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March 28, 2009 - Street covered in white crosses to signify inmates killed in private prisons NewsWest 9 A Pecos street was covered in white crosses on Saturday symbolizing inmates in private prisons who have lost their lives. (Click here for more) March 28, 2009 - Laptop's path raises questions Herald Tribune Three months before 11,000 files were deleted from former Sheriff Bill Balkwill's laptop, the sheriff and two top administrators signed a document saying the computer had been sent off for recycling, according to court documents made public Friday. (Click here for more) March 28, 2009 - Gainesville, Hall at odds over jail contract Gainesville Times The Gainesville City Council is refuting comments made by Hall County Commission Chairman Tom Oliver to The Times regarding an agreement for the city to purchase the old county jail on Main Street. (Click here for more) March 27, 2009 - Council members don’t like CCA detention center plans Gainesville Times Hall County officials say Gainesville City Council members who are unhappy about a private prison company’s long-term plans for the old county jail were given a chance to buy the property in a formal contract but never followed through. (Click here for more) March 27, 2009 - Call for inmates to have cell keys The Australian THE research director of a British-based group that is expected to bid for contracts to operate two jails in NSW has backed privatised facilities in which inmates have keys to their cells and are on a first-name basis with their jailers.(Click here for more) March 26, 2009 - Feds pay illegal immigrants for jobs while in custody Houston Chronicle If you were to stop on a street corner anywhere in America and knowingly hire an illegal immigrant to do your laundry or clean your basement, you would be breaking the law. (Click here for more) March 26, 2009 - Adams takes over prison cooking The Evening Sun Adams County will soon get into the culinary business - in jail. (Click here for more) March 26, 2009 - Escaped prisoner surrenders to ICE NBC DFW A prisoner who escaped from a private transport van in Weatherford Wednesday has turned himself in to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Dallas. (Click here for more) March 26, 2009 - Wyatt director defends fee for jail expansion Providence Journal The current executive director of the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility was paid nearly $1 million to oversee the $48-million expansion of the jail while he was also collecting an annual fee for other consulting work at the detention center for federal immigrant detainees and prisoners awaiting trial or sentencing. (Click here for more) March 25, 2009 - Sheriff's Office investigates erasing of former sheriff's data Herald Tribune The Sheriff's Office has launched a criminal investigation into the handling of former Sheriff Bill Balkwill's laptop to find out who deleted 11,000 files from the computer. (Click here for more) March 25, 2009 - Razor wire to stay in downtown Gainesville Access North GA Gainesville City officials said Wednesday Nashville, Tennessee based Corrections Corporation of America plans to house maximum-security convicted felons in addition to illegal immigrants awaiting deportation at its leased facility in the former Hall County Jail on Main Street downtown. (Click here for more) March 23, 2009 - New Gainesville prison clashes with revitalization Atlanta Journal-Constitution A new detention facility planned for the heart of its Midtown district has some Gainesville officials wringing their hands. (Click here for more) March 22, 2009 - Commercially-run prison shelved for now Israel National News A special nine-judge panel of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Dorit Beinisch, has issued a restraining order preventing Israel’s first private prison from beginning operation. (Click here for more) March 21, 2009 - Guard takes blame for elder’s van death The West The security guard who drove the van in which an Aboriginal elder died of heat stroke has admitted he should take responsibility for the death. (Click here for more) March 20, 2009 - Valley family speaks out about relative's death in Pecos prison Action 4 News A Rio Grande Valley family continues to search for justice after their nephew died while serving time in a private West Texas prison. (Click here for more) March 20, 2009 - Death in custody security guard had been stood down The West Australian The guard responsible for transporting an Aboriginal elder who died in custody was previously demoted for breaching procedures and compromising prisoner safety. (Click here for more) March 19, 2009 - Guerra to line prison fence with crosses representing deaths there Valley Morning Star Attorney Juan Angel Guerra will continue his quest to meet with clients in the Reeves County Detention Center in Pecos by lining the prison's fence with crosses that represent the 160 inmates who have died there, including a 33-year-old Alamo man who died last week. (Click here for more) March 19, 2009 - Pecos prison death KRGV A spokesman for the GEO Group, a private prison company that runs the Reeves County Detention Center in Pecos released a statement to NEWSCHANNEL 5. (Click here for more) March 19, 2009 - School janitor held in thefts The Advocate A school janitor was arrested in what investigators believe is a crime ring in the thefts of purses, wallets and cell phones from employees at nine public schools in Ascension and East Baton Rouge parishes. (Click here for more) March 18, 2009 - Prison worker held after drugs found at Westville Correctional Facility South Bend Tribune A food service employee was arrested at Westville Correctional Facility today (Wednesday), accused of smuggling drugs and cell phones into the prison, according to a news release. (Click here for more) March 18, 2009 - Van guards joked as prisoner died of heatstroke Perth Now TWO guards responsible for transporting an Aboriginal elder 352km across the West Australian outback joked about how he must have been "freezing his balls off" hours before he died of heatstroke in the back of a corrective services van, an inquest has been told. (Click here for more) March 18, 2009 - Class action lawsuit on strip searches at county jail is settled News-Bulletin A federal district judge has filed an order approving a