JANUARY, 2003

January 28, 2003 - CSC probe implicates more lawmakers (The New York Times) The Albany County district attorney has begun a formal criminal inquiry into the dealings of a private prison company that gained millions of dollars in state work while extending favors to several state lawmakers.  (Click here for more)

 January 28, 2003 - Death penalty argued in Wackenhut guard murder (AP) A state district judge said he will decide in the next couple of weeks whether three men accused of killing a guard at a privately operated prison in Santa Rosa may face the death penalty.  (Click here fore more)

January 28, 2003 - Mexican for-profit prison on the way? (AP) Republican legislators are proposing to sell the state fair grounds, Arizona Highways magazine and other state property to help balance the budget while eying a possible private prison in Mexico to house inmates from that country for future savings.  (Click here for more)

January 28, 2003 - Whole prison system for sale!!! (Arizona Daily Sun) Republican legislative leaders plan to withhold about $70 million in voter-mandated state aid for schools next fiscal year, paving the way for a legal showdown with the governor that could end up before the Arizona Supreme Court.  (Click here for more)

January 27, 2003 - Rape probe at closed CCA facility (The Age) Six months after an alleged sexual assault at Curtin Detention Centre, Western Australian police will investigate.  (Click here for more)

January 26, 2003 - Prison company under scrutiny once again - (The New York Post) A private prison company at the center of state inquiries into influence peddling in Albany has a checkered history in metropolitan New York, having been the subject of two federal investigations.  (Click here for more)

January 26, 2003 - CSC sex suit (New York Daily News) Correctional Services Corp., which is at the center of a mushrooming state probe into its aggressive lobbying tactics, is being sued by four female inmates who claim one of its workers sexually assaulted them at a halfway house on Manhattan's East Side.  (Click here for more)

January 24, 2003 - Ex-inmate alleges guard used him as sex slave (Review Journal) A former inmate at the Summit View Youth Correctional Center filed a civil rights lawsuit Thursday that claims a female guard used him "as a sex slave" while he was imprisoned at the North Las Vegas facility.  (Click here for more)

January 24, 2003 - State prison in Conneaut is big contributor to the city's coffers - (Star Beacon) The state prison perched on Conneaut's East Side generated nearly $400,000 for the city's budget last year, nearly half of that in municipal income-tax revenues, according to figures provided by Finance Director John Williams.  (Click here for more)

January 23, 2003 - Private security guards are Homeland's weakest link ( USA Today) They are the first line of defense against terrorists. But more often than not, private security guards who protect millions of lives and billions of dollars in real estate offer a false sense of security.   (Click here for more)  

January 23, 2003 - CSC bribery case gets deeper (The New York Post) Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver helped a bribery-linked correctional-services company win nearly $2 million in special state funds, The Post learned yesterday.  (Click here for more)

January 22, 2003 - Concerns over guard ID tags (The Free Press) Guards at Penetanguishene's Super Jail want to know why the province appears to be more concerned about the privacy of inmates than they are over the security and privacy of the people who guard them.  (Click here for more)

January 22, 2003 - Relapses high for inmates from isles (Star Bulletin) Most of the Hawaii inmates serving time at mainland prisons have violated parole and are now back in custody, says interim state Public Safety Director James Propotnick.  (Click here for more)

January 22, 2003 - Identity of dead inmate released (Great Falls Tribune)  Authorities on Friday released the name of the Crossroads Correctional Center inmate who was killed in a fight with another prisoner.      (Click here for more)

January 21, 2003 - Nebraska counties and privatization (The Independent) Nebraska counties aren't authorized to have private contractors build or operate a private county jail, a legal opinion from the Nebraska attorney general said.  (Click here for more)