JUNE, 2004
June 30, 2004 - Reliance shadows public officers (BBC)
The under-fire private security firm Reliance has begun shadowing police and
prison staff in Dumfries. (Click
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June 28, 2004 - County looks at taking back
MTC jail (ABQ Journal)
As "tough negotiations" with Santa Fe County's private jail contractor grind on, some county officials are revisiting the notion
that the county itself should resume jail operations. (Click
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June 28, 2004 - Update on Securicor juvie
facility (Chronicle Online)
Two years ago, Cypress Creek Juvenile Detention Facility in Lecanto was wrought with scandal - from female guards having sex with inmates to
allegations of brutal inmate treatment. (Click
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June 28, 2004 - Reliance fined for escapes (BBC)
Prison escort firm Reliance has incurred £75,000 in penalties for releasing prisoners by mistake.
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June 28, 2004 - Another inmate escapes Reliance (BBC)
Another prisoner has escaped from custody while being transported to
court by Reliance Security Services. (Click
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June 26, 2004 - Freedom fleeting for
fugitive (Tulsa World)
But the escapee's fame goes a long way toward helping a traffic cop put him back behind bars.
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June 26, 2004 - Family sues PHS (News-press.com)
A Bonita Springs man is suing Lee County sheriff's officials and the company that provides jail medical services, claiming officials failed
to provide appropriate medical care to his son while he was in jail.
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June 26, 2004 - CCA escapees caught (Houston
Chronicle)
The three Liberty County Jail inmates who escaped earlier this week were
arrested Friday with a woman who had been hiding them in an east Harris County home, authorities said.
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June 26, 2004 - MTC changes rules after inmate death (ABQ
Journal)
The Santa Fe County jail is making changes following an incident earlier this month that left one inmate dead.
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June 24, 2004 - Avalon doesn't notice inmate gone for a day (Tulsa
World)
Avalon Correctional Services officials are investigating how an inmate at the company's Tulsa facility escaped Friday but was not noticed
missing until Saturday. (Click
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June 24, 2004 - 3 inmates at large after jail breakout (Houston
Chronicles)
Three Liberty County Jail inmates, who escaped after overpowering a guard, stripping him and locking him in a cell, remained
at large late Wednesday. (Click
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June 23, 2004 - Premier in the hot seat (Palm Beach Post)
A private company faulted for problems at a local prison for girls now has 15 days to answer the state's concerns at two other juvenile centers.
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June 23, 2004 - Premier inmates not getting
enough programs (BBC)
Inmates at a Nottinghamshire prison have too little to do, according to a new report.
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June 23, 2004 - Three escape CCA jail (Houston
Chronicle)
Deputies are searching this morning for three inmates of the Liberty County Jail who overpowered a guard and escaped overnight.
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June 23, 2004 - CCA facility has 86 percent
turnover!!! (AP)
The state is doing a better job of keeping corrections officers despite lower pay than counties and private
industries for what some consider a tougher job, officials say. (Click
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June 22, 2004 - TB hits CCA facility (Jackson Sun)
Eight cases of tuberculosis, including three this year already, at the Hardeman County Correctional Facility have prompted the state Department
of Health to begin an investigation and prevent the potentially devastating disease from reaching the Whiteville community.
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June 22, 2004 - More money for CCA (Rocky Mountain News)
Legislative budget writers happily gave their blessings Monday to a $2.3
million supplemental appropriation to lock up 121 problem inmates at a private prison in Mississippi.
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June 22, 2004 - Feds to pay CCA more (Tribune Capitol Bureau)
The U.S. Marshals Service has agreed to pay a higher rate to hold federal prisoners at the private prison in Shelby, gaining the
state about $260,000 a year, corrections officials said Monday.
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June 21, 2004 - Trouble at MTC facility (Explorer News)
The chief of security for the Marana Community Correctional Treatment Facility was fired June 1 and a sergeant resigned May
26 over allegations the sergeant had prisoners do pushups in lieu of written
discipline. (Click
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June 20, 2004 - More trouble for PHS (Dailypress.com)
Three inmates at Hampton Roads Regional Jail in Portsmouth who suffer from mental illnesses say the jail's medical staff failed to
prescribe drugs that effectively treat their conditions. (Click
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June 19, 2004 - Private security guard charged in killing (Atlanta
Journal-Constitution)
Murder charges have been filed against a supermarket security guard in the shooting death of a College Park teenager the guard suspected of
stealing her car. (Click
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June 19, 2004 - Report slams private detention facilities (The
Courier Mail)
Australasian Correctional Management ran 12 immigration detention
centres on behalf of the Howard Government from early 1998 until early
this year. (Click
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June 15, 2004 - Civigenics van rolls (Waco
Tribune)
A McLennan County Detention Center guard and an inmate were listed in critical condition Monday after a highway accident Saturday.
