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September 1, 2010 - Two Fayette jail nurses are under investigation
in inmate's death Lexington Herald-Leader The Kentucky Board
of Nursing is investigating two nurses at the Fayette County jail who
denied medical assessment to an inmate who later died, according to jail
documents.
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for more)
September 1, 2010 - Hernando Commission withholds payment to jail contractor St Petersburg Times With the cost and responsibility for repairs at the Hernando County Jail still up in the air, the County Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to hold on to $1.86 million billed by Corrections Corporation of America. (Click here for more)
September 1, 2010 - Jail bonds can't bar defaults Smart Money Owners of municipal bonds issued to pay for jails might not get to pass Go--and could have trouble collecting interest payments as well. (Click here for more)
August 31, 2010 - Money yields clout at the Capitol reporting AP An out-of-state company that contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to Capitol politicians – has secured an exclusive contract with the State – worth nearly $700 million. (Click here for more)
August 31, 2010 - AZ in dark about private prison populations KPHO A July prison break in Kingman, Ariz., brought a local and national attention to the state's private prisons. (Click here for more)
August 31, 2010 - More bad news at private Idaho prison; this time it’s in the water The Spokesman-Review Traces of the E. coli bacteria have been found in the water supply at the Idaho Correctional Center south of Boise. (Click here for more)
August 31, 2010 - Tale of another Delaware County prisoner freed by mistake Philadelphia Inquirer Kelly DeLuca was talking on the cell-block pay phone after 8 p.m. at the Delaware County prison when she got unexpected news: She could go home. (Click here for more)
August 31, 2010 - NYS investigators recommend prosecution of state corrections food czar from Locke The Post-Standard The state inspector general referred for possible prosecution today evidence of ethics and procurement violations involving Locke resident Howard Dean, the former director of the state prison system's food production center in Oneida County. (Click here for more)
August 30, 2010 - Detainees riot over conditions The Age DOZENS of Indonesian detainees rioted at Darwin's immigration detention centre early yesterday to protest against their treatment, which includes mandatory jail sentences of up to 20 years. (Click here for more)
August 29, 2010 - Shadow force: Private security contractors in Iraq Huffington Report The most important word in the phrase private security contractors is "private." (Click here for more)
August 29, 2010 - Detention centres: lethal mental illness factories Green Left On August 23, the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) reported that a 30-year-old man found unconscious in the Curtin Immigration Detention Centre in Western Australia had died. (Click here for more)
August 28, 2010 - Erroneous prisoner releases spark "serious discussion" in Delco Philadelphia Inquirer The Delaware County executive vowed Friday to have a "serious discussion" of ways to improve security at the county prison, from which three inmates were mistakenly released this summer. (Click here for more)
August 27, 2010 - Federal Judge denies defendants ArmorGroup's and Wackenhut's motions to dismiss False Claims Act Yahoo Judge James Cacheris of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has denied Defendants ArmorGroup North America ("AGNA"), ArmorGroup International, Wackenhut Services, Inc., and Cornelius Medley's motions to dismiss whistleblower James Gordon's lawsuit brought under the False Claims Act. (Click here for more)
August 27, 2010 - Jail turnover is seamless Hernando Today If the inmates at the Hernando County Jail had any intentions of sleeping in Friday morning, they soon found out differently. (Click here for more)
August 27, 2010 - Chilling tale of murder on the run Payson Roundup The would-be Bonnie and Clyde fugitives who’d led police on a wild, three-week chase began talking soon after their capture in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests last week. (Click here for more)
August 27, 2010 - 2 more inmates released accidentally from Delco jail Philadelphia Daily News The privately run George W. Hill Correctional Facility has been struggling this summer with what you might call a prisoner-retention problem. (Click here for more)
August 27, 2010 - Sex abuse rate at CCA-run Davidson jail is higher than U.S. Tennessean Inmates at a privately-run Davidson County jail reported being sexually abused at a higher rate than the national average, according to a new federal report. (Click here for more)
August 27, 2010 - Border Patrol catches escapee Great Falls Tribune A state inmate who escaped Wednesday in Great Falls was captured at about 8 p.m. Thursday east of Sunburst and south of the Sweet Grass Hills, according to an official for U.S. Customs and Border Protection. (Click here for more)
August 26, 2010 - Jail newspaper sues VT's former prison health providers over inmate death Serious News Here's a fascinating lawsuit that will test the legal boundaries of Vermont's public-records statute. (Click here for more)
August 26, 2010 - Zachariah P. Zachariah: Greedy insider or model citizen? The Broward Bulldog Testimony began this week in the politically charged, insider stock trading trial of Fort Lauderdale heart doctor and top Republican fundraiser Dr. Zachariah P. Zachariah. (Click here for more)
August 26, 2010 - Inmate escapes on North Side Great Falls Tribune The Great Falls Police Department is pursuing a registered violent offender who escaped mid-transport Wednesday from the custody of the Nexus Methamphetamine Treatment Center in Lewistown. (Click here for more)
August 25, 2010 - One bidder owns Kingman prison where breakout occurred Silver Belt The Arizona Department of Corrections has confirmed that any decisions over bids submitted by four companies to build private prisons here in our state have been delayed because of security issues raised about a privately operated prison in Kingman last month where the breakout of three violent convicts occurred on July 30. (Click here for more)
