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May 29, 2009 - Health officials accuse 3 of buying fake degrees Spokesman-Review A social worker and two counselors in the Puget Sound area have been accused of buying fake degrees from a Spokane diploma mill. (Click here for more) May 29, 2009 - New information on two inmates who escaped from an Alabama prison WAAY TV Joshua Southwick and Ashton Mink broke out of a private prison in Perry County on Monday. (Click here for more) May 28, 2009 - Prisoners had outside help in escape Tuscaloosa News Authorities believe that two men who escaped from a private prison in Perry County early Monday morning had outside help. (Click here for more) May 27, 2009 - Prison system accused of 'sunshine' violation St Petersburg Times Gov. Charlie Crist has made it a priority to run the "most open and transparent" administration in state history. (Click here for more) May 27, 2009 - Security thugs 'put refugee in hospital' Morning Star The Home Office has come under fire as allegations have emerged that an African national was so badly beaten by guards during an attempted deportation this month that he required hospital treatment. (Click here for more) May 27, 2009 - Vermont pulls its inmates from cut-rate Alabama prison Seven Days The Vermont Department of Corrections has pulled all of its inmates out of a privately run prison in Alabama after a state investigation confirmed that some of the men had been injured by their fellow inmates. (Click here for more) May 26, 2009 - Two escape from private prison in Perry County Tuscaloosa News Authorities are searching for two state prisoners who escaped from a private prison in Perry County Monday. (Click here for more) May 26, 2009 - Hard-luck Montana town pushes to house Gitmo detainees CNN The tiny town of Hardin, Montana, is offering an answer to a very thorny question: Where should the nation put terror detainees if the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is shut down by the end of the year as President Obama has pledged? (Click here for more) May 24, 2009 - Exclusive: Stressed guard wins £120k payout after jail riot Sunday Mail A ROOKIE guard has been awarded almost £120,000 for stress she suffered in a prison riot. (Click here for more) May 23, 2009 - Oklahoma House fights prospect of terrorism detainees Oklahoman Private prisons in Oklahoma would be prohibited from accepting any detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay if a measure passed Friday by the state House of Representatives becomes law. (Click here for more) May 22, 2009 - Firm bins its prison recycling scheme Irvine Herald AN Irvine recycling firm has been ordered to halt using PRISONERS to sort rubbish from homes across North Ayrshire. (Click here for more) May 22, 2009 - Shelby man sentenced for role in beating death Great Falls Tribune The last of three people charged in the beating death of a Shelby man was sentenced Thursday to four years in pre-release in addition to 16 years of supervised probation. (Click here for more) May 21, 2009 - Probe as dad-of-three found dead Ardrossan Herald The AUTHORITIES are investigating the prison death of a Saltcoats man. (Click here for more) May 21, 2009 - Zachariah securities case headed for trial Tampa Bay Business Journal A trial is scheduled Nov. 9 for Dr. Zachariah P. Zachariah, a former chairman of the Florida Council on Economic Education who is accused of insider trading. (Click here for more) May 21, 2009 - Corrections report: Indian inmates faced strip searches AP A new report says that Native American inmates were subjected to group strip searches before and after sweat-lodge ceremonies at the private Crossroads Correctional Center in Shelby; but the Department of Corrections said the findings do not indicate a problem of discrimination. (Click here for more) May 20, 2009 - Jailers jailed Del Rio News-Herald Two former jailers recently became guests of the facility where they once worked, after one of them was arrested for burglarizing the home of a friend and the other allegedly tried to smuggle a bottle of cheap wine and love letters to an inmate. (Click here for more) May 20, 2009 - Cornell Companies Updates Guidance for Full Year -- Reaffirms Guidance for Second Quarter Yahoo.com Cornell Companies, Inc. (NYSE:CRN) today announced that it has been informed by the Georgia Department of Corrections that the Department will not start using the Company's recently completed expansion at its D. Ray James Prison in Georgia. (Click here for more) May 20, 2009 - Former business partner accuses Crants of theft Tennessean A former business partner is suing several entities connected to past Corrections Corporation of America CEO Doctor R. Crants Jr., accusing the groups of taking stolen money from a homeland security company both men worked on. (Click here for more) May 20, 2009 - Few details released in death of Wheeler County inmate Macon.com An inmate died over the weekend at a privately run prison in Wheeler County, and the Georgia Department of Corrections is withholding most details while an investigation is under way. (Click here for more) May 19, 2009 - Same program used to scrub laptops of Balkwill and jail contractor Herald Tribune A top executive for Armor Correctional Health Services deleted a “significant” amount of data from his laptop computer before handing it over to attorneys who are suing the Sarasota Sheriff’s Office, according to documents obtained by the Herald-Tribune. (Click here for more) May 18, 2009 - Campsfield detainees 'need more activities' Oxford Mail DISTURBANCES at Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre could be reduced if detainees were given more to do, an independent body has claimed. (Click here for more) May 18, 2009 - Private prison to cost 20% more than thought Israel National News Not only will a privately-run prison