May, 2004
May 24, 2004 - CPC chief to work as consultant on private prisons (Sp
Times)
REVOLVING DOOR: What happens to Florida's top private prison bureaucrat when he resigns amid controversy?
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May 23, 2004 - Shipping inmates out illegal? (Z Wire)
The Colorado Department of Corrections violated a state statute by sending 36 of its most dangerous inmates to the Delta, said a
prisoner-advocate group that might challenge the move in an attempt to bring the men home.
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May 22, 2004 - GEO inmates to process medical records (Local 6
News)
An investigation by Problem Solver Wendy Saltzman uncovered two years of
top secret negotiations between Florida's Moore Haven Correctional Facility and Allied Healthcare Services of Ohio.
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May 22, 2004 - Please make it stop --NOT (ABQ Journal)
A senator has made a Department of Justice review critical of operations at the Santa Fe County jail part of the ongoing controversy
over America's management of prisons in Iraq. (Click
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May 21, 2004 - Abuse by civilians not yet FBI matter? (Miami
Herald)
Although several cases of prisoner abuse by civilians in Iraq have been referred to the Justice Department for possible
prosecution, the FBI has not yet been asked to investigate any of them, Director Robert Mueller said Thursday.
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May 21, 2004 - PHS suit (Tampa Tribune)
The pinkie on Sean Norbury's right hand sticks up at an odd angle.
The bones running from that finger to his wrist are visibly displaced.
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May 21, 2004 - Another Premier investigation (AP)
The Department of Juvenile Justice is investigating complaints that youths at least one state detention
facility were made to stand for hours at a time. (Click
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May 20, 2004 - Four charged in MTC inmate murder (The Barrier
Examiner)
Four inmates at the Central North Correctional Centre were charged Wednesday in connection with the death
of another inmate earlier this month. (Click
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May 13, 2004 - Another suit against CMS (Times Leader)
A New Jersey inmate infected with potentially deadly hepatitis C has filed a federal lawsuit against the state Corrections Department and its
medical contractor, contending that his disease was left untreated for a
decade after it was detected. (Click
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May 13, 2004 - Two CCA abused inmates return from KY (WRGB.com)
Two Vermont inmates who said they were sexually assaulted by a guard at a Kentucky prison are being returned home.
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May 11, 2004 - CCA lobbyist under question (WFSB Channel 3)
Former Chief of Staff David O'Leary spoke on the third floor of the capitol late Monday afternoon, questioned by an attorney for the
House Committee of Inquiry for a mere 15 minutes.
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May 10, 2004 - Inquest into MTC inmate death (News Wire)
Dr. Karen J. Acheson, Regional Supervising Coroner for Central West Ontario, today announced that an inquest will be held
in the death of Jeffrey Elliott. (Click
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May 10, 2004 - MTC official bittersweet about prisons (The
Salt Lake Tribune)
The Abu Ghraib prison, where U.S. military police were photographed abusing and humiliating Iraqi prisoners, was rebuilt under the
supervision of two former Utah Department of Corrections directors.
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May 9, 2004 - Prenatal care at jail criticized (Palm Beach
Post)
A nurse practitioner who cared for pregnant inmates at the Palm Beach County Jail abruptly quit two weeks ago, saying her pregnant patients
weren't receiving adequate care from the jail's private medical contractor.
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May 8, 2004 - Another freebie for CCA
The Florida Legislature agreed late last Friday night to a $58 billion
budget. (Click
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May 8, 2004 - CSC hired unfit staff (Baltimore Sun)
The school, which houses 188 juvenile offenders, has been beset by violence, including abuse by staff.
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May 7, 2004 - More on MTC inmate's death
A male inmate wounded in an altercation
yesterday at the Central North Correctional Centre died two hours later
in a Midland hospital.
