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March 31, 2007 - Court rejects killer's death sentence appeal Waco Tribune A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the federal convictions and death sentence of Sherman Lamont Fields, convicted in the 2001 jail escape and shooting death of the mother of three small children. (Click here for more) March 31, 2007 - Panel may drop prison contracts Tulsa World Frustrated with a lack of funding and absence of lawmakers at a monthly meeting held Friday at the Capitol, the Board of Corrections decided to consider at the next meeting canceling its contracts for private bed space. (Click here for more) March 30, 2007 - ICE detainees protest in Georgia Immigration News Briefs More than 1,000 immigration detainees held a two-day hunger strike at the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, according to the consul general of El Salvador in Georgia, Asdrubal Aguilar. (Click here for more) March 29, 2007 - Inmates brawl at Baker prison in San Bernardino County Contra Costa Times A race-related fight broke out at a minimum-security community prison, sending four inmates to the hospital with minor injuries, state prison officials said. (Click here for more) March 29, 2007 - Witness puts suspect at murder scene Muskegon Chronicle Freddie Parker, one of six suspects in the 28-year-old murder of Janet Chandler, long has insisted he was not in Michigan when the Blue Mill Inn night clerk died. (Click here for more) March 29, 2007 - Mohave County seeks end to contract with private prison The Daily News Mohave County supervisors will decide on whether to end a contract with an Oklahoma firm that built the county's only prison. (Click here for more) March 27, 2007 - Jail inmate fingerprinting question remains unanswered Hernando Today The question of who will fingerprint and photograph inmates at the county jail remains unanswered but commissioners hope the issue will be resolved in a month or less. (Click here for more) March 27, 2007 - Private prison food is slated IC Surrey REPLACING prison food with over-priced outside catering fare is a recipe for disaster in a women's jail. (Click here for more) March 23, 2007 - Inmate faces bribery charge Times-Dispatch An inmate who alleged an officer at the Lawrenceville Correctional Center extorted money from him has himself been charged. (Click here for more) March 23, 2007 - Tagged offenders unmonitored for weeks The Telegraph Ministers have been forced to act after receiving disturbing evidence of equipment failures and doctored record-keeping within Group 4 Securicor Justice Services, which operates 60 per cent of tags for offenders released early under the Home Detention Curfew scheme. (Click here for more) March 22, 2007 - Fulton to seek more jail food bidders Atlanta Journal-Constitution Fulton County will take a step back and ask more companies to bid on a contract to feed inmates at the Fulton County Jail. Fulton's County Commission voted unanimously Wednesday for a 90-day deferral on a vote to hire a food service provider for the jail and satellite facilities. (Click here for more) March 21, 2007 - Val Verde, jail firm settle with family of prisoner who died San Antonio Express-News Suffering from depression after she was labeled a snitch and reportedly raped, according to claims in a lawsuit, federal inmate LeTisha Tapia ate her last meal in Val Verde County Jail at 5:30 p.m. on July 23, 2004. (Click here for more) March 20, 2007 - Hinton prison to close Oklahoman The Great Plains Correctional Facility will close indefinitely "the first week of April,” leaving some 190 employees at the private prison without work, a company spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday. (Click here for more) March 20, 2007 - Facility fined again because of latest escape Hernando Today In the wake of the most recent prisoner escape from the Hernando County Jail, county commissioners are asking staffers to come back next Tuesday with long-term plans to beef up security at the facility. (Click here for more) March 18, 2007 - Va.'s only privately run prison, Lawrenceville, had most drugs seized Richmond Times-Dispatch Last year, more than twice as many inmates were caught with drugs at the Lawrenceville Correctional Center as in all other Virginia prisons combined. (Click here for more) March 18, 2007 - Overtime lawsuits are becoming more certain than some paychecks The Oregonian Federal court statistics show that plaintiffs filed nearly 4,200 cases under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, which governs pay practices, in fiscal 2006, which ended Sept. 30. (Click here for more) March 16, 2007 - Governor’s inaugural raises $47,000 from top corporations Vermont Guardian Gov. Jim Douglas’ third inaugural celebration raised $47,000 from some of the state’s top contractors, and corporations. (Click here for more) March 16, 2007 - Report: Screams at youth lockup ignored Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Advocates investigating a claim of abuse by a teenager at the Alexander Juvenile Correctional Facility say employees failed to help the boy even as his screams could be heard behind a closed door in an office without a surveillance camera, according to a report released to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on Thursday. (Click here for more) March 16, 2007 - Campsfield counts cost of riot Oxford Mail Staff are counting up the costs at Campsfield House immigration detention centre after detainees ran riot and started a fire. (Click here for more) March 15, 2007 - Public wants escapee notification KPLC TV It was between two and three in the afternoon Wednesday when Brian Scott escaped from the Allen Correctional Center by scaling the fence. (Click here for more) March 15, 2007 - Prison inmates face pot-dealing charges The Star Press Two convicted felons, including one from Muncie, have been accused of operating a marijuana-dealing operation within the walls of the New Castle Correctional Facility. (Click here for more) March 14, 2007 - State investigates reported abuse at DCF contracted facility AP Four state agencies are looking into reports of abuse at a Department of Children & Families contracted facility that holds mentally ill and disabled juvenile delinquents who aren't competent to stand trial. (Click here for more) March 14, 2007 - Nine hurt in asylum centre riot BBC Seven staff and two inmates have been injured in a fire after a riot broke out at an immigration removal centre. (Click here for more) March 