FEBRUARY 2005
February 28, 2005 - A dubious distinction In These Times "ACCREDITATION IS AWARDED to the 'best of the best' in the corrections field,'" as the ACA explains on its Web site (www.aca.org). (Click here for more)
February 28, 2005 - Cashing in on cons; Undercover at the American Correctional Association's 2005 Winter Conference In These Times IN 1971, INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST Jessica Mitford attended the 101st Congress of the American Correctional Association (ACA) in Miami Beach. (Click here for more)
February 28, 2005 - Bahamians in U.S. prisons in fear Guardian Bahamian prisoners in McRae's Correctional Facility are caught up in a racial war, The Guardian has learnt. (Click here for more)
February 28, 2005 - CCA to phase-out operations at Otter Creek Correctional Center in Kentucky Yahoo Corrections Corporation of America (NYSE: CXW - News) announced today that it has received notification from the Indiana Department of Corrections of its intent to return to Indiana approximately 620 male Indiana inmates currently housed at the Company's Otter Creek Correctional Center in Wheelwright, Kentucky. (Click here for more)
February 27, 2005 - Bill for teen prisoners higher than U-M tuition, other penal center costs Michigan Live It will cost taxpayers about $40,000 apiece this year to incarcerate 300 minimum security teen-agers at the privately run, maximum security "Punk Prison" in Baldwin. (Click here for more)
February 26, 2005 - Jailer accused of inmate sex Texarkana Gazette A former CiviGenics jailer has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a female inmate inside an office at the Bi-State jail, an official said. (Click here for more)
February 26, 2005 - Scandal dims hopes in Willacy County Houston Chronicle When traditional jobs in agriculture and the oil patch began to shrink, Willacy County saw salvation in prisons and jails. (Click here for more)
February 26, 2005 - Inmate says he shot up same day his friend died Albuquerque Journal A Santa Fe County Sheriff's corporal said in court Friday that a 23-year-old man has admitted to using heroin at the Santa Fe County jail on the same date that his best friend, also an inmate at the jail, died of what authorities have said is a possible heroin overdose. (Click here for more)
February 25, 2005 - Superjail inmate's ear torn off in fight Midland Free Press One inmate has his ear ripped off and another was stabbed several times with a three-inch screw nail in separate incidents, Saturday at Central North Correctional Centre, according to prison sources. (Click here for more)
February 25, 2005 - 5 prison officers face charges Denver Post The warden resigned and five correctional officers at the privately run Brush Correctional Facility for women face sexual misconduct and contraband charges in the wake of a criminal probe. (Click here for more)
February 25, 2005 - Costs of prison privatization are disputed
Tallahassee Democrat
Confronted with conflicting cost and benefit numbers, a Senate budget
committee ordered a special audit Thursday to determine whether
privatizing prisons really saves Florida taxpayers any money. (Click
here for more)
February 25, 2005 - Private prison savings debated St Petersburg Times Ten years after Florida hired private companies to run some state prisons, lawmakers still aren't convinced the deal saves tax money. (Click here for more)
February 24, 2005 - Better access to clients is sought Houston Chronicle Houston lawyer Richard Prinz is unhappy because there is no place for lawyers to talk with their clients in the vital minutes before the court appearance in the new immigration facility on Greens Road. (Click here for more)
February 24, 2005 - Private prison campaign
locked down Pueblo Chieftain
Members of a committee trying to recruit a privately owned prison to
Lamar said Wednesday that although they remain firm in their resolve,
they have decided to tone down their efforts. (Click
here for more)
February 24, 2005 - New locks ordered for Bay County Jail transport vans News Herald Bay County Jail officials ordered last weekend the installation of exterior, sliding-bolt locks on transport van doors to prevent escape attempts by inmates, said the jail’s warden. (Click here for more)
February 24, 2005 - Sparks admits to ethics violation News Herald Former Bay County Commissioner Danny Sparks has entered into a "joint stipulation" with an advocate for the Florida Commission on Ethics in which Sparks admits he violated state law when he accepted a $240 round of golf paid for by the county’s financial adviser. (Click here for more)
