JULY, 2004
July 31, 2004 - Protests at detention facilities (BBC)
Campaigners against the detention of asylum seekers have begun a series of protests around the country.
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July 30, 2004 - Former CCA inmate sues over TB (Jackson Sun)
A former inmate has filed a federal lawsuit against the Hardeman County Correctional Facility and the company that operates it, claiming he contracted tuberculosis in the prison because prison officials didn't take proper precautions to prevent the spread of the airborne disease.
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July 30, 2004 - ANOTHER Avalon escape (Tulsa World)
Police are searching for a 30-year-old man charged with escaping from the Tulsa Community Correctional Center.
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July 30, 2004 - City gets phone money from CCA in suit (The
Oklahoman)
Corrections settlement: Watonga expects little fallout WATONGA - A $250,000 settlement on inmate telephone revenue shouldn't change the number of inmates at Diamondback Correctional Facility.
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July 30, 2004 - CCA inmate killing savage (The Tennessean)
The family of Estelle Richardson, who was found dead July 5 in her prison cell from a fatal head wound, is going to court in an effort to blame the prison management firm for the death.
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July 30, 2004 - More on CMS contract troubles (Channel 3 News)
Laura Ziegler, advocate on mental health and inmate rights, made the suggestion at the start of a public hearing Wednesday sponsored by the Department of Corrections.
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July 30, 2004 - CCA chooses inmates sent to CO (KXLY News
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More than two dozen Airway Heights inmates currently housed at a Colorado corrections facility will remain there until the Washington State Department of Corrections completes its investigation into last week's riot.
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July 29, 2004- More on county take over of jail (ABQ Journal)
Guards Richard Tafoya and James Montoya also accused jail administrator Patrick Snedeker of failing to warn guards of threats on their lives by inmates.
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July 29, 2004 - More on Crwley riot (Colorado Springs
Independent)
For more than two hours, Tammera Bravo's son, an inmate at Crowley Correctional Facility, delivered "minute-by-minute terror" over the phone as prisoners smashed their surroundings.
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July 29, 2004 - CCA guard phoned call scam details (Nation's
Restaurant News)
One of the most bizarre and longest-running con games in foodservice may have ended with the arrest of a prison guard who was charged with duping scores of restaurant managers over the phone into strip-searching their employees.
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July 29, 2004 - CMS contract up for bid (Wcax.com)
The Department of Corrections has scheduled hearings for the public to comment about the health services that should be offered to inmates at the state's prisons.
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July 29, 2004 - Public take over causes changes (ABQ Journal)
A walkout by 11 detention officers and an anonymous note from an inmate warning of violence and destruction on Wednesday led to a shutdown at the San Miguel County Jail.
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July 29, 2004 - Tour of burned former Wackenhut detention centre (Smh)
Two murals border a grassy patch in the fenced-in adult education compound of the Baxter immigration detention
centre. (Click here for more)
July 28, 2004 - CCA riot legislator fight. Way to go Buffie!!!
(Pueblo Chieftain)
State Sen. Ken Kester on Tuesday defended the private operators of Crowley County Correctional Facility, rocked by a riot last week.
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July 28, 2004 - Editorial against PHS (Herald Tribune)
It's not surprising to learn that the private contractor handling the medical care of inmates at the Manatee County jail has attracted lawsuits around the nation.
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July 28, 2004 - Taxes rise to pay for MTC jail (ABQ Journal)
The Santa Fe County Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved a tax hike to help fund operations at the county jail.
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July 28, 2004 - MTC moves forward with shell finance corp. (News-Sun)
Moving forward on funding a $25 million detention center, the Greater Benson Economic Development Corporation has elected its officers and created bylaws.
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July 28, 2004 - More on State's actions after CCA riot (Rocky
Mountain News)
The state Department of Corrections will accept no more out-of-state prisoners at Colorado's four private prisons while an investigation unravels the cause of a riot at one of them, an agency spokeswoman said Tuesday.
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July 27, 2004 - Another PHS inmate dies (Palm Beach Post)
Ernesto Benavidez, a 35-year-old father of two from Greenacres, died in the Palm Beach County Jail on July 16, becoming the third inmate this year to die for medical reasons while in custody.
