MARCH, 2004
March 31, 2004 - Lawsuit: Health care at
jail substandard (The Pueblo Chieftain)
A class-action lawsuit
filed Monday in federal court says that health-care services at the
Pueblo County Jail should be taken over temporarily by the U.S. Justice
Department. (Click
here for more)
March 26, 2004 - Woman who delivered son in jail files claim over
death (Arizona Daily Star)
A woman whose son died when she went into premature labor and gave birth
at the Pima County jail has begun the process of filing a million-dollar
lawsuit against the county and the company that provides medical care at
the jail. (Click
here for more)
March 26, 2004 - FOP sues over use of E. Side prison (Vindicator)
Mahoning County commissioners were slapped with a
lawsuit and unkind words Thursday from the Fraternal Order of Police
Lodge 141. (Click
here for more)
March 24, 2004 - Jail worker charged with theft of inmate medicine
(Beacon Journal)
A woman who works as a registered nurse at the Summit County Jail now
finds herself behind bars.
(Click
here for more)
March 24, 2004 - State takes bids for prison
firm (Las Vegas Sun)
The state has started accepting bids from private companies to run the
women's prison in North Las Vegas after Corrections Corp. of America
pulls out Oct. 1. (Click
here for more)
March 23, 2004 - Closure of detention center
affects 3 counties (Star-Telegram)
Hood County closed its juvenile detention center over the weekend,
forcing officials in Hood and nearby counties to scramble to find places
to house their juvenile offenders. (Click
here for more)
March 23, 2004 - Final sentencing of 6 Bay
County inmates in other inmate's death (The Ledger)
The last two of six Bay County Jail inmates charged in the beating death
of a fellow inmate pleaded guilty and were sentenced Monday. (Click
here for more)
March 22, 2004 - Ex-inmate claims jail neglect left him blind (Palm
Beach Post)
Stafford Wilder served 10 months behind bars for beating his wife, but
he left the Palm Beach County Jail under a lifetime sentence for which
there is no appeal or pardon: blindness. (Click
here for more)
March 22, 2004 - Jail break -- Santa Fe
county brings a New Focus to Youth Detention
(The New Mexican)
Sixteen-year-old
Heather was at the end of her rope. She couldn't leave the house without
being followed by her probation officer or her mother. (Click
here for more)
March 19, 2004 - Prison's medical care
blasted (Al.com)
Some of the sickest men in Alabama prisons live in drafty cells in a
building with broken windows.
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March 19, 2004 - Youth escapes Cornell
facility (AP)
A 16-year old Harrisburg boy escaped from a Dauphin County juvenile
detetnion center, using a stock to disable a locked door and a
walkie-talkie to create confusion. (Click
here for more)
March 19, 2004 - Blanco transition draws $1
million (Nola.com)
Gov. Kathleen Blanco collected more than $1 million from private
corporations and individuals to spend on her inauguration activities and
in her transition to the governor's office, according to figures
released Wednesday. (Click
here for more)
March 19, 2004 - Prison pregnancy:
indictment of inmate draws fire (Review-Journal)
Representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union expressed concern
Thursday about the decision to prosecute a Nevada inmate with the prison
guard who impregnated her. (Click
here for more)
March 18, 2004 - Former jail guard sentenced
to 4 years for role in Field's escape (Tribune-Herald)
A former jail guard who helped convicted murderer Sherman Lamont Fields
escape from the McLennan County Detention Center in November 2001 was
sentenced to four years in prison Wednesday.
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here for more)
March 18, 2004 - Protesting detainees take
over Baxter compound (The Age)
Inmates of Baxter immigration detention centre took control of a
compound yesterday morning and barricaded themselves in. (Click
here for more)
March 17, 2004 - GEO might get contract
back, sort of (The Courier Mail)
THE company dumped last year as manager of
Australia's immigration detention centres could soon be back in charge
if a change of ownership goes ahead. (Click
here for more)
March 15, 2004 - Lawsuit filed over death of
inmate at jail (Charleston.com)
Leon Jones was an inmate inside Charleston County's Detention Center for
about two months before he suffered a diabetic episode in March 2002.
