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March 30, 2010 - Search on for Villawood Detention Centre escapees Canterberry-Bankstown Express The refugees fled amid the drama surrounding the 89 failed asylum seekers who were transferred to Villawood at the weekend because Christmas Island detention centre was full. (Click here for more) March 30, 2010 - Private prison to be sued again for ignoring violence Boise Weekly Just days after the American Civil Liberties Union sued the operators of Idaho's largest prison, the Idaho Correctional Center, an Idaho Falls man who was savagely beaten and suffered what could be permanent brain damage there notified the state that he would sue for at least $25 million. (Click here for more) March 30, 2010 - More than 400 rally in Sneads against 'Blackwater Bailout' proposal WJHG More than 400 people showed up at a rally in Sneads this afternoon to protest a Senate budget-cutting proposal. (Click here for more) March 30, 2010 - In Sansom's sneaky footsteps: Prison deal is more legislative sleight-of-hand Palm Beach Post Once again, a Tallahassee lawmaker is playing hide and don't seek with Florida's budget. (Click here for more) March 27, 2010 - Prison plan assailed as 'sneaky,' misleading Palm Beach Post After repeatedly emphasizing his commitment to "open and transparent" government during a committee meeting Thursday evening, Senate budget chief J.D. Alexander attached a last-minute prison-privatization amendment to the state's spending bill without any warning to anyone it would affect, including the Department of Corrections. (Click here for more) March 27, 2010 - Immigrants being held for Census count, then deported Texas Observer Henry Arroliga lives in South Texas' Port Isabel Detention Center, one of the nation's largest immigration detention facilities. (Click here for more) March 25, 2010 - Private jail contractor dumps Johnson County: Promised immigration beds never materialized Grits For Breakfast As the Webb County Sheriff pushes construction of a massive new jail for the purpose of housing federal immigration prisoners, their commissioners court should look to Johnson County to understand how that might not pan out like they hope. (Click here for more) March 24, 2010 - Israel Prison Service to take over private jail YNET News Plans to establish the first private prison in Israel, which was thwarted by the Supreme Court, will cost Israel's economy some NIS 220 million ($ 58 million). (Click here for more) March 24, 2010 - Corrections Corp. spends $250K on 4Q lobbying AP Corrections Corp. of America, the nation's largest prison operator, spent $250,000 lobbying the federal government in the fourth-quarter, according to a recent disclosure report. (Click here for more) March 24, 2010 - County requests CCA records for cost analysis of jail operations St Petersburg Times County officials know all about public records requests. (Click here for more) March 24, 2010 - Arizona inmates out of Walsenburg prison Pueblo Chieftain All Arizona inmates formerly held at the Huerfano County Correctional Center have been transferred out of the facility, clearing the way for the closure of the prison early next month, corrections officials said Monday. Corrections Corporation of America, which owns and operates the facility, announced in January that it will close the prison in April. (Click here for more) March 24, 2010 - Hernando County jail officer accused of doctor shopping for drugs St Petersburg Times A Hernando County Jail corrections officer faces charges of "doctor shopping" to obtain prescriptions for 2,100 tablets of the pain medication oxycodone. (Click here for more) March 21, 2010 - New law outlaws inmate-guard sex AP Prison guards could face charges of felony rape for having consensual sex with inmates under legislation that received final approval Monday, some three months after Kentucky ordered 400 women removed from a lockup where allegations of sexual misconduct had become widespread. (Click here for more) March 21, 2010 - 'Hunger strike' at Bedfordshire detention centre ends BBC Women refusing food at a detention centre in Bedfordshire have started taking regular meals, a group said. (Click here for more) March 20, 2010 - Lawsuits snag medical care provider for Monroe jails Democrat & Chronicle During the past decade the family that now manages medical care for Monroe County jails has been entangled in lawsuits with claims ranging from significant misappropriation of company funds to unusual contentions that marital infidelity led to a private investigator bugging their house. (Click here for more) March 19, 2010 - Investigation continues in Graceville Correctional Facility murder WJHG Authorities are continuing to investigate the death of an inmate at the Graceville Correctional Facility last week. (Click here for more) March 19, 2010 - Prison death probe continues Jackson County Floridan An investigation continues into the death of a Graceville Correctional Facility inmate following a fight with another prisoner last week. (Click here for more) March 18, 2010 - Hearing of challenge to Yarl's Wood conditions Peterborough Today A High Court judge has ordered an urgent hearing of a legal challenge to alleged "inhumane" conditions at Yarl's Wood detention centre in Bedfordshire, lawyers said. (Click here for more) March 17, 2010 - Sheriff: Financial review of CCA's books long overdue Hernando Today Sheriff Richard Nugent said he has been pressing the county for four years to do a financial analysis of the Hernando County Jail to get a better picture of costs and operations. (Click here for more) March 17, 2010 - Lawsuit prompts prison warden switch AP The Corrections Corporation of America is replacing the top two officials at Idaho's only private prison after the American Civil Liberties Union sued over claims of brutal inmate-on-inmate violence, state