February 24, 2005 - Inmates 'don't have no fax' Albuquerque Journal Two men who potentially face the death penalty if found guilty of killing a fellow inmate at the Santa Fe County jail last year were unusually loquacious during a court hearing Wednesday. (Click here for more)
February 22, 2005 Not in my back yard News Herald Will Rogers famously said that if you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging. (Click here for more)
February 21, 2005 - Jail plan hits home News Herald When Dana Knight awoke one morning in 1997 to find bloody handprints on a rented U-Haul truck and the driver’s window busted out, she didn’t have to think long about possible culprits. (Click here for more)
February 19, 2005 - HIV inmates' attorneys file contempt motion against state WPMI Attorneys for 240 HIV-positive prisoners at Limestone Correctional Facility have accused prison officials of violating an agreement to improve their medical care. (Click here for more)
February 20, 2005 - Bay jail inmate hid $100 in rectum News Herald A 23-year-old Bay County Jail inmate faces a charge of introducing contraband into a corrections facility after he told a guard he was hiding money in his rectum, according to a jail investigation report. (Click here for more)
February 20, 2005 - Bay jail escapee caught
News Herald Police captured and returned to jail a
February 19, 2005 - Police continue escapee search News Herald A Panama City Beach teen remained on the run Friday night after escaping from a Bay County Jail transport van Friday afternoon, a jail official said. (Click here for more)
February 19, 2005 - Inmate found dead Albuquerque Journal A Santa Fe County jail inmate was found dead in his cell early Friday, and fellow inmates are claiming the deceased man took heroin on Thursday, according to the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Department. (Click here for more)
February 18, 2005 - Corrections officer faces sex charge Denver Post A private corrections officer was charged Thursday with having sexual contact with an inmate at a community corrections facility in Denver. (Click here for more)
February 18, 2005 - Prison for security 'racket' gang BBC Four men who tried to muscle in on security contracts have been sentenced to serve a total of 17 years in jail. (Click here for more)
February 18, 2005 - Private prison company settles with ex-guard Pueblo Chieftain A company that operated the prison at Olney Springs has settled yet another lawsuit in which a female guard alleged she was the victim of outrageous conduct by her male superiors. (Click here for more)
February 17, 2005 - CCA settles with Vermont inmate Lebanon Enterprise A settlement has been made between Corrections Corporation of America and a Vermont man who claims a former Marion Adjustment Center guard sexually assaulted him during incarceration there. (Click here for more)
February 16, 2005 - Ex-guard sentenced for smuggling drug Express-News A former guard who admitted trying to smuggle methamphetamine into a private downtown jail that holds federal inmates was sentenced Tuesday to 2 1/2 years in prison. (Click here for more)
February 15, 2005 - CNCC fixes glitches Midland Free Press Work refusals by correctional officers last year at Central North Correctional Centre were not the catalyst for the installation of new computer hardware and software, says a ministry official. (Click here for more)
February 15, 2005 - Court unawares The Lawyer Training company Bond Solon ran into a storm when the Court of Appeal held that coaching witnesses is entirely improper. (Click here for more)
February 15, 2005 - French detainee paid $25,000 compo The Age The Australian government has paid $25,000 compensation to a French national held by immigration authorities without diplomatic representation, the ABC reported today. (Click here for more)
February 14, 2005 - Georgia to trim oversight of private prisons Macon Telegraph The Georgia Department of Corrections plans to cut the number of its employees monitoring the state's three private prisons on site from three to one. (Click here for more)
February 13, 2005 - Perdue pushes bill on ethics Atlanta Journal-Constitution A year ago they would have made a formidable legislative caucus: the chairman of the House Budget Committee, the House majority leader, a floor leader for Gov. Sonny Perdue and two Senate committee chairmen. (Click here for more)