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July 27, 2004 - State stops inmate imports after CCA riot (AP)
A riot that injured more than a dozen inmates and caused millions of dollars in damage to a prison run by a Tennessee company last week prompted the state to temporarily stop accepting out-of-state inmates, an official says.
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July 26, 2004 - State to loan money to city for Allvest suit (AP)
The Interior city of Delta Junction will receive a $1.2 million no-interest loan from the state to pay off a lawsuit settlement, under a bill signed into law by Gov. Frank
Murkowski. (Click here for more)
July 26, 2004 - The CCA payoff (Clarion Ledger)
Coahoma and Tallahatchie counties will pay local expenses involved in dispatching law officers to the uprising at the privately-run prison in
Tutwiler. (Click here for more)
July 25, 2004 - Death at Premier detention center (BBC)
An investigation has been launched after a man was found dead at the Dungavel immigration
centre.
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July 25, 2004 - CCA guards face drug charges (The Jackson Sun)
Three correctional officers will face charges for allegedly bringing drugs into two penal institutions in Hardeman County this month.
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July 25, 2004 - Dominion settles sexual harassment suit (AP)
Details of a sexual harassment lawsuit settlement between an Edmond
company that once operated a Colorado private prison and three women who
used to work there aren't being released.
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July 25, 2004 - CCA pay and staffing levels low (Pueblo
Chieftain)
Staffing and pay at the Crowley County private prison, where inmates rioted Tuesday night, is roughly half of that at state prisons, a Department of Corrections spokeswoman said Friday.
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July 24, 2004 - Avalon escapee maybe in car chase (Tulsa
World)
A man who fled from a traffic stop Friday morning was believed to have been a correctional center escapee who has been a fugitive since May.
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July 24, 2004 - PHS doctor fined (Bradenton)
The doctor formerly in charge of the Manatee County jail's infirmary has been fired, according to the private company that provides medical services at the facility.
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July 23, 2004 - CCA guard in some kind of legal issue (Chattanoogan)
Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute went to General Sessions Court on Friday morning seeking an order involving a CCA guard, but Judge Bob Moon said it was a case for Chancery Court.
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July 23, 2004 - State suspends private vendor search for former
CSC facility (Baltimore Sun)
Maryland juvenile justice officials have stopped, at least temporarily, looking for a private contractor to run the Charles H. Hickey Jr. School and may continue to operate the Baltimore County school themselves rather than seek a new vendor, state officials said yesterday.
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July 23, 2004 - Some of the hidden cost of Aramark contract (Coshocton
Tribune)
The new contract for the kitchen crew and the food they serve at the Coshocton County Justice Center comes with good news and bad news.
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July 23, 2004 - AIMS is sorry for escapes (news.com)
THE private security company lambasted over the mass escape of prisoners from Perth's Supreme Court has issued a public apology.
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July 23, 2004 - CCA inmate's fear comes true (Denver Post)
A man who suffered the worst injuries during Tuesday's riot at the
Crowley County Correctional Facility called his sister after fires broke
out, saying he feared for his life and that she should call
police.
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July 23, 2004 - Cost estimates for CCA clean up (The Pueblo
Chieftain)
Prison officials at the Crowley County Correctional Facility foresee a complex repair project after the prison was rocked by a riot Tuesday night.
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July 23, 2004 - Audit ordered for CCA prisons (Rocky Mountain
News)
Although state lawmakers have carried out four audits of state prison programs since 1999, they have never audited the private company in charge of the southern Colorado prison engulfed by a riot Tuesday.
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July 23, 2004 - CCA troubles mount (Henry Herald)
Troubles seem to keep mounting this month for the nation's largest operator of private prisons.
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July 23, 2004 - Citizens got more than they thought with CCA (Clarion
Ledger)
Some Tutwiler residents are demanding an alert system and stronger security measures following Wednesday night's disturbance by 28 Colorado inmates at the Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility.
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July 23, 2004 - More details on CCA riot (Z Wire)
A riot involving 28 Colorado inmates who escaped their recreation pens and set ablaze mattresses, clothing and a portable toilet triggered a lock-down Wednesday night at the Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility.
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July 22, 2004 - CMS nurse charged with sex with inmates (Sun
Journal)
A South Paris woman who had been a counselor at the Maine Correctional Center was arrested Tuesday, along with another former prison employee, four days after she allegedly had sexual relations with a male inmate, prison officials said.