corrections officials said Wednesday. (Click here for more) March 17, 2010 - Swift Co. reaches tax settlement with Prairie Correctional Facility West Central Tribune A tentative three-year tax agreement reached with the Corrections Corporation of America will mean lost revenues for Swift County, especially in 2011. (Click here for more) March 17, 2010 - Report calls for revisiting jail contract Tennessean Metro Nashville officials don't properly penalize Corrections Corporation of America for apparent contract violations in running the city's jail, claims a new report released Tuesday by a Tennessee-based watchdog group. (Click here for more) March 16, 2010 - Hernando man smuggled drugs into jail in his fat rolls, report says St Petersburg Times A Hernando County man has been accused of sneaking drugs into the county jail by hiding the pills in the fat rolls of his stomach. (Click here for more) March 15, 2010 - Auditor: TDCJ not maintaining documentation to justify renewing private prison contracts Grits for Breakfast According to a new state auditor's report (pdf), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's "contracts with [private prison and treatment contractors] do not consistently include the contract requirements necessary to assess the quality of the services its providers deliver. (Click here for more) March 15, 2010 - Crow Tribe may buy Hardin jail for drug and alcohol rehab center AP The leader of the Crow Tribe said Monday the southeastern Montana tribe is considering buying or leasing a long-vacant jail just outside the reservation. (Click here for more) March 15, 2010 - Witness describes gang fight at the Workhouse Chattanoogan An official of the firm that operates the workhouse testified Monday about a fight at the Silverdale facility that she said pitted members of one local gang against another. (Click here for more) March 15, 2010 - Inquiry into former Sheriff Balkwill extended Herald-Tribune Last April, Gov. Charlie Crist assigned a special prosecutor to look into claims that Bill Balkwill, the former Sarasota sheriff, took home a department laptop and deleted key files about a jail contract. (Click here for more) March 13, 2010 - Inmate dies after beating at Graceville CI Holmes County Times Advertiser The Florida Department of Corrections said that an active investigation is underway into what has been reported in local media as the beating death of an inmate at Graceville Corrections Institution. (Click here for more) March 12, 2010 - London custody officer charged after drugs inquiry BBC A custody officer has been charged with conspiring to supply drugs and smuggle phones into jails by handing them to prisoners at Inner London Crown Court. (Click here for more) March 12, 2010 - CCA condones beatings, lawsuit says AP A federal lawsuit claims that Nashville-based Corrections Corporation of America is running an Idaho prison that is so violent it is known as "gladiator school" by inmates. (Click here for more) March 12, 2010 - Evidence on detention centre riot in doubt The Australian PROSECUTORS are unsure whether they have sufficient evidence against 11 asylum-seekers charged over a riot inside the Immigration Detention Centre on Christmas Island in November. (Click here for more) March 11, 2010 - Bay County disputes CCA claims over jail WJHG Hernando County commissioners are considering dropping Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and turning their jail over to the county sheriff. March 11, 2010 - DC inmate escapes on way to hospital AP D.C. police are searching for an inmate who escaped while being transported to United Medical Center for treatment. (Click here for more) March 11, 2010 - ACLU sues private prison company AP The American Civil Liberties Union is suing Idaho prison officials and a major private prison company for more than $155 million over high levels of inmate violence at the Idaho Correctional Center. (Click here for more) March 11, 2010 - Teen was 'refused medical help' before death in custody ABC Queensland's Indigenous community will march on State Parliament today, enraged over the circumstances surrounding a recent death in custody. (Click here for more) March 10, 2010 - Yarl's Wood detainees to sue the Home Office Luton Today A group of detainees who claim they suffered 'inhumane and degrading treatment' while at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre are suing the Home Office. (Click here for more) March 10, 2010 - Day after strike, jails' health workers locked out AP Health care workers at both jails in Alameda County were locked out Wednesday, a day after they staged a one-day strike to protest stagnant contract negotiations. (Click here for more) March 10, 2010 - Family of suicidal Del. inmate awarded $850K AP A federal judge in Wilmington has awarded $850,000 to the family of a Delaware prison inmate who hanged himself in 2004. (Click here for more) March 10, 2010 - Former prison worker pleads guilty in bribes case AP A former food service worker at a publicly owned but privately run West Texas prison says he accepted bribes to smuggle cell phones and other contraband to prisoners. (Click here for more) March 10, 2010 - Private Prisons, Public Pain Ft Worth Weekly Reeves County straddles I-20 in West Texas, between Odessa and El Paso. (Click here for more) March 10, 2010 - Centre holds detainees 'too long' BBC Some detainees held at Campsfield House immigration centre in Oxfordshire are being detained for "excessive periods", according to an inspector's report. (Click here for more) March 9, 2010 - Man representing self says he was having sex at time of Mapco holdup Chattanoogan A man representing himself on aggravated robbery charges told a Criminal Court jury on Tuesday that he was having sex at the time of the early morning holdup of the Mapco on Lee Highway on June 22, 2008. (Click here for more) March 9, 2010 - Jail health