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January 31, 2008 - WA prison transport services warned of danger News.Com.AU PRISONER transport contractors for the WA government were warned about the "parlous state" of their fleet well before an Aboriginal elder died in a prison van. (Click here for more) January 31, 2008 - Suit filed over Delco jail strip-searches Philadelphia Inquirer A team of lawyers with a record of winning class-action cases across the country today hit the Delaware County prison and others across the country, alleging that thousands of people were illegally strip- searched for minor offenses. (Click here for more) January 30, 2008 - Prison van in a jam Oldham-Chronicle SECURITY guards were left red-faced after their prison van got stuck in a town centre car park. (Click here for more) January 29, 2008 - Nurses allege racism at Marion County jail WISH-TV Some former nurses at one of the Marion County jails said their bosses were racist and their work environment was dangerous. (Click here for more) January 29, 2008 - Aboriginal leader dies in custody News.Com.AU THE West Australian desert town of Warburton was in mourning yesterday over the death in custody of its former Aboriginal community chairman, who was arrested on Australia Day for allegedly drink-driving. (Click here for more) January 29, 2008 - Nurses sue private jail firm Journal Gazette Six black nurses sued a private company operating a Marion County jail Monday, alleging they were fired or forced to leave their jobs because of racism or exposing medical practices that put inmates at risk. (Click here for more) January 28, 2008 - Private prison contributions surged at end of '07 Colorado Confidential In just two months, two executives of the nation's largest prison business gave $2,400 to various campaigns in Colorado, nearly triple the total amount contributed a year before. (Click here for more) January 26, 2008 - AR youth lockup accredited, 3 fired Arkansas Democrat-Gazette The state's youth detention center near Alexander has been accredited for the first time by a national correctional association. (Click here for more) January 26, 2008 - Handgun gets past security at Kentucky prison Honolulu Advertiser A secretary at a privately run Kentucky prison where Hawai'i women inmates are housed apparently smuggled a handgun into the facility Tuesday and shot herself in the warden's office, according to the investigator handling the case. (Click here for more) January 25, 2008 - DA investigates county detention center; changes in store Ruidoso News An investigation by a Lincoln County Grand Jury of the county detention center launched before a riot incident Jan. 13 already is bearing positive results, said 12th Judicial District Attorney Scot Key. (Click here for more) January 25, 2008 - Metro worker approves bills from former company WSMV The I-Team has uncovered a cozy relationship between a Metro employee and the security contractor he oversees. (Click here for more) January 25, 2008 - Fight puts New Castle prison on lockdown AP A state prison that was the site of a riot last year was locked down after three guards were treated for minor injuries after a fight with inmates. (Click here for more) January 24, 2008 - Federal inmates sought for Willacy Valley Morning Star The Willacy County jail is close to breaking even more than a year after local officials feared investors would foreclose on it, Commissioner Eddie Chapa said this week. (Click here for more) January 23, 2008 - Detention center's goal was to help Hardin The Gazette The Two Rivers Detention Center was built as an investment in Hardin. (Click here for more) January 23, 2008 - State fights Hardin lawsuit over new jail's use Billings Gazette The state has asked a Helena District Court judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed in December by the city of Hardin and its economic development arm, Two Rivers Authority. (Click here for more) January 23, 2008 - Audit rips prison health care Detroit News An independent audit released Tuesday said Michigan's $300-million-a-year prison health care system is fractured and inefficient, leading to unnecessarily high costs, impeding inmate access and diminishing the quality of care. (Click here for more) January 23, 2008 - State prison inmate found dead Longview News-Journal An inmate at Bradshaw State Jail in Henderson was found dead in his cell this past week, a Texas Department of Corrections spokesman said. (Click here for more) January 22, 2008 - Feds to FPL: $208,000 fine for faulty nuke security St Petersburg Times If you’re guarding a nuclear power plant, your gun better work. (Click here for more) January 22, 2008 - Suicide at Otter Creek Correctional Facility WKYT A employee at the Otter Creek Correctional Facility is dead after an apparent suicide. (Click here for more) January 21, 2008 - Crime without punishment: Sexual assault at T. Don Hutto falls through cracks of justice system Taylor Daily Press In May of last year, a guard had sex with a female detainee at the T. Don Hutto Residential Center. Federal law criminalizes sex between detained inmates and guards, regardless of whether the relations are consensual. (Click here for more) January 20, 2008 - Lawmaker takes issue with Peach Bottom probe York Daily Record U.S. Rep. Todd Platts, R-York County, said federal officials should have taken a closer look into initial claims that Wackenhut Corp. security guards had been sleeping on the job at the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station. (Click here for more) January 20, 2008 - Task force probe nabs jail employee Morning Journal News Another corrections officer at the Columbiana County Jail, Nathaniel Barnes of Youngstown, has been charged for reportedly smuggling marijuana and cigarette tobacco to inmates. (Click here for more) January 19, 2008 - Warnings ignored at Rikers El Diario David Mercado, a confused and distant seventeen year old, should have been placed under special watch as a potential suicide risk when he was sent to Rikers Island to await trial. (Click here for more) January 19, 2008 - Guards return to work at Arthur Gorrie centre ABC Prison guards who walked off the job at Queensland's biggest remand centre yesterday are now back at work. (Click here for more) January 18, 2008 - Private jails 