May 2005
May 30, 2005 - Government reviews private sector role in Prison Service Financial Times The government is reviewing the future role of the private sector in the Prison Service, while putting on hold further building under the private finance initiative. (Click here for more)
May 29, 2005 - Top of the heap: As the average worker struggles, it still pays to be the boss -- and the gap is widening Sun-Sentinel As most Americans struggle with disappearing pensions, a fraying Social Security safety net and a sluggish stock market, the big bosses are still living large. (Click here for more)
May 28, 2005 - Detention center employee charged with soliciting teen Tennessean A Metro Juvenile Detention Center employee was arrested at Two Rivers Park late Thursday night, accused of soliciting a 16-year-old former detainee for sex, police said yesterday. (Click here for more)
May 27, 2005 - Man suing CNCC over son's death Midland Free Press As a wrongful death suit slowly makes its way through the courts, Tom Elliott believes the privately operated jail in which his son contracted blood poisoning should become a public institution. (Click here for more)
May 27, 2005 - Audit: Private prison for teenagers one of the most expensive in state AP A new state audit says prison officials should consider whether to continue sending young felons to a private prison in northern Michigan because it is one of the most expensive prisons in the state. (Click here for more)
May 27, 2005 - Teen detention center to open near Miami Tallahassee Democrat A new $12 million center, surrounded by razor wire on the edge of the Everglades west of Miami, will soon house up to 80 high-risk teens, letting the Juvenile Justice Department close two aging facilities nearby, state officials said Thursday. (Click here for more)
May 27, 2005 - DA investigating Montco prison medical contract The Morning Call The Montgomery County district attorney's office is investigating whether the extension of a $3.15 million contract for inmate medical services at the county prison in Eagleville was improper. (Click here for more)
May 27, 2005 - DeLay PAC loses ruling Star-Telegram A fund-raising operation founded by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay broke the law when its treasurer failed to report more than $500,000 in corporate money funneled into Texas campaigns during the pivotal 2002 elections, a judge ruled Thursday. (Click here for more)
May 26, 2005 - Alabama to send inmates to
South Carolina site for long-term care AP Seeking to save
money, the Department of Corrections has signed a contract to send
inmates with chronic illnesses to a
May 26, 2005 - Water pressure gives out in Estancia Mountain View Telegraph Many Estancia residents woke up Tuesday with little or no water pressure and residents are being asked to continue to conserve water until a new pump is installed. (Click here for more)
May 26, 2005 - Torrance prison budget shortfall growing Mountain View Telegraph It may be a new fiscal year, but Torrance County's proposed 2005-06 budget had the same bad news for county commissioners Friday. (Click here for more)
May 26, 2005 - Barbour fund-raiser planning PAC attack? Biloxi Sun Herald Some House Democrats are outraged that Gov. Haley Barbour, on the very day he forced them back to Jackson asking them to put aside partisanship and pass a budget, appears to have been in Washington, using the state plane, raising money they suspect will be used to try to oust them next election. (Click here for more)
May 26, 2005 - Extradition blunder should be explained St Petersburg Times The private contractor that operates the Hernando County jail owes the County Commission a more detailed explanation about why two prisoners were extradited to the U.S. Virgin Islands without authorization, and why Corrections Corporation of America is trying to downplay its egregious transgression as a harmless "clerical error." (Click here for more)
May 25, 2005 - County targets roads, salaries News-Bulletin Road conditions, employee salary increases and avoiding Environmental Protection Agency fines are the Valencia County Commission's concerns as it is asked to approve the preliminary 2005-06 budget on Wednesday, May 25. (Click here for more)
May 25, 2005 - Willacy prison contract targeted Valley Star Willacy County commissioners will request that the Willacy County Public Facilities Corp. break its contract with a company that is a defendant in a county lawsuit. (Click here for more)
