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May 31, 2006 - William's food contractor donated money to governor New Mexican A state prison contractor involved in the investigation of a relationship between Corrections Secretary Joe Williams and a lobbyist contributed $10,000 to Gov. Bill Richardson's re-election campaign. (Click here for more) May 30, 2006 - Gov. places Williams on unpaid leave AP Gov. Bill Richardson has put Corrections Secretary Joe Williams on unpaid leave while the secretary's recent actions are investigated. (Click here for more) May 30, 2006 - Prison firm's vacant seat pose a risk Tennessean America Service Group Inc., the beleaguered prison health-care company, expects to beat a June 14 deadline to fill at least one vacancy on its board of directors so its stock won't be dropped from the Nasdaq National Market. (Click here for more) May 28, 2006 - Jail operator serves notice Daily Star The operators of the Grenada County Jail have told county officials they plan to give it back to the county in 120 days. (Click here for more) May 27, 2006 - County retains private jail firm Philadelphia Inquirer GEO Group Inc. will continue to manage Delaware County's George W. Hill Correctional Facility through 2007, despite a rash of incidents there, including inmate deaths. (Click here for more) May 26, 2006 - Governor vetoes bill to reopen Geo prison TV 7 & 4 The future of the Geo Youth Prison near Baldwin is again an unknown after hopes to reopen the facility are dashed by the swipe of Governor Granholm's pen. (Click here for more) May 25, 2006 - Puzzling over Perzel's priority Pocono Record Pennsylvania House Speaker John Perzel was out of town a week or so before the Primary Election, when the Republican-led General Assembly declined to vote on property tax reform legislation. (Click here for more) May 24, 2006 - Civilian nurse charged with sexually assaulting county jail inmate KTSM Sheriff deputies tell us 47-year old Mario Lopez was arrested today, charged with violating the civil rights of a inmate and having improper sexual activity with a person in custody. (Click here for more) May 24, 2006 - Shunning labels, Dion simply cares for her community Midland Free Press Small and quiet, with dark hair and eyes, eight-year-old Sharon Desjardins never asked for much. (Click here for more) May 23, 2006 - Prison bill OKs cost comparison AP The costs of private prison contracts will continue to be compared with those of state-run prisons but can no longer be the sole factor in awarding a renewal under a bill that passed the state Senate Tuesday. (Click here for more) May 23, 2006 - Hospital: County owes for ill inmates News-Herald Bay Medical Center is seeking payment for the treatment of four patients who were either furloughed from the Bay County Jail or booked after their stay. (Click here for more) May 23, 2006 - Blameless...but Mel still lost her job The Mirror A WOMAN was sacked from a detention centre after a criminal stole her identity. (Click here for more) May 22, 2006 - Fund cut shutters halfway house Anchorage Daily News One of Anchorage's four halfway houses is scheduled to shut down by July 1, a loss of about 25 percent of the beds available here for housing low-risk inmates. (Click here for more) May 22, 2006 - Treatment behind bars Washington Post COMPANIES THAT provide for-profit medical care to prison inmates have grown enormously in the past couple of decades, spurred by booming prison and jail populations that have strained the ability of states and cities to cope. (Click here for more) May 22, 2006 - Stuck in the slammer Forbes Youngstown, Ohio has tried to ignite an economic revival-- by building prisons. (Click here for more) May 19, 2006 - America Service receives NASDAQ compliance notice Nashville Business Journal America Service Group Inc. announced today it received an expected notice on May 17 from NASDAQ Listing Qualifications indicating it no longer complies stock exchange's independent director and audit committee requirements. (Click here for more) May 19, 2006 - Yale investment vehicle sells private prison stock Yale Daily News Farallon Capital Management, a hedge fund that invests a portion of Yale's endowment, has sold all of its stock in a private prison company that has been criticized for alleged human rights abuses, though such criticisms have not been cited as a factor in the sale. (Click here for more) May 19, 2006 - Assure prisoners of adequate care The Roanoke Times A medical contractor's nationwide track record should prod Virginia to examine such services. (Click here for more) May 19, 2006 - Exclusive: deportation system's a