February 12, 2005 - Probe private security firms The Monitor Since the Monday theft of Shs700 million that was in transit from Stanbic bank, police has mounted a manhunt across the border into Kenya and Tanzania. (Click here for more)
February 11, 2005 - Teen girls halfway house being closed Palm Beach Post A teen halfway house outsourced to a for-profit company will close at the end of the month after repeated reports of escapes, fights and calls to the police by staff seeking help in controlling the girls. (Click here for more)
February 10, 2005 - Governor seeks $16 million more Anchorage Daily News The governor is asking lawmakers for $116 million to cover this year's rising costs of public services, including medical care for the poor and elderly, fuel for state ferries and buildings, and fighting last summer's wildfires. (Click here for more)
February 10, 2005 - Hungry Snyder County Jail inmates refuse to go to cells Daily Item Police clad in riot gear were called Tuesday night to assist Snyder County Jail corrections officers in dealing with 13 hungry and angry inmates who refused to return to their cells until they received more food. (Click here for more)
February 10, 2005 - Settlement reached in Ky. prison abuse case Reformer A settlement has been made between a Kentucky prison manager and a Vermont man who claims a guard sexually assaulted him during incarceration there. (Click here for more)
February 10, 2005 - Escaped murderer arrested in Texas AP A murder convict who escaped from a Kentucky prison and had eluded police since 1990 was caught in Texas. (Click here for more)
February 10, 2005 - Willacy officials not happy with inmate placement Valley Star Willacy County officials are "disappointed" in the U.S. Marshals Service’s placement of inmates in the federal prison that they built to bolster the county budget, County Judge Simon Salinas said Wednesday. (Click here for more)
February 9, 2005 - County dropped from jail death suit Times Union Schenectady County has been dropped from a lawsuit filed by the family of a prisoner who died in custody after he was allegedly denied medication to control his Parkinson's disease, said County Attorney Christopher Gardner. (Click here for more)
February 9, 2005 - Prison inmates from Hawaii will be allowed to celebrate an ancient festival KOTV Hawaii inmates at an Oklahoma prison plan will get to celebrate an ancient Hawaiian festival this weekend. (Click here for more)
February 9, 2005 - Hostage standoff suspects soon could go to trail News Herald The four men who investigators say took hostages during a Bay County Jail takeover in September may be ready for trial by late spring. (Click here for more)
February 9, 2005 - Baxter 'fails duty of care' The Age The detention centre where mentally ill Australian Cornelia Rau was wrongly held was not visited by a psychiatrist for at least three months last year, documents filed in Adelaide's Federal Court suggest. (Click here for more)
February 8, 2005 - State drops plan for private prison program AP State prison officials have dropped a plan to have a private company run a drug treatment and vocational training facility for female inmates. (Click here for more)
February 8, 2005 - Former guard targeted in suit is arrested AP A former guard at a private prison in Kentucky has been arrested on charges that he sexually abused two inmates transferred from Vermont. (Click here for more)
February 7, 2005 - Lucio disclosure a little late San Antonio Express-News State Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr., D-Brownsville, made the right decision by suspending his business ties, even if only temporarily, with three contractors connected to a federal detention facility at the center of a criminal investigation in the Rio Grande Valley. (Click here for more)
February 7, 2005 - Rau sister calls for judicial inquiry The Age Only a full judicial and public inquiry would be sufficient to establish the facts about the detention of a mentally ill Australian woman, her sister said today. (Click here for more)
February 7, 2005 - PM calls detention inquiry Herald Sun THE Federal Government will hold an inquiry into the detention of a mentally ill Australian women at the Baxter centre for illegal immigrants. (Click here for more)
February 6, 2005 - Counties seek escape from rising jail costs Tulsa World Tulsa County's sheriff and a Florida counterpart have differing viewpoints on public vs. privately run. (Click here for more)
