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July 31, 2009 - Report is critical of immigration detention centers Gainesville Times Attorney David Kennedy says clients of his who have been held in immigration detention centers in South Georgia and eastern Alabama routinely are denied fundamental rights. (Click here for more) July 31, 2009 - Court rejects appeal from four men convicted of killing Janet Chandler in Holland Grand Rapid Press The state Court of Appeals has rejected the appeals of four men convicted in the 1979 killing of Janet Chandler, the 23-year-old Hope College student who was abducted, raped and slain by Wackenhut Corp. security guards. (Click here for more) July 31, 2009 - Jobs mopped up by 'illegals' on £15 a week Daily Star BRITISH workers facing the sack at an immigration detention centre say their jobs are being taken by “illegals” who are being held there. (Click here for more) July 31, 2009 - Prison company asks judge to dismiss prisoner rape suit Lexington Herald-Leader A private prison company has asked a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit of a Kentucky woman who says she was raped while a prisoner at Otter Creek Correctional Center in Wheelwright. (Click here for more) July 31, 2009 Radio New Zealand ACT MP David Garrett says he does not believe he intimidated two submitters to Parliament's law and order select committee, as alleged by the Labour Party. (Click here for more) July 30, 2009 - Immigrant detainees hunger strike over conditions AP A group of detainees at a Louisiana immigration detention center have begun three-day hunger strikes to protest poor conditions there, immigrant advocates said. (Click here for more) July 30, 2009 - Ex-Wyatt employee to admit lying to federal investigators The Providence Journal A former employee at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility has agreed to plead guilty to a charge that he lied to federal investigators about having sexual contact with an immigrant detainee in the jail’s infirmary. (Click here for more) July 29, 2009 - Medical worker held in prison smuggling The Star Press A medical worker at the New Castle Correctional Facility was arrested this week after she allegedly tried to smuggle marijuana and tobacco into the institution. (Click here for more) July 29, 2009 - Law allows out-of-state maximum-security inmates Tulsa World Private prisons in Oklahoma soon could be housing maximum-security inmates from other states under a new law approved in the waning days of the 2009 legislative session. (Click here for more) July 29, 2009 - MP warns prison officers against giving their opinions on privatisation 3 News An MP from government confidence and supply party ACT today told prison officers who spoke out against private prisons that they had hurt their future job prospects. (Click here for more) July 29, 2009 - Report: Detainee standards violated AP Immigrant advocates say the federal government has failed to meet its own standards for detaining immigrants, making it unduly difficult for immigrants to defend themselves in court and fight to remain in the country. (Click here for more) July 28, 2009 - Lawyers want records preserved in judge corruption case American Free Press Lawyers who argue that thousands of juveniles were sentenced to prison terms by corrupt judges are petitioning a US federal court in Pennsylvania to preserve the case record so they can sue for damages. (Click here for more) July 28, 2009 - Judge sides with prison system in bid battle Miami Herald A state hearing officer has ruled in favor of the Department of Corrections in a controversy involving an $80-million contract to provide mental health to South Florida inmates. (Click here for more) July 28, 2009 - Hernando County won't budge on $422,000 it withheld from Corrections Corporation of America St Petersburg Times Offering Corrections Corporation of America a history lesson on its contract to run the county jail, Hernando County purchasing director Jim Gantt has refused a demand for immediate payment of $422,000 he withheld earlier this year. (Click here for more) July 27, 2009 - Stanford protests lack of air conditioning in jail (Update2) Bloomberg R. Allen Stanford, the Texas financier accused of directing a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, complained that his cell often lacks light and air conditioning. (Click here for more) July 26, 2009 - Tougher prison sex laws sought in Kentucky Courier-Journal Kentucky is one of just three states that consider sexual contact between prison guards and inmates a misdemeanor rather than a felony offense. (Click here for more) July 25, 2009 - Federal judge throws out Idaho inmate lawsuit AP A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit against the state brought by an inmate who said his civil rights were violated when he was transferred to a Texas prison. (Click here for more) July 24, 2009 - Inmate dies at hospital Oklahoman Prison inmate Richard Hayes, 59, of Ada died Tuesday after guards found him unresponsive in his cell at the Lawton Correctional Facility, officials said. (Click here for more) July 24, 2009 - 7 Hawaii inmates allege sex assault in Kentucky WZTV Hawaii's public safety director says 23 female inmates, including seven from Hawaii, are alleging they were sexually assaulted at a private prison in Kentucky. (Click here for more) July 24, 2009 - Ex-guard admits to drug offenses St Petersburg Times A former Hernando County corrections officer who promised to deliver drugs to inmates at the county lockup pleaded guilty Friday to three drug-related charge. (Click here for more) July 24, 2009 - Questions remain if Sunshine is being eclipsed Santa Rosa Press-Gazette It doesn’t appear that some tensions have