May 25, 2005 - Immigration detention center to close Newsday A controversial immigrant detention center near Kennedy Airport will be closed at the end of next month to save money, a federal official said Wednesday. (Click here for more)
May 25, 2005 - Private prison blues Nashville City Paper After 20 years in business, Corrections Corporation of America still finds itself having to defend the very nature of its existence. (Click here for more)
May 24, 2005 - Torrance Jail bleeding county budget KOAT Escalating jail costs have created a budget crisis in Torrance County. (Click here for more)
May 24, 2005 - Director of 'tough love' camp gets 6 years in teen's death AP The director of a boot camp where a teenage boy died in 2001 was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison. (Click here for more)
May 24, 2005 - Pair taken, without a warrant or a fuss St Petersburg Times Early on the morning of Saturday, May 7, officials of the U.S. Virgin Islands showed up at the Hernando County Jail. (Click here for more)
May 24, 2005 - Operator fights for Camp Sierra Blanca Albuquerque Journal Officials from Associated Marine Institutes, the Florida organization that operates a juvenile detention camp near Ruidoso, say they'll fight the state's decision to turn the center over to a new contractor. (Click here for more)
May 23, 2005 - America Service shares fall on contract update Nashville Business Journal A flurry of contract wins and losses resulted in America Service Group Inc. shedding almost 12 percent of their value Monday. (Click here for more)
May 23, 2005 - Baldwin youth facility: Prison is at state's mercy Detroit Free Press Deep in the scrubby jack pine forests of Lake County, an unlikely battle is brewing over the state's so-called punk prison. (Click here for more)
May 22, 2005 - Prison food plan not final Fort Wayne Journal Gazette It seems when the Indiana Department of Correction touted a new food-service contract for state prisoners last week they left a few details out. (Click here for more)
May 22, 2005 - Idaho gets new prison healthcare provider AP A prison healthcare company from Saint Louis, Missouri, has beaten out the existing provider of medical care for Idaho Department of Correction prisoners. (Click here for more)
May 21, 2005 - Despite lawsuit, Willacy County hires Corplan to expand Valley Star The Willacy County Public Facilities Corp.’s decision to hire a company that is a defendant in a Willacy County lawsuit could jeopardize the case, District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra said Friday. (Click here for more)
May 21, 2005 - 'Drug queue' jail guard resigns BBC A prison guard suspended over allegations that he disguised himself as an inmate to try to get methadone has resigned. (Click here for more)
May 20, 2005 - Santa Fe to manage its own jail AP The Santa Fe County Commission has decided to take over operation of its own jail this fall when a private company that now manages the facility pulls out. Management and Training Corp. announced last month that it would end its contract early because operating the jail was not profitable. (Click here for more)
May 20, 2005 - Santa Fe County to take over jail operations AP Santa Fe County will begin running the county's jail this fall. (Click here for more)
May 20, 2005 - Authorities quell disturbance at central Texas detention center KWTX What authorities called a disturbance broke out at about 10 a.m. Friday in a unit of the privately run Limestone County Detention Center. (Click here for more)
May 20, 2005 - Bullet found in jail washroom Midland Free Press Central North Correctional Centre was locked down this week after a bullet was found Saturday in a washroom at the jail. (Click here for more)
May 20, 2005 - Cut prison costs Detroit Free Press Some Republicans in the state House who consider themselves fiscal watchdogs are making an ill-advised effort to keep open an expensive prison that Michigan doesn't need. (Click here for more)
May 20, 2005 - County jail at twice its capacity Hernando Today There are bunks stacked on top of each other, taking up limited space in a commons area. (Click here for more)
May 20, 2005 - Hoosier inmates' exit may shut Kentucky Fort Wayne Journal Gazette A private prison in eastern Kentucky is facing closure after losing its contract to hold 650 inmates from Indiana, but a possible deal with the Kentucky Department of Corrections could keep it open. (Click here for more)