not save the government 15 percent of a jail’s operating expenses, as originally thought, but it will actually cost 20 percent more, according to an Israeli Prison Service internal report. (Click here for more) May 17, 2009 - Carrie Meek seeks to remain a lobbyist in Miami-Dade security contract debate Miami Herald In the escalating showdown between Miami-Dade County and Wackenhut Corp., former congresswoman Carrie Meek is on both sides. (Click here for more) May 15, 2009 - Escapee pursued in high speed chase Lamar Ledger An escaped male convict, from Bent County Correctional Facility in Las Animas, led authorities on a high speed chase through Bent County early Wednesday afternoon. (Click here for more) May 15, 2009 - Former jail guard indicted Texarkana Gazette A former Bowie County jail guard was indicted last week by a grand jury. (Click here for more) May 15, 2009 - Settlement talks stall between state, inmate's mom The Olympian The Idaho Department of Correction and the mother of an inmate who killed himself in a private prison are suing each other after a settlement agreement over the son's death fell apart. (Click here for more) May 14, 2009 - Drug charge for ex-prison worker BBC A former prison worker has been charged with trying to smuggle drugs into a Kent jail. (Click here for more) May 14, 2009 - Gainesville says its police won’t assist private jail Gainesville Times The private entity that soon will run the North Georgia Detention Center in Midtown Gainesville has asked the Gainesville Police Department to provide police assistance when the facility opens this summer. (Click here for more) May 14, 2009 - Dead man’s family call for tribal punishment The West More than 30 family members and supporters of Mr Ward, an Aboriginal elder who had a fatal heatstroke in the back of a prison van, gathered outside the Kalgoorlie Courthouse yesterday to call for those responsible for his death to face tribal punishment. (Click here for more) May 14, 2009 - Jail cleans up its act, industry expert says Ocala Star-Banner It’s been more than a year since Lindsay Hayes, a leading expert in jail suicide prevention, visited the Marion County Jail and made more than a dozen recommendations for improving the jail’s medical system and its handling of inmates. (Click here for more) May 14, 2009 - Appleton’s prison hopes what is being lost will soon be replaced Morris Sun-Tribune The State of Minnesota continues to slowly pluck its inmates from the Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton, but what it takes with one hand could be returned with the other. (Click here for more) May 14, 2009 - Prison officers suspended following assault allegation Delco Times Two corrections officers at the county-owned George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Concord have been suspended pending an investigation into a fracas May 3, prison officials have confirmed. (Click here for more) May 13, 2009 - Inmates complain about high prices KSAT Most people can simply run out to the store when they need a jar of peanut butter or a loaf of bread, but people behind bars are a captive audience for such necessities, literally. (Click here for more) May 11, 2009 - Prison driver cleared of murder BBC A prison van driver has been cleared of murdering a woman who was dancing in front of his vehicle. (Click here for more) May 9, 2009 - Oklahoma seeking not to be locked in by next private prison contract The Oklahoman The state could soon have a new contract with private prisons to house Oklahoma inmates. (Click here for more) May 8, 2009 - Inmate suspected of attacking officer KBCI A security officer at the Idaho Correctional Center was hospitalized after an inmate allegedly beat him. (Click here for more) May 7, 2009 - Escaped prisoner turns himself in Hounslow Guardian A scarfaced prisoner who escaped from court after duping guards by telling them he was desperate for the toilet has handed himself in. (Click here for more) May 5, 2009 - Annual turnover rate is 90% in TDCJ's private prisons Texas Prison Bidness Amongst the interesting statistics in the Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee's interim report on private prisons (PDF), was the shocking statistic that TDCJ-contracted private prisons have a 90% annual staff turnover rate. (Click here for more) May 5, 2009 - 'Luxury' jail slammed for level of violence The Scotsman SCOTLAND'S newest jail already has one of the worst records for violent attacks, new figures have revealed. (Click here for more) May 5, 2009 - Former guard sent to prison The Review A former CiviGenics guard accused of smuggling marijuana to inmates became an inmate himself after being sentenced to seven months in prison last week. (Click here for more) May 4, 2009 - Speed camera boss caught doing 102mph on a 70mph road The Telegraph Tom Riall admits he broke the speed limit but says he did not realise how fast he was travelling. (Click here for more) May 3, 2009 - Blunder leaves prison control rooms empty The Times Public safety is under “serious threat” after delays by the Department of Correctional Services in implementing a back-up plan to replace hundreds of private security staff at prisons. (Click here for more) May 1, 2009 - Prisoner injured in disturbance at CCA facility Mineral Wells Index A prisoner was reported transported Wednesday evening to Palo Pinto General Hospital from the Corrections Corporation of America pre-parole transfer facility with serious injuries, according to the Mineral Wells Fire Department and EMS. (Click here for more) May 1, 2009 - Federal
government rejects plan for prison in Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel
The proposed private federal prison — the subject of months of debate in
Nacogdoches — will not be built here, the Federal Bureau of Prisons,
said.
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