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May 6, 2004 - Still up to their old tricks (Pitch
Weekly)
On February 26, Rick
Hollon sat chained inside a mesh cage in the back of a van rolling along
the snow-dusted roads of Nevada. (Click
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May 6, 2004 - More claims against KY CCA guard (Boston.com)
Additional sexual assault claims have surfaced against a guard in the
private Kentucky prison that is holding 233 Vermont inmates, officials
said. (Click
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May 6, 2004 - LCS guard under investigation (Louisiana
Gannett)
A federal grand jury has joined local prosecutors and civil rights
attorneys in bringing charges against employees at private, for-profit
prisons in Evangeline Parish. (Click
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May 6, 2004 - MTC inmate killed (Toronto
Star)
An
inmate has been stabbed to death at Ontario's only privately run
provincial prison, officials confirmed yesterday. (Click
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May 5, 2004 - Another piece on private
contractors (Seattle Times)
The reports of U.S. soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners during
interrogations are both horrifying and depressing.
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May 5, 2004 - CCA KY guard caught on tape (AP)
A guard involved in the alleged sexual assault of a Vermont inmate in
his cell at a Kentucky prison has been fired, said an official for the
privately operated prison. (Click
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May 5, 2004 - The weird gets weirder (The Democrat)
Left with nothing to do and $859,000 with which not to do it, the head of the Correctional Privatization Commission has asked Gov. Jeb Bush to
veto the tiny agency's budget rather than letting it have a one-year
reprieve. (Click
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May 4, 2004 - Yet another PHS wrongful death
suit (Las Vegas Sun)
The death of Karl Robert Kurfis was caused by the denial of his HIV
medication while in the Clark County Detention Center, attorney Robert
Langford said during opening arguments in a federal trial Monday.
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May 4, 2004 - CSC (and for-profits) must
obey ADA (The Special Educator)
All juvenile and adult correctional facilities must follow Americans with Disabilities Act guidelines and supply hearing aids and
interpreters for inmates with hearing impairments so they can attend educational and rehabilitative programs, according to a series of
settlement agreements agreed to by the Department of Justice. (Click
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May 4, 2004 - Flag football led to riot at premier facility (Palm
Beach Post)
Overwhelmed with chaos and violence at a maximum-security prison for girls, staff members called 911 to report "a riot" and ask for help Sunday.
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May 4, 2004 - Another suit against CMS (Casper Star Tribune)
Salvatore Lucido walks without too noticeable a limp, considering that he's had his new prosthetic leg for just two weeks, he said Monday.
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May 4, 2004 - Investigation into Premier riot (Sun-Sentinel)
While life at the state's only maximum-security prison for girls returned to relatively normal Monday, state juvenile justice officials
and prison administrators conferred for hours to analyze why violence erupted the day before and what could be done to keep it from happening
again. (Click
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May 4, 2004 - KY CCA employee fired (Boston.com)
A guard involved in the alleged sexual assault of a Vermont inmate in his cell at a Kentucky prison has been fired, said an
official for the privately operated prison. (Click
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May 3, 2004 - Riot at Premier girls prison (Knight Ridder
Tribune)
A riot involving at least 40 teenage inmates erupted Sunday afternoon at Florida's besieged maximum-security prison for
girls, requiring more than two dozen police officers and fire-rescue workers to intercede.
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May 2, 2004 - GEO juvie prison not saving money (Lansing
Bureau)'
Five years after Michigan opened its only private, for-profit prison -- the so-called punk prison in Baldwin -- critics charge that
taxpayers are getting soaked for high-security costs when a majority of the young inmates could be housed in lower-security facilities.
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May 2, 2004 - Private contractors involved in prison scandal (The
Observer)
Photographs of American and British troops humiliating prisoners could change the public mood across the world. But the coalition has brushed aside
similar complaints for six months. (Click
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May 1, 2004 - CCA assault claim (AP)
A Vermont inmate reported that he was sexually assaulted by an officer at a Kentucky prison this week, the Corrections
Department said yesterday. (Click
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May 1, 2004 - Privatization nightmare (Sptimes)
Three years ago, Carlos Lacasa, the Republican chairman of what was then
called the House Fiscal Responsibility Council, criticized the lack of financial accountability for private prisons in Florida.
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