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June 15, 2004 - Audit called for at CCA jail
(The Daily Oklahoman)
County commissioners authorized a special state audit of their finance offices Monday because of recent management changes and budgeting problems.
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June 13, 2004 - GEO fires warden (Delco
Times)
The GEO Group, formerly Wackenhut Corrections Corp., fired the warden of
the George W. Hill correctional facility Thursday. (Click
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June 12, 2004 - MTC inmate beaten to death (ABQ
Journal)
The Santa Fe County jail pod where an inmate was killed on June 4 was staffed with a requisite number of guards-- the same number that was
sufficient to win accreditation from the American Correctional Association after a February inspection, according to the county sheriff.
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June 11, 2004 - LCS guards indicted (AP)
Four guards who worked at the Basile Detention Center in Evangeline
Parish were indicted Friday for allegedly having sexual contact with
female inmates. (Click
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June 11, 2004 - CCA inmate sues (AP)
One of two inmates who accused a prison guard of sexually assaulting him
in a Kentucky prison is suing the nation's largest private prison corporation.
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June 10, 2004 - Prmier suit dismissed though
proven guilty (Icenetwork)
THERE was outrage last night when a prison officer had a sex-discrimination claim dismissed even though a tribunal acknowledged
her managers had stopped her getting a promotion. (Click
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June 10, 2004 - Inmate suit moves forward (N.H.
Statehouse)
A Merrimack Superior Court judge has set a date for a hearing in a state prison inmate's suit against Gov. Craig Benson over a plan to
ship up to 1,000 medium security inmates out of state. (Click
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June
9, 2004 - CCA settles wrongful death suit (AP)
The family of a man who died in the lobby of the Tulsa Jail has settled a federal lawsuit against the facility's operator.
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June 8, 2004 - Inmate escapes CCA jail (The Indianapolis
Star)
The first inmate to escape from Marion County's privately operated jail annex was caught Monday after about 15 hours.
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June 8, 2004 - Inmate escapes for-porfits (AP)
Police were continuing their hunt today for a prisoner who knocked a security guard unconscious and escaped from a first-floor window.
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more)
June 8, 2004 - State can run former CCA prison but
you pay for quality (AP)
The Nevada Corrections Department says it could do a better job of running a women's prison in North Las Vegas than a private company - but
costs would go up by at least $1 million a year.
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more)
June 7, 2004 - Grand jury looks into LCS abuse
allegations (AP)
Allegations of sexual contact between security officers and female inmates from Alabama at a private prison in Basile are scheduled to be
studied this week by a grand jury. (Click
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May 27, 2004 - Police capture Group 4
escapee (BBC)
A prisoner who absconded from the dock at Leeds Crown Court has been re-captured.
The man was arrested at an address in the Seacroft area of the city on Thursday morning, police said.
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May
27, 2004 - CSC's Hickey shocks officials (Baltimore Sun)
When the state assumed control of its sprawling Charles H. Hickey Jr. School from a private contractor on April 1, it found an out-of-control
wreck of a juvenile detention center where housing units reeked of urine, graffiti covered walls, and locks didn't work on the doors of the
rooms of dozens of potentially dangerous offenders. (Click
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May 26, 2004 - We don't want troublemakers
back (AP)
Despite several large fights and riots at two out-of-state private prisons in the last several weeks, state officials say they have no
plans to reverse course and bring home any of the 2,000 inmates in Texas
and Oklahoma. (Click
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May 26, 2004 - Commissioner happy with CCA? (AP)
Corrections Commissioner Steve Gold said Tuesday he's satisfied with an investigation into allegations of sexual assault by
two Vermont inmates at a private Kentucky prison, and said the state will continue to house prisoners there.
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May
26, 2004 - Audit report blisters CMS and CCA (Rutland Herald)
The state has paid more than $800,000 for prison medical services it did not receive and was routinely overbilled by several
contractors, according to a report released Tuesday by state auditor Elizabeth Ready.
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May
26, 2004 - Vendors get another shot (Tallahassee Democrat)
Prodded by Gov. Jeb Bush to avoid giving the Department of Management Services a legal headache, the Correctional Privatization Commission
decided Tuesday to hold one more vote on contracts for three privately run prisons.
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May 25, 2004 - Group 4 escapee captured (Scotsman)
A violent criminal who escaped from prison guards while being taken to jail was arrested this evening, police said.
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May 25, 2004 - NaphCare suit settled (Gainesville
Sun)
A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit against the state Department of Corrections and its former medical provider,
claiming HIV-positive inmates at Limestone Correctional Facility were not given adequate health care.
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May 25, 2004 - CPC gives quite a send-off (Tallahassee
Democrat)
Like a grumpy Cinderella making an exit, the state agency that oversees private prisons decided Monday to dump "a real mess" on the Department
of Management Services at the stroke of midnight June 30.
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