preliminary settlement agreement in a class action suit against the county regarding unlawful strip searches at the jail. (Click here for more) March 17, 2009 - Government should investigate mistreatment claims Worthing Herald The Government was wrong not to order an independent inquiry into allegations of mistreatment at Harmondsworth immigration detention centre in west London 2006, the Court of Appeal has ruled. (Click here for more) March 17, 2009 - Aboriginal elder arrived 'with third-degree burns Perth Now AN Aboriginal elder who died in the back of a prison van arrived at hospital, unconscious and with third-degree burns, an inquest has heard. (Click here for more) March 17, 2009 - West Texas prison workers face contraband charges KRIS TV Three employees at a county-owned but privately managed West Texas prison have been indicted on charges that they took bribes to smuggle in contraband, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Tuesday. (Click here for more) March 17, 2009 - Detained immigrants in Florida complain they're not getting medical care Sun-Sentinel A doctor says they need medicine to stop the palpitations, shortness of breath and the cries of drowning shipmates they hear in their nightmares. (Click here for more) March 14, 2009 - Security firm lands MoD job three months after John Reid joins as a consultant Sunday Mail Former Defence Secretary John Reid faced fierce criticism yesterday as it emerged the world's largest security firm had won a huge contract from the Ministry of Defence weeks after taking him on as a consultant. (Click here for more) March 13, 2009 - Senate makes Missouri's private jails accountable Columbia Missourian With nearly unanimous support, the state Senate passed a bill Thursday that would, for the first time, make private jails in Missouri subject to state oversight. (Click here for more) March 12, 2009 - Police give evidence at death in custody inquest ABC A coronial inquest into the death in custody of an Aboriginal elder from the Central Desert will resume today in Kalgoorlie, in south-eastern Western Australia. (Click here for more) March 12, 2009 - Northwest Detention Center owner files suit to block records release The News Tribune The Geo Group Inc., operator of the federal immigration lockup on the Tacoma Tideflats, has gone to court to block the City of Tacoma from releasing building plans and other public records to a civil rights activist. (Click here for more) March 12, 2009 - Report: Florida prison problems not quickly fixed AP The agency that oversees Florida's six privately run prisons needs to ensure that problems found during audits - such as broken alarms and unsanitary infirmaries - are quickly fixed, lawmakers were told Thursday as part of a report reviewing the agency. (Click here for more) March 11, 2009 - LPD called out to Rio Grande Detention Center Pro 8 News Laredo police are called out to the Rio Grande Detention Center for assistance after a situation with the inmates. (Click here for more) March 9, 2009 - Labor's deals culture Sidney Morning Herald As a state open to the peddling of political influence from those who have donated to government election coffers, NSW takes some beating. (Click here for more) March 6, 2009 - Low blow for taxpayers Asbury Park Press A Superior Court judge has set aside a prison food contract award to Aramark and ordered the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders to pass a resolution giving the work to a lower bidder, Gourmet Dining LLC of Madison. (Click here for more) March 6, 2009 - Bronzefield prison 'expanding by stealth' Staines News The 'underhand' expansion of Bronzefield prison in Ashford has angered neighbours who say they were promised it would never grow any bigger. (Click here for more) March 6, 2009 - Corrections psychologist accused of ethics lapse Toledo Blade Officials at the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio say they’ve revoked access to the regional jail for a contract employee after an inmate complained of improper behavior. (Click here for more) March 6, 2009 - Journalist groups join push for CCA to open records Tennessean Five national journalist groups and the Tennessee chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union have joined forces supporting a prison reform advocate who is seeking public records from Nashville-based Corrections Corporation of America. (Click here for more) March 6, 2009 - MP's father linked to lobbyist The Examiner THE father of a Government MP who accepted a $2000 donation from a private prison operator is a lobbyist for another company bidding to run two more NSW jails listed for privatisation. (Click here for more) March 5, 2009 - Brazilian migrants sue ICE over mental health care AP Two Brazilian migrants have sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying they've been denied mental health care for post-traumatic stress disorder in a South Florida detention facility since their boat ran aground last fall. (Click here for more) March 5, 2009 - Sex assault alleged at Wyatt jail Providence Journal Federal investigators are looking into allegations that a former medical technician at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility, in Central Falls, sexually assaulted two prisoners in the jail’s infirmary last year. (Click here for more) March 5, 2009 - Greens attack MP on jailer donation Sidney Morning Herald THE LABOR MP Paul McLeay is under pressure to stand down as chairman of a parliamentary committee after it emerged that he accepted a donation from the company that runs the state's only private prison. (Click here for more) March 4, 2009 - Transit guards spend little time on buses Journal Sentinel A firm that is paid more than $1 million annually to provide security for the Milwaukee County Transit System has its guards spend less than 3% of their time riding buses, a fraction of the 85% rate called for in its contract. (Click here for more) March 1, 2009 - ACLU probes Collier jail’s policies on pregnant
inmates Naples News After an inmate lost her baby and two
other pregnant inmates were released due to complications, the American
Civil Liberties Union of Florida is asking the Collier County jail to
disclose how many inmates reported miscarriages or stillborn babies —
and to detail its policies for pregnancies in jail.
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