February 5, 2005 - Hawai'i inmate attempted suicide Honolulu Advertiser A Hawai'i prisoner at the Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in Tutwiler, Miss., was returned to the prison yesterday after a suicide attempt. (Click here for more)
February 5, 2005 - Jail guard faces drug charges News Herald Police arrested a Bay County Jail corrections officer on multiple drug charges while on his way to work Friday afternoon, according to a Bay County Sheriff’s Office news release. (Click here for more)
February 5, 2005 - Solved: mystery of detainee 'Anna' The Age A family snapshot of Cornelia Rau, detained as a suspected illegal immigrant. (Click here for more)
February 4, 2005 - Accused drug smuggler due in court Cushing Daily News A visitor who is accused of carrying controlled drugs into Cushing's private prison is due in court Monday when she can ask for a preliminary hearing on the felony charge. (Click here for more)
February 4, 2005 - Hamblin to delay report on Wu suicide Questions surround earlier jail death unresolved Capital Times Dane County Sheriff Gary Hamblin and jailer Mike Plumer won't give a detailed report on Meng-Ju "Mark" Wu's suicide to the County Board's Public Protection and Judiciary Committee because a notice of intent to file a claim in the last jail suicide hasn't been settled. (Click here for more)
February 4, 2005 - State calls off contract with prison firm San Francisco Chronicle Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration this week abruptly canceled a no-bid contract it was set to award to a private prison company that employs two former high-ranking state corrections officials.
February 3, 2005 - Notice of delisting or transfer Yahoo Avalon Correctional Services, Inc. announced today it has filed a Form 15 to terminate the Company's common stock registration under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 ("the Act"). (Click here for more)
February 3, 2005 - Proposed CCC expansion takes another turn in legislature Shelby Promoter The proposed 500-bed prison expansion at Crossroads Correctional Center may be in trouble. (Click here for more)
February 3, 2005 - New prison filled with questions, not inmates Herald Leader Kentucky's $92 million new prison, originally scheduled to open eight months ago, may sit empty in Elliott County for considerably longer, according to state officials. (Click here for more)
February 2, 2005 - Police: Guard carried vodka, cocaine into jail KSAT A 19-year-old guard at the GEO Central Texas Detention Facility in San Antonio has been placed on unpaid leave following his arrest on drug and alcohol charges. (Click here for more)
February 2, 2005 - Appeal court rejects wrongful conviction case Scotsman A claim that unlawful pre-trial “coaching” of prosecution witnesses led to the wrongful conviction of two asylum seekers involved in the Yarl’s Wood detention centre riot was rejected by the Court of Appeal today. (Click here for more)
February 2, 2005 - Schweitzer downplays expanding private prisons Montana Standard Gov. Brian Schweitzer strongly hinted Tuesday he doesn't want to vastly expand the state's private prison in Shelby. (Click here for more)
February 1, 2005 -- Teenager admits Reliance escape BBC A teenage murderer who spent more than two weeks on the run has admitted duping guards from a private security firm into setting him free. (Click here for more)
February 1, 2005 - Tracking contract goes up for bids again after protest Tennessean A state contract for satellite tracking of 600 sex and violent offenders will go up for bid a second time after a protest by a company chaired by the former chief executive officer of Corrections Corporation of America. (Click here for more)
February 1, 2005 - Cell mate suspected in slaying News OK A man serving life in prison for murder is the main suspect in the strangling death of his cell mate, police said Monday. (Click here for more)
February 1, 2005 - Inmate claims jail neglect sent him into diabetic coma Tennessean For the second time in a month, officials with the Metro Health Department and the sheriff's office were forced to answer questions yesterday about whether inmates are receiving appropriate medical care in the Metro Jail. (Click here for more)
February 1, 2005 - Plan would expand Great Falls jail Great Falls Tribune State Corrections officials Monday proposed a $7 million, 152-bed expansion at the regional jail in Great Falls. (Click here for more)
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