'worse than public' BBC Privately-run prisons perform worse than those run by the public sector, a document leaked to the BBC suggests. (Click here for more) January 17, 2008 - Sheriff's office cracks Campbell theft ring Dunn Daily Record The Harnett County Sheriff's Office has busted a burglary ring which struck Campbell University student housing during the Christmas holidays. (Click here for more) January 17, 2008 - Guards asleep at nuclear facility AP Seven guards have been caught sleeping at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge since 2000, a federal spokesman said Wednesday. (Click here for more) January 15, 2008 - Prison firm threatens to stop taking Colo. felons The Daily Sentinel A private prison company is threatening to stop housing additional Colorado inmates unless it receives more state funds, an act one state lawmaker called “extortion.” (Click here for more) January 14, 2008 - Prison riot at LCDC Sunday night Ruidoso News Twenty-eight prisoners in the Delta pod at the Lincoln County Detention Center in Carrizozo were at the center of a riot reported at approximately 7 p.m. Sunday. (Click here for more) January 14, 2008 - Jailhouse death suit settled Pensacola News-Journal The family of a man who died strapped to a jailhouse restraint chair reached a settlement with six jail employees. (Click here for more) January 14, 2008 - Inmate dies after alleged attack News Channel 5 At approximately 3 a.m. on Jan. 14, 2008, guards responded to an inmate that was banging on his door at the Corrections Corporation of American facility. (Click here for more) January 14, 2008 - Citrus escapee still at large St Petersburg Times An escaped Citrus County prisoner attacked a homeowner with a hammer Sunday morning and continued to elude a 100-member search team after nightfall. (Click here for more) January 14, 2008 - Prison health-care provider under fire Clarion Ledger A health-care company contracting with the Mississippi Department of Corrections has been lax about providing some inmates with timely medical treatment among other problems, a legislative oversight group says. (Click here for more) January 12, 2008 - Authorities search citrus County for escaped jail inmate AP Authorities searched Saturday for an inmate who escaped from a detention facility in Citrus County. (Click here for more) January 11, 2008 - Jailers’ pensions may cost county Morning Journal News A ruling requiring Columbiana County commissioners to pay into the retirement plans of five former county jail employees could provide expensive. (Click here for more) January 10, 2008 - Union group questions food service practices at Kane County jail The Daily Herald Aramark, the Kane County jail's longtime food service vendor, has come under fire by a union-affiliated group. (Click here for more) January 9, 2008 - Water supply is safe despite security questions News Channel 5 Could Metro's drinking water supply be at risk? It's a concern after a shocking lapse in security. (Click here for more) January 9, 2008 - Wackenhut CEO steps down NBC TV6 The CEO of Wackenhut Security, a South Florida company that has been surrounded by controversy, is stepping down. (Click here for more) January 9, 2008 - Metro may have paid for absent security guards at Commission WKRN The city may have been paying for security guards at the Davidson County Election Commission who were not on the clock, Nashville Mayor Karl Dean said Tuesday. (Click here for more) January 8, 2008 - Former employee sues immigrant lockup contractor Colorado Confidential A former corrections employee is suing prison contractor The GEO Group, operator of the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Aurora. (Click here for more) January 8, 2008 - Hawaii prison sex-assault suit settled Honolulu Advertiser A lawsuit filed on behalf of two Hawai'i female prison inmates who claimed they were sexually assaulted by a corrections officer in a privately run prison in Colorado has been settled for an undisclosed amount of money. (Click here for more) January 7, 2008 - Fired security guard says he's not to blame for data theft Tennessean The security guard who was fired after computers with voters’ Social Security numbers were stolen from the Davidson County Election Commission says he wasn’t on duty at the time. (Click here for more) January 5, 2008 - Plans for Caldwell County immigrant detention center scuttled Austin American-Statesman A company has canceled plans to build a detention center in Caldwell County for immigrants awaiting deportation in the face of strong opposition from residents concerned about their safety, county officials said. (Click here for more) January 6, 2008 - Metro wants $100K from Wackenhut over laptop thefts Nashville City Paper The legal fur is flying over the theft of two laptop computers from the Davidson County Election Commission containing 337,000 Metro voters’ Social Security numbers. (Click here for more) January 6, 2008 - Private jail ‘the most violent in Scotland’ Scotland on Sunday SCOTLAND’S flagship private jail has emerged as the most violent in the country in a damning report by the chief inspector of prisons. (Click here for more) January 4, 2008 - Settlement reached in prison care lawsuit News Journal A former inmate who successfully sued the medical contractor for the state's prison system, without an attorney, has resolved his case out of court. (Click here for more) January 3, 2008 - Local nonprofit takes over jail care Ocala Star-Banner At midnight Tuesday, Ocala Community Care Inc. became the official medical care provider at the Marion County Jail, replacing Tennessee-based Prison Health Services. (Click here for more) January 2, 2008 - Inmate's death was avoidable, suit claims Honolulu Advertiser The family of a Hawai'i woman prison inmate who died at a privately run prison on the Mainland in late 2005 has sued the state and the prison operator, alleging the facility failed to give their relative proper medical treatment in the month before she died. (Click here for more) January 1, 2008 - Hostage
standoff at Lawton prison ends peacefully AP An inmate at a
private prison in Lawton took a dentist and a dental assistant hostage
with a homemade knife during a brief standoff before surrendering to
authorities.
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