workers strike in Oakland, Dublin Oakland Tribune Nearly 140 health care workers at both jails in Alameda County took to the picket lines Tuesday to protest six months of stalled contract negotiations and what they call unfair labor practices. (Click here for more) March 9, 2010 - Detention facility for illegals pondered San Pedro Valley News-Sun While members of the Benson City Council have been given private sessions to hear the sales pitch that might bring a detention center to town, residents Monday night had to hear the news second hand. (Click here for more) March 9, 2010 - Sheriff, CCA lobby Hernando commissioners to run county jail St Petersburg Times Promising commissioners the same level of efficiency that he has achieved in his own agency, Sheriff Richard Nugent made his pitch to take over the jail to Hernando County commissioners on Tuesday. (Click here for more) March 8, 2010 - Private prison contract renewals may cost Texas additional millions Grits For Breakfast At a House Appropriations Committee meeting today, House Corrections Chairman Jim McReynolds asked TDCJ chief Brad Livingston if private prison-contracts up for renewal might increase their rates and increase costs for the state. (Click here for more) March 7, 2010 - Police: Lawyers shut down death probe Rutland Herald A medical corporation stonewalled the police detective investigating the death of an inmate last year at the Swanton prison. (Click here for more) March 7, 2010 - Walsenburg struggling with prison closure Pueblo Chieftain With the closure of the town's second-largest employer approaching, town officials are preparing to deal with the loss of almost 200 jobs in an already struggling economy. (Click here for more) March 6, 2010 - Erie youth worker pleads no contest to indecent assault Erie Times-News A former Cornell Abraxas mental-health aide pleaded no contest Friday in Erie County Court to charges that he had indecent contact with a 14-year-old resident at the center. (Click here for more) March 6, 2010 - Aramark sues private prison firm over payments Philadelphia Enquirer Saying it is owed $7.3 million, Aramark Corp., the Philadelphia food-services provider, has sued a New Jersey operator of correctional facilities. (Click here for more) March 5, 2010 - The Rainmakers: Banking on private prisons in the fleecing of small-town America In These Times The sleepy town of Hardin, Mont., began its foray into the private prison industry in 2004, an adventure that would eventually saddle it with millions in debt and an empty, 464-bed prison collecting dust at the edge of town. (Click here for more) March 5, 2010 - Will incarceration bubble burst if Corrections Corporation of America leaves Hernando jail? St Petersburg Times We all know that when the real estate bubble burst a few years ago, it cost us all. (Click here for more) March 4, 2010 - Diamondback to close in 60 days Enid News and Eagle Diamondback Correction Facility in Watonga is closing within the next 60 days, due to Arizona ending its private prison contract. (Click here for more) March 4, 2010 - Corrections Corp. of America required to produce records after Tennessee Supreme Court declines to hear appeal in public records suit Prison Legal News On March 1, the Tennessee Supreme Court, in a two-sentence order, declined to hear an appeal in a public records case involving Nashville-based Corrections Corp. of America (CCA), the nation’s largest for-profit private prison firm. (Click here for more) March 4, 2010 - Sheriff will detail his plan to take over the Hernando County jail Tuesday St Petersburg Times Sheriff Richard Nugent's announcement this week that he can run the Hernando County Jail more efficiently than the company that has been in charge for the past 22 years took many by surprise. (Click here for more) March 3, 2010 - Lawsuits renew questions on immigrant detention New York Times When the Obama administration vowed to overhaul immigration detention last year, its promise of more humane treatment and accountability was spurred in part by the harrowing treatment of two detainees who died in the Bush years. (Click here for more) March 3, 2010 - Sheriff takeover of jail a hit elsewhere Hernando Today About two years ago, Bay County commissioners realized they had reached a crossroads with the operator of their jail. (Click here for more) March 3, 2010 - Plan to house illegal immigrant convicts in Baldwin prison is dead The Grand Rapids Press A proposal to house illegal immigrants convicted of crimes in a former state "punk prison" is dead, according to the Florida firm that owns the North Lake Correctional Facility. (Click here for more) March 2, 2010 - America Service posts Q4 loss on litigation settlement Tennessean America Service Group reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $236,000 compared with net income of $1.2 million a year earlier. (Click here for more) March 2, 2010 - Hernando County sheriff considers taking over jail operations Hernando Today After researching the matter, Sheriff Richard Nugent believes he can take over operations of the Hernando County Jail and save the county money. (Click here for more) March 2, 2010 - UPDATE 2-Geo Group shares fall on federal prison cancellation Reuters Prison operator Geo Group Inc (GEO.N) said it is "disappointed" by the Federal Bureau of Prisons' decision to cancel a solicitation for a facility to house illegal aliens convicted of crimes, sending its shares down as much as 8 percent. (Click here for more) March 1, 2010 - Legal challenge
over Yarl's Wood women• Centre breaching human rights, say lawyers
The Guardian Lawyers are due to launch a legal challenge today on
behalf of four women held at Yarl's Wood detention centre, claiming
their incarceration amounts to "cruel, inhumane and degrading" treatment
that breaches their human rights.
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