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January 29, 2010 - Luallen will audit company that provides prison food Herald-Leader State Auditor Crit Luallen said Thursday she would do an audit of the private company that has a nearly $12 million annual contract to serve food at the state's 13 prisons. (Click here for more) January 29, 2010 - Did Louisiana's Republican elite support the Landrieu phone squad? TPMMuckraker The four conservative activists arrested for tampering with the phones of Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu earlier this week have been linked to the Pelican Institute, a conservative New Orleans think tank. (Click here for more) January 28, 2010 - Report on Northpoint riot faults officials, food Herald-Leader The warden at Northpoint Training Center did not want to implement the prison yard restrictions that contributed to an August riot that heavily damaged much of the facility, but he was overruled by Department of Corrections officials, according to an investigative report released Wednesday. (Click here for more) January 28, 2010 - Addiewell: After riots leave two guards injured, critics warn of cash constraints in private prisons Edinburgh Evening News IT WAS hailed as a jail of the future. But just a year after opening and rocked by a series of controversies, HMP Addiewell has only served to reignite the debate about whether prisons should be privately run at all. (Click here for more) January 27, 2010 - Private prison operator, staff denied treatment, lawsuit alleges Pueblo Chieftain A former inmate at the Huerfano County Correctional Center in Walsenburg is suing prison officials, a doctor and two nurses for allegedly failing to give him proper medical care at the facility. (Click here for more) January 26, 2010 - Proposed bill would extend public records law to private prisons Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Proposed legislation that would apply existing public records laws to all prisons housing federal inmates was discussed during a congressional briefing on Monday. (Click here for more) January 26, 2010 - Detention management company founder lists 6BD for $10.995M Block Shopper George and Donna Zoley have listed for sale a six-bedroom, 11-bath home at 828 Solar Isle Dr. in Fort Lauderdale for $10.995 million. (Click here for more) January 26, 2010 - Addiewell staff lost control after riot squad charged in Deadline OFFICIALS have denied reports of a full-scale riot at what has been branded Scotland’s plushest prison. (Click here for more) January 26, 2010 - Officer is accused of helping prisoner to escape Derby Telegraph A FORMER prison officer has appeared in court accused of helping an inmate to escape from a Derbyshire jail. (Click here for more) January 26, 2010 - Officer hurt in jail disturbance BBC A prison officer was taken to hospital with head and facial injuries after a disturbance broke out at Scotland's newest prison. (Click here for more) January 26, 2010 - Youngstown’s tax on prison is unconstitutional, CCA says The Vindicator Corrections Corp. of America, which operates the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center on Hubbard Road, has sued the city, saying the city’s recently enacted $1 per-prisoner per-day tax on private prisons violates the U.S. and Ohio constitutions and the city charter. (Click here for more) January 25, 2010 - Pa. prosecutor won't retry dozens of tainted cases AP A northeastern Pennsylvania prosecutor has dropped her effort to retry as many as 46 youths who appeared before a judge charged in a corruption scandal, bringing an end to a legal saga that involved an estimated 5,000 tainted juvenile convictions. (Click here for more) January 25, 2010 - Gov. suggests building prison in Mexico KCRA Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger floated an unusual suggestion Monday on how to cut the state's bloated prison costs with a private venture -- build a private prison in Mexico. (Click here for more) January 22, 2010 - Female prison officer sacked for smuggling in mobile phone for killer The Daily Record A PRISON officer has been sacked for smuggling in a mobile phone for a killer. (Click here for more) January 22, 2010 - County scrambles to adjust its budget Times-Union The Charlton County Commission, the county school system and Folkston are all hastily adjusting their budgets after a single successful appeal of a property assessment. (Click here for more) January 22, 2010 - Trial is set in shooting of Nashville officer Tennessean A jury will decide the fate of two men accused of shooting a Metro police officer during a traffic stop last summer. (Click here for more) January 22, 2010 - Lawmakers mixed on CCA's move Pueblo Chieftain State lawmakers had mixed reactions to Thursday's announcement that Arizona is pulling its inmates out of a private prison in Walsenburg, dragging almost 200 jobs out with them. (Click here for more) January 21, 2010 - Waukesha Co