14, 2007 - Activist shareholders challenge CCA's political donations Tennessean Owners of stock in Corrections Corp. of America will vote in May on whether the company must start revealing more about funding it provides for political causes. (Click here for more) March 14, 2007 - Outgoing CCA exec to get salary for year Tennessean Corrections Corporation of America said its outgoing chief financial officer would continue to receive his annual base salary of $353,550 for another year. (Click here for more) March 13, 2007 - Escaped juvenile inmates captured in Eagle Pass KTRK Two inmates discovered missing from a West Texas youth prison overnight were captured Monday in Eagle Pass after a woman saw them in a convenience store and thought they looked suspicious, authorities said. (Click here for more) March 13, 2007 - Company that runs jail is sued St Petersburg Times Two years ago, inmate Jeffrey McLaughlin was beaten up at the Hernando County Jail while waiting in line to use the microwave. Last week, McLaughlin, who is now a state prisoner, filed suit against Corrections Corporation of America, the company that runs the jail, claiming that the jail was negligent in not preventing the other inmates from attacking him. (Click here for more) March 12, 2007 - TYC students missing from high-security prison The Monitor Two detainees of a Texas Youth Commission contract prison in West Texas are missing. (Click here for more) March 10, 2007 - County paid $350,000 after baby's death Tampa Tribune A former Hillsborough County jail inmate whose baby died after being born over a jail cell toilet in 2004 received a $350,000 settlement last fall, according to records released Friday. (Click here for more) March 10, 2007 - Fired guard says he told employers of sex offender status KRIS TV A convicted sex offender who was fired this week from his job at a West Texas youth prison said he told his employer of his background when he applied for the job. (Click here for more) March 9, 2007 - BCI to probe smuggling at Columbiana County Jail Vindicator An investigation into contraband being smuggled into the Columbiana County Jail has been turned over to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation. (Click here for more) March 9, 2007 - Detention center lawsuits begin Austin Chronicle The American Civil Liberties Union has filed 10 lawsuits on behalf of 10 immigrant children from Lithuania, Canada, Haiti, Honduras, Somalia, and Guyana, who were detained at the T Don Hutto Family Detention Center in Taylor. (Click here for more) March 8, 2007 - Cop suspected of providing pot, phones to jail inmates Morning Journal A St. Clair Township police officer who was suspended this week is suspected of smuggling marijuana and cell phones to county jail inmates, according to court records. (Click here for more) March 7, 2007 - Registered sex offender found working at a juvenile halfway house San Antonio Express-News Law enforcement officers who earlier this week moved into the Texas Youth Commission facilities to protect inmates from sex predators on Wednesday discovered a registered sex offender working as a correctional officer in a halfway house for juveniles. (Click here for more) March 6, 2007 - Warden fires guard, saying she forgot to relock cell St Petersburg Times Last week, an inmate at the Hernando County Jail walked through an unlocked cell door, sauntered out to the garage and escaped through a field - the third escape in just over a year. (Click here for more) March 6, 2007 - Lawmaker asks state to rescind Ault prison contract Greeley Tribune Saying GEO Group Inc. can't be trusted, a Pueblo lawmaker asked state officials Monday to rescind a contract with the company to build a private prison in Ault. (Click here for more) March 5, 2007 - Lawmaker wants prison builder's contract yanked Rocky Mountain News Rep. Buffie McFadyen, D-Pueblo West, and two reform groups today formally requested the director of the Department of Corrections and the governor rescind Geo Group’s bid to build a private prison in Ault. (Click here for more) March 5, 2007 - A record of failure at center for sex offenders Herald Tribune Inside a privately run treatment center here for pedophiles and rapists who have completed their prison sentences, where they are supposed to reflect on their crimes and learn to control their sexual urges, bikini posters were pinned to walls. (Click here for more) March 5, 2007 - Inmate from Ada County found dead in Texas prison Idaho Statesman An Idaho inmate housed in a Texas prison was found dead from apparently self-inflicted wounds early Sunday morning, an Idaho Department of Correction spokeswoman said. (Click here for more) March 4, 2007 - Prison site too close to school Tulsa World State law prohibits the construction of a new prison at its proposed site because of the facility's proximity to a school, a state legislator said. (Click here for more) March 4, 2007 - St Petersburg Times Residents who live near the Hernando County Jail should be concerned. (Click here for more) March 4, 2007 - East Amwell church fighting to improve conditions at Elizabeth detention center Courier News The way Living Waters Lutheran Church describes it, Elizabeth Detention Facility is a living hell. (Click here for more) March 2, 2007 - Officials met privately about prisons The Natchez Democrat Representatives from the city and county governments met privately in December to discuss the prospect of a correctional facility locating in the county. (Click here for more) March 2, 2007 - Prison escapee caught Houston Chronicle A convicted robber who escaped Sunday night from a Texas Department of Criminal Justice facility in Fort Worth and who had ties to a Montgomery County couple was apprehended early today in Corpus Christi. (Click here for more) March 1, 2007 - Bowie County jailer arrested KPXJ 21 He worked in the jail and now a Bowie County Correctional Center officer has found himself behind bars. (Click here for more) March 1, 2007 - Police say recaptured inmate tricked woman AP An inmate accused of using forged documents to walk out of the New Castle State Prison apparently duped a woman into helping him, police said. (Click here for more) March 1, 2007 - Inmate health
system faulted Baltimore Sun Maryland's inmate health care
system faced staffing shortages last year, and plans stalled for drug
treatment programs and a new electronic database to keep better track of
records, a state audit released yesterday showed.
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