May 20, 2005 - Officer bailed in drugs inquiry BBC A prison officer arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs after the death of an inmate has been released on bail. (Click here for more)
May 20, 2005 - 'Drugs queue' officer suspended BBC A guard has been suspended after claims that he disguised himself as a prisoner and joined a queue for methadone at Scotland's private prison. (Click here for more)
May 20, 2005 - Sly family wants answers News Herald Corrections Corporation of America officials remain silent about a report issued by the county’s jail program manager stating a corrections officer did not properly account for an inmate later found dead from an apparent suicide. (Click here for more)
May 19, 2005 - Correctional facility may close its doors WYMT More than 100 jobs may be in jeopardy at one correctional facility in our region. (Click here for more)
May 19, 2005 - Jail guard accused of scoring heroin Albuquerque Journal The family of a Santa Fe County jail inmate who died in February of an apparent heroin overdose claims the drug was supplied by a guard. (Click here for more)
May 18, 2005 - Willacy County sues company involved in prison project AP Willacy County has filed a lawsuit against two companies involved in a $14.5 million federal prison project that became entwined in a bribery scheme. (Click here for more)
May 18, 2005 - Bullet find causes lockdown in jail The Mirror A bullet and razors were found at the jail in Penetanguishene, but no gun has yet been located. Inmates at the Central North Correctional Center remained in lockdown yesterday as correctional officers searched for a gun believed to be hidden within the jail. (Click here for more)
May 18, 2005 - Crimes aren't prosecuted in financially stressed county AP Ashtabula County's budget problems are so severe that dozens of crimes committed at one of the state's two privately operated prisons aren't being prosecuted. (Click here for more)
May 18, 2005 - Immigrants may end up visiting Pearsall San Antonio Express-News Overcoming some last-minute glitches, homeland security officials have opened the doors to the country's largest and most modern immigrant detention center. (Click here for more)
May 18, 2005 - Immigrant children centres fears BBC Chief Inspector of Prisons Anne Owers said provision for children at the Dungavel immigration detention centre in Lanarkshire was "inadequate". (Click here for more)
May 17, 2005 - Clough heads Superjail Midland Free Press Management and Training Corporation jettisoned the word 'acting' before Phill Clough's title earlier this month as he was named the new administrator at Central North Correctional Centre. (Click here for more)
May 17, 2005 - Jail death probe finds violation News Herald The correctional officer responsible for checking on inmate James T. Sly during the early morning shift on April 5 was supposed to see him "in the flesh." (Click here for more)
May 16, 2005 - Security reps happy with new contract Courier News After Friday’s negotiations between Arkansas Nuclear One security force representatives and Wackenhut Corp., there’s a good chance no strike will occur at the plant. (Click here for more)
May 16, 2005 - Two women extradited before hearing St. Petersburg Times A mother and daughter fighting extradition to the U.S. Virgin Islands were taken recently from the Hernando County Jail, without a hearing or a warrant from the governor. (Click here for more)
May 14, 2005 - Lawsuit filed against former NN youth center Daily Press The former operations director of a treatment center for troubled youth has filed suit against the companies that ran the now-defunct center, alleging he was discriminated against because of his race and fired in retaliation for his complaints. (Click here for more)
May 14, 2005 - Inmate's death questioned Albuquerque Journal A man who was incarcerated at the Santa Fe County jail earlier this week is raising questions about whether another inmate who died at the jail was refused medication before his apparent heart attack. (Click here for more)
May 13, 2005 - GEO Group stocks falls after 2Q warning AP Shares of GEO Group Inc., an operator of private correctional facilities, slumped Friday after the company said its first-quarter earnings rose 26 percent, boosted by higher revenue, but warned its second-quarter results would fall well below analysts' expectations. (Click here for more)
May 13, 2005 - Prison manager posts loss Sarasota Herald Tribune Private prison manager Correctional Services says a lack of use of its immigration holding centers as well as prisons in Texas bit into its bottom line during the first quarter. (Click here for more)