fires prisoner transport company TMJ4 Waukesha County's DA has told Today's TMJ-4 the county is ending its relationship with North Atlantic Extradition. (Click here for more) January 21, 2010 - Muslim security guard who works at FBI headquarters says he gets harassed because of beard: suit New York Daily News A Muslim security guard at the Manhattan FBI headquarters claims he's being forced to carry around proof of his religion because he has a beard. (Click here for more) January 21, 2010 - Private prison operator pulling out of Walsenburg Pueblo Chieftain Corrections Corporation of America will pull out of the Huerfano County Correctional Center in April, company officials said Thursday. (Click here for more) January 21, 2010 - N.J. Department of Corrections sweeps Trenton inmate facility for contraband The Star-Ledger State authorities are conducting a sweeping search for contraband at the Bo Robinson Treatment Center today, and one union official said they're hunting for a firearm. (Click here for more) January 21, 2010 - CCA reports Arizona budget proposals to phase out utilization of private prisons outside of Arizona Corrections Corporation of America CCA (Corrections Corporation of America) (NYSE: CXW), the nation's largest partnership corrections provider to government agencies, announced today that the proposed budgets by the Arizona Governor and Legislature, released on January 15, 2010, would phase out the utilization of private out-of-state beds. (Click here for more) January 21, 2010 - State to turn over original, full report on Northpoint prison riot Lexington Herald-Leader The state agreed on Wednesday to turn over its original report on the August riot at Northpoint Training Center after nearly two weeks of denying requests for the document by lawmakers. (Click here for more) January 20, 2010 - Prison guard cuts a deal for sex with inmates charge News Channel 9 A man takes a pretrial diversion, admitting to having sexual contact with inmates at the Hamilton County Workhouse. (Click here for more) January 20, 2010 - Former inmate charged in stabbing KUSH A former inmate in Cushing's private prison was charged Friday with repeatedly stabbing another inmate in the Cimarron Correctional Facility with a home-made knife on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. (Click here for more) January 20, 2010 - 281 prisoners treated for food poisoning Sowetan AUTHORITIES at the Mangaung Private Prison outside Bloemfontein have sent samples of food for forensic testing after five prisoners landed in hospital with food poisoning. (Click here for more) January 19, 2010 - AFSCME blocks prison privatizing profiteers AFL-CIO Now blog In Minnesota, AFSCME and its correction officer members won a major victory in the fight against privatizing the state’s prisons when the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) announced it is shutting down its 1,600-bed Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton next month. January 15, 2010 - Contraband stolen from inside Acacia West Australian Confiscated contraband which could include weapons, drugs and pornography is missing inside WA's biggest men's jail, prompting an internal investigation into the security breach. (Click here for more) January 14, 2010 - Escapee captured Press Argus-Courier A Wisconsin homicide suspect who escaped Wednesday from a transport van in Dora was recaptured shortly after noon Thursday in Sallisaw. (Click here for more) January 13, 2010 - CCA: New Mexico prison contract renewed AP Corrections Corp. of America said Wednesday that its contract to manage federal inmates at a 2,300-bed California prison wasn't renewed and will expire in September. (Click here for more) January 13, 2010 - Manhunt on for California man Press Argus-Courier A manhunt is on for a California man accused of murder who escaped Wednesday morning from a private prison transport van at a rest stop in Dora on Interstate 40. (Click here for more) January 13, 2010 - Opponents attack Olson's finances in DuPage GOP race Daily Herald Debra Olson painted a giant target on her back in the shape of a dollar sign when she announced she'd hold herself to a higher campaign finance standard in her bid to win the Republican nod in the DuPage County Board Chairman's race. (Click here for more) January 13, 2010 - LaSalle Detention Facility immediately downsizing operation Times-Signal The Times-Signal has learned that The GEO-Group is in the process of downsizing the operation at the La- Salle Detention Facility located in the town of Jena. (Click here for more) January 13, 2010 - Widow of dead Lee County jail inmate to sue News-Press The widow of Nicholas Christie, who died shortly after he was released from jail, intends to sue the Lee County Sheriff's Office, as well as the company contracted by the county to provide medical care to inmates. (Click here for more) January 12, 2010 - Appeals Court revives claim inmate’s child was denied medical