shambles The Mirror A WHISTLEBLOWER last night claimed the UK's deportation system is a shambolic failure that does nothing to ease our spiralling immigration crisis. (Click here for more) May 18, 2006 - Escapee captured AP Authorities found an escaped convict after he slammed his car into three other vehicles late Saturday afternoon in Phoenix. (Click here for more) May 17, 2006 - Privately built prison needs $5 million fix Journal-Sentinel The Stanley prison that a private company built - and which the state ended up buying for $87.1 million - violates electrical, plumbing and safety codes that will cost taxpayers an additional $5 million to repair. (Click here for more) May 14, 2006 - Inmate care contractor with history faces scrutiny in Virginia AP A prison health care company that has come under fire nationally for what some call shoddy medical care is under contract with the Virginia Department of Corrections and stirring similar complaints here. (Click here for more) May 14, 2006 - Man who escaped prison found KPHO Authorities have found an inmate who escaped from a private prison in Florence May 4th. (Click here for more) May 12, 2006 - Laurels and barbs The Tribune-Democrat Barb: Arrogance has toppled many a politician, and House Speaker John Perzel wins an award for arrogance by skipping property-tax talks to attend a company board meeting in Florida. (Click here for more) May 12, 2006 - GEO Group pays $921,000 tax bill on closed youth correctional facility in Lak Co. Ludington Daily News The GEO Group has paid its taxes — more than $921,000 in base taxes — on the Michigan Youth Correctional Facility for Fiscal Year 2005, as it was obligated to do, according to Township Supervisor Tony Gagliardo. (Click here for more) May 11, 2006 - AGS loses 2 directors who don' t trust CEO Tennessean America Service Group Inc. says two members of its board quit after saying they'd lost confidence in the company's chief executive officer. (Click here for more) May 11, 2006 - Perzel defends attendance after criticism on absence Philadelphia Inquirer A week after he missed a key session of the state House to attend a corporate board meeting in Florida, Speaker John M. Perzel yesterday downplayed his absence and defended his voting record. (Click here for more) May 11, 2006 - Private prison may expand design Pueblo Chieftain In a contentious meeting, the Pueblo Planning and Zoning Commission continued a hearing on the development plans for a private prison near the Pueblo Memorial Airport. (Click here for more) May 10, 2006 - No room in prisons? Ship 'em off In These Times It has been an arduous, surreal journey for eight Hawaiian female prisoners sent to do their time on the mainland. (Click here for more) May 10, 2006 - The Philadelphia prison system has a nasty federal lawsuit on its hands Philadelphia Weekly A new federal civil rights lawsuit alleges mistreatment of a Curran-Fromhold prison inmate that culminated in a brutal rape. (Click here for more) May 10, 2006 - Don't go there Pueblo Chieftain THE JURY is still out on construction of a private prison in Pueblo, but one thing is certain: By no means should the city even entertain the idea of issuing municipal revenue bonds to finance the project. (Click here for more) May 10, 2006 - Hawaii inmates locked down at Miss. prison WAPT About 860 Hawaii inmates at a Mississippi prison were locked down in their cells for a week following a gang-related fight. (Click here for more) May 9, 2006 - DeWitt County jail shapes up commissary The Victoria Advocate Bookkeeping problems in the DeWitt County Jail commissary should be a thing of the past now that the supplier and office policy have changed, Sheriff Jode Zavesky told county commissioners Monday. (Click here for more) May 9, 2006 - Lobbyists generous with candidates Albuquerque Journal Lobbyists and their employers contributed $386,000 to candidates for state, legislative and other offices during the first four months of the year, with Gov. Bill Richardson receiving the largest share of the political money. (Click here for more) May 8, 2006 - Zamora leads fundraising effort AP Democratic candidate Geno Zamora was leading the pack in fundraising, scooping up nearly $468,000 with the help of real estate developers and race tracks to finance his campaign for attorney general. (Click here for more) May 8, 2006 - Sex offender bill passes after private prisons shot down AP Legislation imposing tougher penalties on child molesters and other sex offenders went Monday night to the governor's desk. (Click here for more) May 7, 2006 - Jail vendor has checkered past Kane County Chronicle At 12:01 a.m. Saturday, a