May 13, 2005 - Donors listed for Governor's Mansion fund Courier-Journal A former Kentucky governor and two men who sought the office were among major donors to the private fund created to pay for repairs to the Governor's Mansion. (Click here for more)
May 13, 2005 - AG: Prison could not be sold to private prison company Journal Star The Hastings Correctional Center, scheduled to close June 1, could not be sold or leased to a private company and used to house prisoners for cities, counties or other states, according to an attorney general's opinion. (Click here for more)
May 13, 2005 - Failures by jail nurses led to inmate's death, Metro report finds Tennessean The death of a diabetic inmate could have been prevented if health workers at the Metro Jail had followed policy and properly documented their interactions with prisoners, according to a report by the Metro Health Department obtained by The Tennessean yesterday. (Click here for more)
May 13, 2005 - Camp's backers doubt CYFD Albuquerque Journal Supporters of Camp Sierra Blanca, a juvenile detention center near Ruidoso, are questioning the state's decision to disqualify a contract bid from its operator on what they consider to be a technicality. (Click here for more)
May 12, 2005 - Prison death settled for $2.15 million Wilkes Barre Times Herald The family of a Wilkes-Barre woman who suffered a fatal asthma attack while in prison will receive $2.15 million in a settlement of a lawsuit against the state Department of Corrections and a health care provider. (Click here for more)
May 12, 2005 - Sheriff named target of federal investigation The Boston Channel Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral lied to a grand jury investigating the firing of a jailhouse nurse, The Boston Globe reported Thursday. (Click here for more)
May 11, 2005 - Workers protest CCA's plan Memphis system Tennessean Singing slogans such as ''The roof is on fire. CCA is not for hire,'' 150 Shelby County correctional employees and their sympathizers protested outside Corrections Corporation of America's headquarters yesterday. (Click here for more)
May 11, 2005 - New firm to run Camp Sierra Blanca Albuquerque Journal After a long fight to keep a juvenile detention facility near Ruidoso open, the organization that has run the center has been informed it is out of a job. (Click here for more)
May 11, 2005 - Medical group for city jails is investigated New York Times State officials have opened an investigation into whether the corporation that provides health care for more than 100,000 inmates each year in New York City jails is violating state law governing medical services. (Click here for more)
May 10, 2005 - Final inmates housed out-of-state return to Wisconsin CBS2 Wisconsin's decade-long practice of paying out-of-state prisons to house its inmates ended last week with the return of 53 inmates from a Minnesota correctional facility, Gov. Jim Doyle said Tuesday. (Click here for more)
May 10, 2005 - Grand jury to study city jail's health care Baltimore Sun As they were sworn in yesterday, members of Baltimore's newest grand jury were charged with investigating the city jail's health care system over the next four months. (Click here for more)
May 10, 2005 - Health firm says it lost Md. prison contract Baltimore Sun A Tennessee-based company that has provided medical services to most of Maryland's prisons for the past five years announced yesterday that it failed to win a new contract for inmate medical care potentially worth tens of millions of dollars. (Click here for more)
May 10, 2005 - Morgan: State poor at watching contracts Nashville City Paper The state of Tennessee has a history of signing contracts and then not overseeing whether they are being followed, according to Comptroller John Morgan. (Click here for more)
May 10, 2005 - Privatization foes speak Commercial Appeal Jail and prison privatization wasn't on Monday's agenda of the Shelby County Commission, but the issue dominated the often-testy meeting as more than a dozen privatization opponents forced it on the table. (Click here for more)
May 7, 2005 - Prison, 'beacon of hope,' closing shop by October Sun-Sentinel Come Oct. 1, the stark prison once hailed as a beacon of hope for Florida's most dangerous girls - but most recently tainted by scandal - will close its massive metal doors. (Click here for more)