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July 22, 2004 - CSC jail denied federal loan (Southern
Illinoisan)
The Tri-County Civic Organization needs a new plan to refinance the Tri-County Justice and Detention Center in Ullin, officials say.
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July 22, 2004 - CCA not training? Never! (Denver Post)
After an inmate's being denied a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich helped sparked a riot at the medium-security Crowley County Correctional Facility in 1999, state prison officials concluded that guards at the private prison had not been properly trained.
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July 22, 2004 - More coverage on CCA riot (The Pueblo
Chieftain)
State Department of Corrections officials said Wednesday that Tuesday's Crowley County prison riot began with 100 to 150 inmates refusing to return from a recreational yard to their housing unit.
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July 22, 2004 - even more trouble for CCA (The Times News)
A jail melee that left three prisoners injured this week was motivated by "racial prejudice," according to arrest affidavits filed Wednesday at the Bay County Courthouse.
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July 22, 2004 - Cost, safety questions raised over CCA riot (Rocky
Mountain News)
A Colorado lawmaker whose district includes eight state-run prisons said Wednesday the riot at the private Crowley County facility raises critical questions about the safety and cost-effectiveness of private prisons.
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July 22, 2004 - More details on CCA riot (Rocky Mountain News)
State prison officials sifted through a stunning swath of destruction at the Crowley County Correctional Facility on Wednesday, still uncertain what caused an overnight riot by more than 400 inmates.
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July 22, 2004 - Yet ANOTHER riot for CCA!!! (Clarion Ledger)
About 28 inmates from Colorado caused an uprising Wednesday evening at the Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in Tutwiler, officials said.
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July 21, 2004 - More on Wa/CCA inmate riot (Pueblo Chieftain)
Inmates at a nearby private prison rioted Tuesday, prompting law enforcement agencies from around Southern Colorado to mobilize in an effort to quell the uprising.
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July 21, 2004 - Detainees moves from Sodexho facility by Secricor?
(Scotsman)
The authorities finally regained full control of a detention centre today where a “significant disturbance” was sparked by the death of a detainee.
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July 21, 2004 - CCA sued (again) on inmate death (Tulsa World)
The mother of a man who died May 13 while incarcerated at the Tulsa Jail has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Corrections Corporation of America.
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July 21, 2004 - Sheriff wants more jails (Daily Bulletin)
San Bernardino County Sheriff Gary Penrod told county supervisors Tuesday that hundreds of inmates he would rather keep behind bars are getting out early because jail populations have swollen beyond capacity.
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July 21, 2004 - Riot at CCA facility (Rocky Mountain News)
At least 100 inmates rioted Tuesday evening and set small fires inside the walls of a privately run prison in Crowley County.
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July 20, 2004 - Sheriff blames PHS (Bradenton.com)
Among his many duties, Sheriff Charlie Wells is the biggest restaurateur in Manatee County, responsible for preparing and serving some 4,500 meals a day.
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July 20, 2004 - Premier detention centre riot (BBC)
Hundreds of detainees at an asylum centre, where a man's death sparked a serious disturbance are to be moved.
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July 19, 2004 - County food fight continues (Star-Telegram)
For the third time in less than a year, Tarrant County commissioners are expected Tuesday to award a jail food service contract.
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July 19, 2004 - NY PHS death raises more questions (Palm Beach
Post)
New York state investigators have accused Prison Health Services, the company seeking to renew its contact at the Palm Beach County Jail, of causing the death of a Schenectady, N.Y., inmate suffering from Parkinson's disease.
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July 19, 2004 - Premier bad record keeping? (Daily Record)
A SHERIFF has condemned Scotland's only private prison over gaps in the medical records of a prisoner found dead in his cell.
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July 19, 2004 - Detention brothers sue Britain (The Age)
Two teenage boys refused asylum by British diplomats in Melbourne after escaping from the Woomera detention centre will open a legal challenge against the British Foreign Secretary in London later today.
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July 16, 2004 - Avalon guards sued (News Ok)
An attorney for three former inmates at an Oklahoma juvenile detention center
filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking more than $75,000 in damages from the
correctional institute and five workers there.