died down since Monday’s meeting of the Santa Rosa County Commissioners where Chairman Don Salter entered into the minutes he “as chairman feared for the safety of certain individuals involved with economic development” based on the comments he quoted of Alan Isaacson. (Click here for more) July 24, 2009 - Anger over Supremes is overdue The Morning Call The sense of putrefaction in everything the Pennsylvania Supreme Court touches keeps growing. (Click here for more) July 23, 2009 - Family sues private prison for inmate's death in Brooks County Caller Times The family of a man who died in a privately run prison in Brooks County has filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging he was denied medical treatment. (Click here for more) July 23, 2009 - Ex-inmate files lawsuit over alleged jail beating Morning Journal News A former jail inmate assaulted by fellow inmates at the Columbiana County jail one year ago today filed a promised lawsuit, claiming negligence and a security breach led to the attack. (Click here for more) July 22, 2009 - Corrections officer involved in Tucson home invasion, deputies say Arizona Daily Star A 27-year-old man who died during an apparent home invasion last Friday was a corrections officer, his employer confirmed Tuesday. (Click here for more) July 21, 2009 - Civil Rights Courthouse News An immigration detainee claims GEO Group employee "Deputy Garrison" repeatedly forced him to perform sexual acts upon Garrison, a jail guard at LaSalle Detention Facility in Jena, La., which is run by GEO, in Alexandria, La., Federal Court. (Click here for more) July 20, 2009 - Corrections Corp. CEO donates far and wide Knoxville News Sentinel John Ferguson, CEO and board chairman of Corrections Corporation of America, has donated to all four major Republican candidates for governor and to all four major Democratic candidates as well, a review of candidate disclosures shows. (Click here for more) July 18, 2009 - Four Y-12 security guards fired after testing positive for steroids Knoxville News Sentinel Four security guards at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant were fired after testing positive for steroids, a spokeswoman for Wackenhut Services Inc., the government's security contractor, confirmed Friday. (Click here for more) July 18, 2009 - Jail assault probe expands Honolulu Advertiser An investigation into sex assaults involving Hawai'i and other female inmates at a private Kentucky prison has widened and now includes 19 alleged attacks over the past three years. (Click here for more) July 17, 2009 - Gadsden Correctional Officers fired WCTV 6 Three more corrections officers at the Gadsden C.I. have been fired in the wake of a months-long investigation. (Click here for more) July 17, 2009 - Cafeteria worker charged with stealing money FOX 25 This information was supplied by law enforcement and describes recent arrests and charges. (Click here for more) July 17, 2009 - Former prisons health care provider slapped with lawsuit New Mexico Independent A new lawsuit filed in federal court this week accuses a former corrections department contractor of medial malpractice in its care for the state’s prisoners, the Albuquerque Journal reports today. (Click here for more) July 17, 2009 - Metro looking to get $400,000 settlement over election commission break-in Tennessean Almost 19 months after thieves broke into the Davidson County Election Commission and made off with computers containing 337,000 voters’ Social Security numbers, Metro is on the verge of getting back $400,000 from its security contractor. (Click here for more) July 16, 2009 - Four confirmed swine flu cases at Idaho prison KIVI TV Test results received from cultures sent to the Idaho State laboratory on Tuesday have confirmed that four inmates housed at the Idaho Correctional Center south of Boise have contracted the H1N1 (Swine Flu) virus. (Click here for more) July 16, 2009 - State investigating abuse reports at private prison Courier-Journal The state Department of Corrections is investigating allegations of sexual abuse against as many as 16 Kentucky women housed at the privately run Otter Creek Correctional Center in Wheelwright. (Click here for more) July 15, 2009 - America Service Group Inc. investor class action lawsuit update PR Inside A lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of America Service Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASGR) stock between September 24, 2003 to March 16, 2006, alleging America Service violated Federal Securities Laws is pending at the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. (Click here for more) July 15, 2009 - County, CCA seek to resolve contract issues Hernando Today County commissioners, scrambling to make up a $9.9 million deficit in the budget, asked the private company that runs the jail to forego its 4 percent annual contract adjustment to its contract. (Click here for more) July 15, 2009 - Three Y-12 security officers suspended Knoxville News Sentinel Three security police officers have been suspended without pay for allegedly bringing electronic game devices into the inner sanctum of the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant. (Click here for more) July 14, 2009 - Alleged cop shooters’ case sent to Grand Jury Nashville City Paper Moments after Metro Police Sgt. Mark Chesnut was shot five times by an escaped Mississippi convict on June 25, accomplice Cortney Logan smiled before getting into a rental car along with his cousin and speeding away, according to police. (Click here for more) July 14, 2009 - Prison units on quarantine after flu-like symptoms found KIVI TV Two housing units at the Idaho Correctional Center, the private prison south of Boise, have been placed on