controversial correctional health-care company took over medical services for Kane County Jail inmates. (Click here for more) May 7, 2006 - Donations follow full beds Clarion Ledger As a direct consequence of "get-tough-on-crime" legislation adopted over a decade ago, the private-prison industry and related companies have become increasingly active as campaign contributors in Mississippi politics. (Click here for more) May 6, 2006 - Jail death stirs questions of care Charlotte Observer The estranged husband of a Mecklenburg County jail inmate who died Tuesday of an apparent infection is calling for the private health service that treated her to be shut down. (Click here for more) May 5, 2006 - Perzel's absence puzzles Capitol Philadelphia Inquirer Wednesday's was one of the most important sessions the state House has had in a long time - a day the chamber was expected to put the legislative final stamp on a property tax relief plan years in the making. (Click here for more) May 5, 2006 - Sex offenders and private prisons bills unbundled AP Efforts to force a single vote on tougher penalties for child molesters and other sex offenders and allowing private prisons failed, and lawmakers now will vote each issue separately, under an agreement worked out Friday night by House and Senate negotiators. (Click here for more) May 5, 2006 - Man flees in Florence from private prison Arizona Daily Star A state prisoner escaped Thursday from a private prison in Florence, officials said. (Click here for more) May 4, 2006 - State taking over treatment facility at South Mountain The Record Herald The Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare's Office of Children, Youth and Family will take over management the South Mountain Secure Treatment Unit for juvenile offenders on South Mountain Road starting July 1. (Click here for more) May 4, 2006 - Inmate escapes from private prison in Florence The Arizona Republic Schools were locked down for hours Thursday as law enforcement and prison officials searched south of town for an inmate who escaped from a private prison. (Click here for more) May 3, 2006 - Secure Pharmacy troubles sock America Service profits Nashville Business Journal Prison health services provider America Service Group Inc.'s troubles with its Secure Pharmacy Plus business helped push the company into a first-quarter loss. (Click here for more) May 3, 2006 - World responds to jail change The Mirror Opponents of private prisons throughout the world are heralding the provincial Liberal government's decision to bring Central North Correctional Centre into the public fold. (Click here for more) May 3, 2006 - Female jail inmate, 51, dies in medical unit Charlotte Observer A 51-year-old woman awaiting trial on a misdemeanor charge died Tuesday morning while in custody at a Mecklenburg County Jail, prompting routine investigations into whether officials did all they could to help her. (Click here for more) May 2, 2006 - Private prisons steer money to influence sentencing laws Progressive State Network The Institute on Money in State Politics, a tireless group of people who compile campaign finance data for all fifty states and regularly report national trends, have a new report "Policy Lock-Down: Prison Interests Court Political Players" looking at the $3.3 million private prison companies have donated to state-level actors in the last two election cycles. (Click here for more) May 2, 2006 - Inmate dies from infection; rest given antibiotics Atlanta Journal-Constitution Nearly 175 inmates and employees at the Gwinnett County Detention Center were put on antibiotics after the weekend death of an inmate, officials said Monday. (Click here for more) May 1, 2006 - Court unseals lawsuit against prison privatization companies AP Two private companies are being sued for several million dollars for overbilling and filing false bills at some of the state's prisons they operate under provisions of the Florida False Claims Act. (Click here for more) May 1, 2006 - Aramark gets buyout offer from chairmen, investors Bloomberg Aramark Corp., the food-service company that sells hot dogs and beer at Boston's Fenway Park and Shea Stadium in New York, received a $5.8 billion takeover offer from a group led by its chairman and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Click here for more) May 1, 2006 - Legislature
expected to pass private prison bill Lawrence Journal-World
For-profit prisons aren’t likely to pop up across the Kansas plains
overnight if, as expected, the Legislature approves a law this week
allowing the prisons to be built here.
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