 13, 2007 - Inmate found dead in private jail BBC A prisoner has been found dead in his cell at Scotland's private prison, the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has said. (Click here for more) December 13, 2007 - Prison guards sacked over conduct breaches Herald Sun MORE than 20 prison guards have been sacked for sleeping on the job, getting too close to inmates and other protocol breaches over the past two years. (Click here for more) December 12, 2007 - Senator Clinton cosponsors legislation to improve transparency and accountability at private prisons All American Patriots Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton today co-sponsored the Private Prison Information Act of 2007, legislation introduced by Senator Joe Lieberman to increase transparency and accountability at private prisons. (Click here for more) December 11, 2007 - Geo Group draws ire of speakers Laredo Morning Times The violation of GEO Group policies by some of its employees, which court documents allege led to the suicides of former inmates in GEO-run prisons, should be reasonable to expect from a company that employs 10,000 people worldwide. (Click here for more) December 11, 2007 - Drug supply prison guard jailed BBC Gordon Hacker, of Corbett Street, Rugby, admitted conspiring to smuggle cannabis into HMP Rye Hill between November 2004 and April 2005. (Click here for more) December 11, 2007 - Female guard slightly injured in attack at detention facility AP Inmates from Idaho housed at a private West Texas detention facility could face new charges following an attack on a female guard. (Click here for more) December 11, 2007 - Deal reached in state private-prison dispute News-Press A company that runs three prisons for the state has agreed to pay more than $1.5 million — about 42 cents on the disputed dollar — to settle a long-running controversy over staffing levels and equipment purchases. (Click here for more) December 11, 2007 - Family sues over jailed man's death Daytona Beach News-Herald The family of a mentally retarded and physically ill man who walked into the Volusia County Branch Jail -- but was released in deteriorated condition a few months later to die at a nursing home -- has filed a lawsuit against the county and the company that provides health care for inmates. (Click here for more) December 11, 2007 - Advocates file complaint over detained immigrant child AP Immigrant advocates have filed complaints over an 8-year-old girl who was separated from her pregnant mother by immigration authorities and left without her for four days at a detention center established to hold families together. (Click here for more) December 10, 2007 - Investigators raid Wackenhut's headquarters NBC TV6 Miami-Dade and federal investigators raided the headquarters Friday night of one of the county's largest government contractors. (Click here for more) December 10, 2007 - Czechs propose international arrest warrant for thief of millions Czech Happenings The state attorney in charge of the case of Frantisek Prochazka, former employee of G4S security agency, whom the police suspect of stealing 560 million crowns from the agency, has proposed to issue an international arrest warrant for him, Stepanka Zenklova from the Prague State Attorney's Office told CTK today. (Click here for more) December 10, 2007 - Cooks faulted in outbreak The News Tribune Hundreds of detainees were sick. Many complained of severe abdominal cramps and diarrhea. (Click here for more) December 10, 2007 - From inmate's daughter to suicide at the same prison Boston Globe She was born in the fall of 1968, shortly after her mother, an inmate at MCI-Framingham, went into labor at the state's only prison for women. (Click here for more) December 7, 2007 - Wackenhut Workers at Tennessee's Holston Army Ammunition Plant Awarded $2.5 PR Newswire Checks, ranging from $200 to $50,000, were distributed to 280 employees at the Holston Army Ammunition Plant this week. (Click here for more) December 6, 2007 - Lawsuit settlement reached in 'gladiator" case WTCV A former prisoner at a Hamilton County detention center who claimed officers forced him to beat up other inmates has settled a lawsuit for an undisclosed amount. (Click here for more) December 6, 2007 - 7 sue firm, cite abuse by guard at TYC facility Dallas Morning News Seven former and current inmates have filed a lawsuit against a private prison company, alleging abuse by a registered sex offender who worked as a night-shift guard at a troubled West Texas lockup that is now closed. (Click here for more) December 5, 2007 - Corrections veteran hired by prison operator Austin American Statesman Gary Johnson, the former head of Texas’ prison system, has been hired as a regional vice president for a Florida-based operator of private prisons that became mired in controversy two months ago over conditions at a West Texas youth lockup. (Click here for more) December 5, 2007 - Record heist nets half a billion Kč The Prague Post Police are searching for a security agency employee who took a record 560 million Kč ($31.2 million) from his company’s Prague 3 office Dec. 1 in what officials are calling the “robbery of the century.” (Click here for more) December 4, 2007 - Libel suit against E-N gets dismissed San Antonio Express-News A Bexar County judge has agreed to dismiss a libel lawsuit brought against the San Antonio Express-News by Premier Management Enterprises, a Louisiana-based company that formerly ran Bexar County Jail's commissaries. (Click here for more) December 4, 2007 - Prison contract employee resigns after trafficking The Herald Bulletin A contractual employee at a Pendleton prison has resigned after she admitted to trafficking with an inmate. (Click here for more) December 4, 2007 - Private deals 'rip off' taxpayer Press Association Taxpayers face being "ripped off" by many flagship projects funded through the private sector, justice secretary Kenny MacAskill has told MSPs. (Click here for more) December 4, 2007 - Banker: If project's investors lose, effects won't be immediate Billings Gazette The attorney general's opinion issued Monday may leave Hardin prison investors empty-handed, but a loss won't happen overnight, the lead investment banker on the project said. (Click here for more) December 3, 2007 - Attorney general: county jails can’t house other state’s inmates AP The Montana attorney general issued an opinion Monday saying county jails can’t sign contracts to house out-of-state prisoners, dealing a heavy blow to a new $20 million detention facility in Hardin. (Click here for more) December 2, 2007 - Parc prison self-harm figures shock Wales on Sunday UNDER-FIRE Parc Prison faces more questions this weekend after it emerged almost 1,400 prisoners managed to self-harm while held there in the past five years. (Click here for more) December 2, 2007 - MP to meet Parc Prison bosses Wales on Sunday SHADOW Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan is to hold talks with Parc Prison bosses Group 4 Securicor after failing to get the answers she wanted on their huge number of sacked officers. (Click here for more) December 2, 2007 - Ex-guard claims 'culture of bullying' at prison Wales on Sunday A WARDEN who was sacked from Bridgend’s Parc Prison today claims there is a culture of bullying among prisoners and staff. (Click here for more) December 1, 2007 - Prison boss
ousted in Delco Philadelphia Daily News The warden at
Delaware County's prison was fired yesterday, but the multinational
corrections company that runs the tax-funded facility won't say why.
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