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Federal communications about CCA immigrant deaths: 11 pages. Series of emails memos and documents about immigrant deaths at CCA facilities.

Kentucky Justice and Public Safety letter to CCA re: Otter Creek: July 24, 2009, 3 pages. Letter outlining multiple issues at CCA's Otter Creek including suicide of CCA employee within the walls of the prison, rapes, and violence.

CCA General Counsel Gus Puryear's response to Sen. Diane Feinstein: Puryear's attempt to obfuscate CCA's attempt to withhold damaging information from the public during his failed federal judgeship nomination process. 26 pages.

Puryear's response to Sen. Feinstein excerpts: 7 pages.

PCI Vice President Alex Friedmann's follow-up Statement on HR 1889 before the US House Sub-Committee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security: July 1, 2008, 7 pages.

PCI Vice President Alex Friedmann's Statement on HR 1889 before the US House Sub-Committee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security: June 26, 2008, 41 pages.

Alan Lenkowsky letter to Jonathan Mayes, Chief Litigation Counsel: May 1, 2008, 1 page. Request to immediately order CCA to restore a pill round that they eliminated due to staffing shortages at Marion County (Indiana) Jail #2.

Congressman Bobby Scott's opening statement on H.R. 1889: November 8, 2007, 2 pages. Great opening statement on requiring private prison vendor's to FIOA requests.

Congressman Tim Holden's testimony on H.R. 1889: November 8, 2007, 2 pages. Great piece on opening up the private prison vendor's records to FIOA requests.

Panel discussion on Challenging Conditions of Confinement in Privately-Run Immigration Detention Centers, Alex Friedmann, PLN associate editor and PCI VP: November 4, 2007, 5 pages. Discussion on the rise of the use private  immigration detention centers.

California Legislative Counsel's Office: October 25, 2006, 7 pages. Outlines unconstitutionality of privatized corrections.

ICE letter to Williamson County Judge Gattis on CCA Performance Deficiencies at the Hutto Detention Center: May 23, 2007, 2 pages. Scathing rebuff on lack of oversight by the County regarding sexual misconduct by a CCA guard.

Written testimony from PCI Executive Director Ken Kopczynski, to the Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons. February 3, 2006; 8 pages.

Written testimony from PCI Field Organizer Frank Smith, to the Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons. November 2, 2005; 25 pages.

Davidson County Sheriff's Office Memo regarding the death of Estelle Richardson: August 5, 2005, 11 pages. Damning memo exposing the contradictions in CCA guard's testimony regarding the murder of CCA inmate Estelle Richardson.

Letter to Alaska Department of Health from Dee Hubbard, President, Private Corrections Institute, about Cornell: Lists a number of horror stories related to Cornell operations. November 19, 2004.

Letter to Cornell Board of Directors from Pirate Capital LLC A number of demands for changes at Cornell from one of its largest shareholders 13%). Ouch! November 12, 2004; 3 pages.

Letters to Cornell Board of Directors from Pirate Capital LLC: A series of letters demanding changes at Cornell from one of its largest shareholders. July - September 2004.

Cornell August 5, 2004 conference call: Hard hitting questions and a lot of dodging by Cornell. Worth a look at.

Private prisons opposition letter; November 17, 2003; A letter by Barbara A. Mikulski and Paul Sarbanes, both United States Senators, to John Ashcroft opposing privatization in the Maryland area.

Two letters from Cornell Companies for consulting work; April 15, 2002; Two letters, one to Art Trujillo and the other to Joe Lang concerning Cornell's attempt to lease or purchase , with authority to manage and operate, the Bernadillo County Jail (Downtown Jail Facility).