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more)
July 15, 2004 - More on CCA murder (Nashscene.com)
The investigation into last week's murder of Metro prison inmate Estelle
Richardson is wrapping up, with police expected to issue their report to the
district attorney's office by week's end and a possible grand jury indictment to
follow. (Click
here for more)
July 15, 2004 - CCA guards in drug charges (Jackson Sun)
Three correctional officers will face charges for allegedly bringing drugs into two penal institutions in Hardeman County this month.
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July 15, 2004 - Civigenics guard indicted (Waco Tribune)
An employee with a private detention company that operates the former McLennan County Jail in downtown Waco was indicted Wednesday on charges
that he had sex with a female jail inmate.
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more)
July 14, 2004 - Premier guard convicted of planting heroin (Court
Reporter)
AN East Kilbride prison officer could find himself behind bars after being convicted by a High Court jury of attempting to pervert the course
of justice. (Click
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July 14, 2004 - Cornell inmates win in court (News Ok)
An appeals court Tuesday agreed with two Oklahoma private prison inmates, who served as their own attorneys, that prison officials
erred in disciplining them. (Click
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July 12, 2004 - Medical contract under review (La Crosse
Tribune)
Seventeen-year-old Rosana Hernandez lay on her La Crosse County Jail cot, dizzy and nauseated as her body went through withdrawal.
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July 9, 2004 - More on detention (The Australian)
A damning report by the Auditor-General, released two weeks ago, showed initial detention arrangements with private prison operators Australian
Centre Management to be a farce. (Click
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July 9, 2004 - Aramark food trouble (The New Mexican)
Prison food is not supposed to taste great, but inmates in two state-correction institutions said this week that their food had taken a
turn for the worse in recent days while inmates in a third facility staged a widespread boycott of meals earlier this week.
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July 9, 2004 - More on CCA murder investigation (Tennessean)
Four correctional officers employed by a private firm are now on administrative leave as Metro police investigate the death of a female
inmate found Monday in her cell with a fatal skull fracture.
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July 8, 2004 - Premier staff planted drugs? (The Mirror)
PRISON officers at Scotland's only private jail planted drugs on an inmate, a court heard yesterday.
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July 8, 2004 - Youth escapes Cornell workers (The Morning
Call)
A Tamaqua 16-year-old, who was committed to a juvenile center after
being charged with shooting a friend in the face with a gun he stole from a borough pawn shop, escaped after attending a funeral Wednesday,
police said. (Click
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July 8, 2004 - PHS threatened with another suit (Palm Beach
Post)
The number of dangerous staph-infection cases doubled in the Palm Beach County Jail last month, leading county health
officials to threaten to take the jail and its private medical provider to court if the outbreak isn't under control within two weeks.
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July 8, 2004 - CCA AZ inmate riot worse than reported (News
Ok)
A May 14 riot at the private Diamondback Correctional Facility raged for more than four hours, much longer than previously stated, a
recently released report asserts. (Click
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July 7, 2004 - Inmate murdered by CCA
guard(s)? (Wkrn.com)
An inmate's death at the CCA prison at Harding Place has been ruled a homicide.
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July 7, 2004 - Whistle-blower fired (Atlanta
Journal-Constitution)
A former juvenile justice manager says top officials forced him to resign for refusing to destroy a memo that cited shortfalls in mental
health care at a youth prison. (Click
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July 3, 2004 - State brings inmates back from CCA (AP)
Citing security concerns following a riot at an Oklahoma facility, Arizona is curtailing its transfer of inmates to private, out-of-state
prisons. (Click
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July 3, 2004 - Maranatha prison to close
under $1 million misappropriation claim
(Victor Valley Daily Press)
The state Department of Corrections will not renew its contract with the privately run Victor Valley Medium Community
Correctional Facility in Adelanto, forcing the 500-bed prison to close within two months, officials said Friday.
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July 2, 2004 - Yet another wrongful death
for PHS (Times Union)
"Medically reckless" and "flagrantly inadequate" care by a company hired
to provide medical services at the county jail killed a prisoner suffering with Parkinson's disease, according to the state Commission of
Correction. (Click
here for more)
July 1, 2004 - Premier inmates make court
appearance (Evening Times)
FIVE prisoners at Scotland's only private jail have appeared in court
charged with causing a major disturbance in which an officer was
injured. (Click here for more)
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