(Click
here for more)
March 15, 2004 - Bay County commissioner
criticizes jail conditions (News Herald)
After a surprise visit to inspect the
conditions of the Bay County Jail Thursday, Bay County Commissioner John
Newberry shook his head in disbelief and said "the place needs to
be dynamited." (Click
here for more)
March 15, 2004 - Another suit against CMS (The
Tennessean)
Terry Crouch is out of prison now, but there's little rejoicing. (Click
here for more)
March 14, 2004 - Inmate sues over death of
newborn (AP)
A 34-year-old woman has blamed the medical treatment she received at the
Falkenburg Road Jail for causing her newborn son's death. (Click
here for more)
March 14, 2004 - Lake Erie Correctional
inmate Institution found beaten (Star Beacon)
An inmate at the Lake Erie Correctional Institution was found badly
beaten Tuesday afternoon, officials said. (Click
here for more)
March 13, 2004 - State to rebid contract to
move inmates out of state (Boston.com)
After receiving only one bid, the state will rebid its proposal to send
up to 1,000 prison inmates out of state, a spokesman for Gov. Craig
Benson said Friday. (Click
here for more)
March 13, 2004 - CCA guard running drugs (The
Oklahoman)
An elaborate scheme involving family members, a correctional officer and
use of the U.S. Postal System has surfaced during investigation into
drugs inside a private prison. (Click
here for more)
March 11, 2004 - Youths charged in private counselors death (tv.ksl.com)
A counselor at a home for troubled teens
died tonight, hours after two of those teens apparently beat him with a
baseball bat. (Click
here for more)
March 10, 2004 - Bay County looks to reduce
jail costs (News-Herald)
Even as it considers major changes in
its jail operations in the next couple of years, Bay County is talking
with current jail operator Corrections Corporation of America about ways
to reduce costs in the meantime.
(Click
here for more)
March 10, 2004 - Corrections Contract (Wandtv.com)
A health care firm that contributed $10,000 to Governor Rod Blagojevich
got a 113 million-dollar state prison contract even though it didn't
make the best offer. (Click
here for more)
March 10, 2004 - Aimed to keep Elliot prison state run (Daily
Independent)
Language aimed at keeping the new Little Sandy Correctional Complex
state run remained in the House budget plan Tuesday as legislators there
passed the nearly $15 billion spending bill on to the Senate.
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March 9, 2004 - Aramark ends county jail
food contract (Star-Telegram)
After more than two months of heat, Aramark is getting out of the
Tarrant County Jail kitchens.
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here for more)
March 8, 2004 - Premier guards getting poked
both ways (SundayMail)
A PRISON officer was jabbed deliberately with a dirty needle as he
searched an inmate's cell for drugs.
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March 8, 2004 - Life on the inside (News-Herald)
Even though the combined population of
Bay County’s two jails has swollen beyond the designed capacities by
more than 300 inmates, jail officials say the buildings are not
overcrowded. (Click
here for more)
March 6, 2004 - Commissioners to discuss
food contract (Star-Telegram)
Tarrant County commissioners could take action on the troubled jail food
services, including terminating the contract, as early as Tuesday,
officials said Friday. (Click
here for more)
March 4, 2004 - 14 suspects in prison-riot
murders appear in court (The Desert Sun)
Fourteen men charged in an allegedly racially motivated prison riot that
killed two men in the Eagle Mountain Correctional Facility in October
made their first court appearance in the case Wednesday.
(Click
here for more)
March 4, 2004 - MTC inmates charged with
murder (AP)
Eight inmates at a privately run prison were charged with murder
Wednesday in an October riot that left two convicts dead, officials
said. (Click
here for more)
March 3, 2004 - Inspection raises concerns
about jail food contractor (Star-Telegram)
A surprise pre-dawn inspection of breakfast preparations at a Tarrant
County jail facility raised new concerns about unsanitary practices by
the food contractor, county officials said Tuesday.
(Click
here for more)
March 3, 2004 - Until contractor is hired,
state to operate Hickey (Baltimore Sun)
Maryland's Department of Juvenile Services will take over management of
the Charles H. Hickey Jr. School later this month until a replacement
can be found for the outgoing contractor, Youth Services International,
officials said yesterday. (Click
here for more)
March 3, 2004 - Prison's lax environment
blasted by state panel (The Arizona Republic)
The prison where two corrections officers were held hostage is plagued
by unprofessionalism and complacency among officers, a panel reviewing
the hostage standoff said Tuesday.
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here for more)
March 2, 2004 - For-profit food provider
contributed to hostage situation? (KVOA.com)
Investigators are looking into whether a civilian food-service worker is
linked to a botched escape attempt that led to a 15-day hostage siege at
the state prison in Buckeye. (Click
here for more)
March 2, 2004 - Asylum seeks advocate
honoured by Vatican (The Age)
The Pope clearly opposes the federal government's policy of mandatory
detention of children, according to an Australian asylum seeker advocate
honoured by the Vatican. (Click
here for more)
March 1, 2004 - Cons rake in profit from
behind bars heroin ring (Sunday Mail)
PRISON drug barons are raking in more than £5000 a month selling heroin
to fellow inmates.
(Click
here for more)
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