MARCH, 2003
March 27, 2003 - Lawsuit filed in clerk's slaying (Tulsa World) A woman sues two corrections companies and an escapee who is accused of killing her husband. (Click here for more)
March 25, 2003 - Another suit against CCA (AP) A former inmate's mother has filed a lawsuit alleging her son died in prison because officials didn't want to refill his prescription. (Click here for more)
March 25, 2003 - Lawmakers clear way for privately owned prison to house federal inmates (AP) Ending a four-year standoff, a Texas corrections firm has won the go-ahead to build Pennsylvania's first privately owned prison, officials said Tuesday. (Click here for more)
March 26, 2003 - Former Cornell guard gets 33 months (The Providence Journal-Bulletin) Dunn M. Beckett, the former prison guard convicted last year of possessing a sawed-off shotgun, has begun serving a 33-month federal prison sentence. (Click here for more)
March 26, 2003 - MTC top managers fired (The New Mexican) The company that manages the Santa Fe County jail removed the warden and his second in command this week because of complaints about unsanitary conditions. (Click here for more)
March 26, 2003 - More on MTC's troubles (The New Mexican) Santa Fe County advisory committee report says the county's jails need better visitation facilities, more medical staff and a reduction in staff turnover, among other improvements. (Click here for more)
March 26, 2003 - MTC might lose contract (ABQ Journal)
Mounting problems at the Santa Fe County jail, including the dismissal
this week of its top two officers, prompted County Commissioner Paul
Duran to suggest re-examining the jail operating contract Tuesday.
(Click
here for more)
March 21, 2003 - 74 year-old CSC driver dies
(Tucson Citizen) A 74-year-old Gold Canyon man was killed yesterday in a
one-vehicle accident on Interstate 10. (Click
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March 19, 2003 - Public servants applaud government move to keep prisons public (AAP Newsfeed) Public sector employees today applauded a Carr government commitment to keep NSW prisons in the public domain. (Click here for more)
March 19, 2003 - Wackenhut prison the "worst". (AP) Plans to extend the role of private providers in prison services suffered a setback this month when a PFI jail for young offenders was described as the worst in the country. (Click here for more)
March 18, 2003 - Elliott v. Wackenhut Corrections Corporation, No.
02-15049 (9th Cir.
02/20/03) (Corrections Professional) Alleged Wackenhut whistleblower
will get his day in court. (Click
here for more)
March 18, 2003 - CCA guard accused of sex assault (St. Petersburg Times) A corrections officer at the Hernando County Jail was placed on leave Monday after he was accused of assaulting a co-worker after a shift change last week. (Click here for more)
March 17, 2003 - Another secret settlement (AP) A female inmate who claimed she was sexually assaulted and threatened during a prison transfer has settled a lawsuit against a transport company and one of its guards. (Click here for more)
March 15, 2003 - For-profit medical under fire (Mobile Register) The Birmingham company that holds the $30-million-a-year contract for providing medical treatment in Alabama prisons faces tough questions about cost overruns and the quality of its care. (Click here for more)
March 14, 2003 - Debate on Cornell proposal heats-up (Anchorage Daily News) Backers of a proposed 1,200-bed private prison in Whittier are attacking the Corrections Department argument that a state-run prison in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley would be cheaper. (Click here for more)
March 10, 2003 - Judge: inmate transfers likely (The Montgomery Advertiser) With Alabama facing court orders to reduce prison overcrowding and a $500 million funding crunch, Gov. Bob Riley is turning to the private sector for relief. (Click here for more)
March 10, 2003 - Two caught after detention centre breakout (The Age) Two men who escaped from the Baxter immigration detention centre last night spent just hours on the run before being recaptured by South Australian police early today. (Click here for more)
March 8, 2003 - Lawmakers reject building prison in Mexico (The Arizona Republic) State lawmakers on Friday turned down a proposal to build a prison in Mexico for more than 3,000 undocumented immigrants behind bars in Arizona. (Click here for more)
March 7, 2003 - For-profit prisons phase out
(The New Zealand Herald) The Government will phase out the private
management of prisons. (Click
here for more)
March 3, 2003 - Newton inmate escapes
(The Beaumont
Enterprise) Residents here were concerned, but didn't seem too surprised
to learn Sunday that an inmate escaped from the Newton County Correction
Center - after all, it's the fifth escape in seven years. (Click
here for more)
March 3, 2003 - Armed robbery suspect escapes Southeast Texas jail (Associated Press) Southeast Texas law-enforcement officials were searching late Sunday for a Newton County jail escapee. (Click here for more)
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