May 7, 2005 - Tulsa Jail officer fired following arrest in robbery Tulsa World A Tulsa Jail corrections officer was fired Thursday after he was arrested in the armed robbery of a woman in a mall parking lot. (Click here for more)
May 7, 2005 - U.S. Corrections dispute settled Lexington Herald Leader The former owners of U.S. Corrections Corp., and its former lawyers, accountants and insurance company have agreed to pay former employees of the company a $13.4 million settlement, ending years of litigation over the value of the company's stock price. (Click here for more)
May 7, 2005- Third death in two months at Tutwiler raises more questions AP The third death of an inmate in two months at Tutwiler Prison for Women has raised more questions about the quality of care provided for prisoners. (Click here for more)
May 6, 2005 - Losing money, losing lives Birmingham News Prison Health Services has been under the gun, and rightly so, for the way it's provided medical care to Alabama inmates. (Click here for more)
May 6, 2005 - Purse snatching suspects arrested KOTV Good Samaritans helped Tulsa Police arrest two men stealing a woman's purse at gunpoint. (Click here for more)
May 6, 2005 - Joanne killer attempts suicide The Mirror VALENTINE'S Day killer Paul Dyson slit his wrists and scrawled "Sorry" on his jail cell wall before admitting responsibility for his girlfriend Joanne Nelson's death. (Click here for more)
May 6, 2005 - Having fewer inmates may cut CCA's profits Jackson Sun A U.S. Supreme Court ruling affecting federal sentencing guidelines could hinder long-term prospects for private prison operator Corrections Corporation of America, which reported a first-quarter loss Thursday. (Click here for more)
May 6, 2005 - New facility to confine sexual predators okayed St. Petersburg Times Florida's violent sexual predators would get a new 600-bed, privately built facility in De Soto County under a bill the Senate sent Gov. Jeb Bush Thursday. (Click here for more)
May 5, 2005 - Polk taxpayers to spend more on inmates' health Des Moines Register Polk County taxpayers will pay 20 percent more to provide medical services for the nearly 17,000 people that law enforcement officials expect to lock up next year. (Click here for more)
May 5, 2005 - State withholds prison medical payment Birmingham News Alabama's prison medical provider is losing $1.2 million from the state because it has not provided enough doctors and nurses to state prisons. (Click here for more)
May 5, 2005 - Private prison add-ons revealed at last minute Herald Tribune With very little public discussion, state lawmakers are ready to spend up to $50 million to add on to three privately run prisons and another that has not yet been built. (Click here for more)
May 5, 2005 - Prisoner escapes from private facility Herald Sun VICTORIA Police are hunting an escapee from a private prison in eastern Victoria. (Click here for more)
May 5, 2005 - Private prison contracts may get a pass St. Petersburg Times Three months after a Senate panel questioned whether taxpayers were benefiting enough from privatized prisons, lawmakers are poised to expand three contracts that have been in place for a decade. (Click here for more)
May 4, 2005 - Lobbyists largess hit total of $418,949 AP From tickets to professional sports games to "New Mexico coffee crusted beef tenderloin," lobbyists served up a full platter for lawmakers and state officials during the first four months of the year. (Click here for more)
May 3, 2005 - Corrections officers blame lack of funding for attack on guards AP Prison guards are blaming a lack of funding for an attack that injured four correctional officers in the privately run Guadalupe County Correctional Facility near Santa Rosa. (Click here for more)
May 2, 2005 - Incarcerated accountant commits suicide Vindicator A Willoughby Hills accountant, who pleaded guilty about a week ago to 29 federal criminal counts, committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor in the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center private prison on Hubbard Road. (Click here for more)
May 2, 2005 - Governor vetoes bill for Arizona to have private prison in Mexico AP Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano vetoed a proposal Monday for the state to contract to have a private prison built in Mexico to house illegal immigrants now jailed in Arizona. (Click here for more)
May 1, 2005 - Thumb rap Sunday Mail A PRISONER has won £1500 compensation from jail bosses - for slicing his thumb in a prison workshop. (Click here for more)
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