care CSUN University News The Fourth District Court of Appeal has revived a lawsuit against the state and the operators of a correctional facility which contracted with the state to house female prisoners with young children based on the alleged failure to provide medical care to an inmate’s two-month-old baby. (Click here for more) January 11, 2010 - How much is a prison beating worth? Westworld Sherman Schuett followed the rules at CMRC -- and ended up in the hole for his own protection. (Click here for more) January 10, 2010 - Probe launched after murderer found with booze at Addiewell prison Sunday Mail PRISON chiefs have ordered a major probe after a killer was caught drunk with bottles of vodka. (Click here for more) January 9, 2010 - Officials Hid Truth of Immigrant Deaths in Jail New York Times Silence has long shrouded the men and women who die in the nation’s immigration jails. (Click here for more) January 9, 2010 - Jail for man who appeared with Jamie Oliver Echo News A FORMER airport worker has been jailed for a year for his part in a £4million jewellery heist. (Click here for more) January 8, 2010 - Kentucky removing women from private Otter Creek prison Courier-Journal Gov. Steve Beshear announced Friday that the state will move more than 400 women prisoners out of the privately run Otter Creek Correctional Center, amid allegations of sexual misconduct by male workers there. (Click here for more) January 8, 2010 - Little shock for Swift County over Appleton prison taxes West Central Tribune The upcoming closure of the Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton will have financial implications for Swift County. (Click here for more) January 7, 2010 - Two ex-Blackwater guards charged with murder AP Two ex-Blackwater guards have been arrested and charged with the murder of two Afghans. (Click here for more) January 7, 2010 - Beating death lawsuit ends in settlement Brownsville Herald A settlement agreement has been reached in the Willacy County civil case involving the prison firm Wackenhut Corrections Corp., known as the GEO Group, and Warden David Forrest in the beating death of Gregorio de la Rosa Jr. of Laredo. (Click here for more) January 7, 2010 - 3 men on the run in Illinois prison break Jackson News-Journal A local school was put on lockdown after 3 men escaped from the Tri-County Justice and Detention Center. Prison officials believe the men escaped Tuesday night. (Click here for more) January 7, 2010 - Maricopa County jail workers lacking health-care tools Arizona Republic Maricopa County jail workers don't have the tools to collect and manage health-care data for inmates, according to a report from a consulting group the Sheriff's Office brought in last summer. (Click here for more) January 6, 2010 - Pennsylvania inmates won't come to Minnesota Star Tribune No inmates from Pennsylvania's overflowing prisons will be sent to Minnesota, the Department of Corrections was told this week. (Click here for more) January 6, 2010 - Now let’s see cons get The Sun JAIL bosses have been forced to raise an 18ft fence by another 10ft - to stop drugs being hurled into the prison. (Click here for more) January 5, 2010 - Corrections officer sentenced to 1 year in jail for bringing contraband into South Bay prison Palm Beach Post A former corrections officer at a privately run prison in South Bay was sentenced this morning to a year in jail following her convictions earlier this year for introducing contraband and conspiring to introduce contraband into the facility. (Click here for more) January 5, 2010 - Burglary suspect escapes custody Redlands Daily Facts A man escaped police custody Tuesday afternoon after he was arrested that morning on suspicion of attempted burglary. (Click here for more) January 4, 2010 - Capitol cafeteria opens after 2-week shutdown Tribune-Democrat State employees and visitors can again buy food and coffee in the Capitol cafeteria. (Click here for more) January 4, 2010 - Prisoner used shoe lace to escape from Swansea court BBC A prisoner has admitted escaping from the crown court in Swansea after using a shoe lace to tamper with a lock. (Click here for more) January 3, 2010 - Attorneys close to filing suit in Pecos prison inmate's death Midland Reporter-Telegram El Paso attorneys are almost finished preparing a lawsuit against the company that operates Reeves County Detention Center in Pecos and a Lubbock physicians' group in the case of an epileptic 32-year-old inmate who died on Dec. 12, 2008, one of the attorneys said. (Click here for more) January 3, 2010 - Delaware prisons: A right to health The News Journal Inmate Edward G. Williams has a bulge the size of a cantaloupe protruding from his abdomen. (Click here for more) January 2, 2010 - Prisoners' DIY treat at cushy jail as they turns cells into saunas Daily Record INMATES at Scotland's cushiest jail have turned their cells into DIY saunas. 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