quarantine after a number of inmates reported to the facility's medical department with flu-type symptoms. (Click here for more) July 14, 2009 - State suspends admissions to Abraxas detention center in New Morgan Reading Eagle The state Department of Public Welfare has suspended admissions to Abraxas Academy in New Morgan while it investigates why the boys detention center failed to report suspected abuse in a timely manner. (Click here for more) July 14, 2009 - 4 appeals filed in Janet Chandler case WOOD TV Four men convicted in the rape and murder of Janet Chandler will have their appeals heard in court Tuesday. (Click here for more) July 12, 2009 - State sends team to Kentucky to check into prison-rape claims Star-Bulletin State officials are on the mainland to investigate accusations that female prisoners from Hawaii have been sexually assaulted by guards at a privately run prison in Kentucky. (Click here for more) July 10, 2009 - Troubled prison firm's deal for new psychiatric hospital raises questions Dallas Morning News A private prison company's history of filthy conditions, sexual abuse, suicides and riots in some of its Texas lockups isn't stopping the state from paying it $7.5 million to run a new psychiatric hospital near Houston. (Click here for more) July 9, 2009 - Prison operator under fire over asthma death The Age PRIVATE prison operator G4S is under attack over a prisoner's death — for the third time in nine years — after a coroner found it could have prevented the fatal asthma attack of a prisoner who died after using a faulty emergency intercom. (Click here for more) July 9, 2009 - Coroner finds prisoner's death from asthma was preventable Herald Sun A CORONER has found a prisoner who died of an asthma attack could have survived if an intercom had been working. (Click here for more) July 8, 2009 - Protective service blasted for security gaps at federal buildings Government Executive The Federal Protective Service is failing to properly oversee its 13,000-strong contract guard force, causing grave security gaps at federal buildings nationwide, Government Accountability Office officials told senators on Wednesday. (Click here for more) July 7, 2009 - 3 prison guards convicted of obstructing justice New York Post Three prison guards were convicted today of obstructing justice after they beat an inmate who complimented a female guard for her looks. (Click here for more) July 7, 2009 - Jail costs, gains examined Hernando Today It's right up there with schools and the Sheriff's Office as one of the most expensive operations in Hernando County. (Click here for more) July 6, 2009 - Sanctions against The GEO Group sought Brownsville Herald An appellate court is weighing claims against The GEO Group, formerly known as Wackenhut Corrections Corp., to determine if the private prison business lied when it claimed to have been exonerated of any responsibility in the beating death of an inmate and if it should be sanctioned. (Click here for more) July 6, 2009 - Inmate's death spurs lawsuit Democrat and Chronicle The family of a Monroe County jail inmate who died in 2007 is suing the Sheriff's Office and the former jail medical services, alleging that jail officials didn't provide him medications he needed for a heart condition. (Click here for more) July 5, 2009 - 2 Hawaii female inmates allege sex assaults at Kentucky prison Honolulu Advertiser Two female inmates from Hawai'i allege they were sexually assaulted by one or more corrections officers at a Kentucky prison, and police are investigating one of the incidents. (Click here for more) July 3, 2009 - County withholds $422K from jail bill Hernando Today The operators of the Hernando County Jail are questioning the right of the county to withhold money it contends belongs to them. (Click here for more) July 3, 2009 - Mom files lawsuit in son's jail death Arizona Daily Star The mother of a 28-year-old man who hanged himself in the Pima County jail has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Correctional Medical Services, the company that provides medical care at the facility. (Click here for more) July 2, 2009 - Attorney: Inmate denied asthma pump Valley Morning Star An attorney claimed in a statement Wednesday that an inmate who died here in June was denied the use of his asthma pump. (Click here for more) July 2, 2009 - Mr Ward's family holding onto hope for justice WA Today The Director of Public Prosecutions has begun his inquiries into the death of an Aboriginal elder in the back of a prison van, giving his family and supporters hope that charges could be laid. (Click here for more) July 2, 2009 - Ex-inmate files personal-injury suit vs. county The Arizona Republic She had notes from a judge and her doctor, but Delyla Pierson-Winburn says that didn't guarantee her the correct medical treatment she needed when she entered Maricopa County's Lower Buckeye Jail last summer to serve time for a DUI conviction. (Click here for more) July 2, 2009 - Jailer finds himself behind bars Hernando Today It's not the first time Hernando corrections officer Gregory Christopher Heiser has found himself on the wrong side of the bars, but this time the charges are more serious. (Click here for more) July 1, 2009 - Prison contraband drop stopped Mineral Well Index Police stopped a black Mercury car observed sitting across from the Corrections Corporation of America Pre-parole Transfer Facility around 3 a.m. Monday morning and performed a search of the vehicle. (Click here for more) July 1, 2009 - Private prison
companies dispute criticisms The National Business Review The
State should be responsible for prisoners not private companies, the
Human Rights Commission said today.
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