August 25, 2010 - Watchdog group calls for major overhaul of private prison oversight after audit finds “serious security lapses” led to escape from private prison in Arizona Private Corrections Working Group Today, the Private Corrections Working Group (PCWG), a not-for-profit organization that exposes the problems of and educates the public about for-profit private corrections, called for overhaul of the Arizona Department of Corrections’ (ADOC) oversight of the for-profit prison industry. (Click here for more)
August 25, 2010 - Human Rights Watch calls for detention reform to prevent sexual abuse Washington Independent Days after the ACLU called for additional protections against sexual abuse of immigrant detainees, Human Rights Watch issued a report today demanding Congressional action to improve detention center conditions. (Click here for more)
August 23, 2010 - Arizona prisoners' risk ratings in question Arizona Republic After three violent criminals escaped from a private prison last month in Kingman, state officials began asking why they had been assigned to a medium-security facility. (Click here for more)
August 22, 2010 - Federal contract could displace more than 2,000 Oklahoma prisoners The Oklahoman More than 2,000 state inmates could be displaced from private prisons if a federal contract to house criminal illegal immigrants is awarded here. (Click here for more)
August 22, 2010 - Arizona inmate escape puts spotlight on state private prisons Arizona Republic Arizona puts more of its inmates into privately run prisons every year, even though the prisons may not be as secure as state-run facilities and may not save taxpayers money. (Click here for more)
August 22, 2010 - Hernando County Sheriff Nugent prepares to take over jail St Petersburg Times As the sun rises over the Hernando County Jail this morning, newly sworn sheriff's correctional deputies will stand side by side with the private jailers whose company has run the facility for 22 years. (Click here for more)
August 21, 2010 - ‘Tackle jail staffing or drugs trade will rise’ Peterborough Today A PRISONS watchdog has slammed HMP Peterborough’s staffing levels as “inadequate” and said drugs are being easily smuggled inside during visits as a result. (Click here for more)
August 20, 2010 - Eight victims ID'd in Hutto guard case KXAN Williamson County authorities said Friday that eight victims had been identified in connection with a former transport officer at the T. Don Hutto immigration detention facility , who police say groped several women he was supposed to be taking to airports and bus stations. (Click here for more)
August 20, 2010 - Blackwater reaches deal on U.S. export violations New York Times The private security company formerly called Blackwater Worldwide, long plagued by accusations of impropriety, has reached an agreement with the State Department for the company to pay $42 million in fines for hundreds of violations of United States export control regulations. (Click here for more)
August 20, 2010 - Detention officer admits groping women KXAN A former employee of a federal immigration detention center has been arrested after police say he admitted to groping several women he was supposed to be transporting to the airport after being released on bond. (Click here for more)
August 20, 2010 - Security 'gaps' at prison loom large Arizona Star An executive with the firm that runs the private prison from which three dangerous inmates escaped promised Thursday to beef up security but said that's no guarantee it won't happen again. (Click here for more)
August 20, 2010 - Arizona fugitive and fiancee arrested at campsite AP An unattended campfire and a suspicious forest ranger led to the arrest of two of the most wanted fugitives in the U.S., ending a three-week nationwide manhunt that drew hundreds of false sightings, authorities said. (Click here for more)
August 19, 2010 - Security guard charged with being peeping tom Miami Herald It's hard to be a security guard and a peeping tom at the same time. (Click here for more)
August 19, 2010 - 2 seek health contract at Miami-Dade jails Miami Herald After months of delays, two bitter rivals have emerged this week as the lone bidders in Jackson Health System's quest to privatize the healthcare of Miami-Dade's jail inmates. (Click here for more)
August 19, 2010 - Security firm that killed three wins $9m deal The Age The Australian security firm that shot dead an Australian academic and two Iraqi women in Baghdad will now guard the government's embassy in the city. (Click here for more)
August 18, 2010 - Removing all private security firms from Afghanistan could be difficult Government Executive It will be "very challenging" to comply with an edict Afghan President Hamid Karzai issued this week to remove all private security contractors from Afghanistan within the next four months, according to Pentagon and State Department officials. (Click here for more)
August 18, 2010 - Autopsy fails to find cause of death of Hudson inmate found in cell Greeley Tribune An autopsy Tuesday failed to pinpoint the cause of death of an Alaskan inmate at the Hudson Correctional Facility in southern Weld County. (Click here for more)
August 17, 2010 - Low morale, safety worries continue to plague jail doctors, nurses Voice of OC Another "no-confidence" vote is making the rounds among the staff at the Orange County Correctional Medical Services division, which provides primary and specialty medical care for thousands of inmates across the county's jail system. (Click here for more)
August 17, 2010 - Detainee digs his way out of Christmas Island detention centre The Australian IMMIGRATION officers are investigating how a Kurdish detainee escaped from Christmas Island's Detention Centre for at least nine hours today. (Click here for more)
August 17, 2010 - The GEO Group, Inc. announces final results of merger consideration elections by Cornell Companies, Inc. stockholders Market Watch The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO 22.20, -0.17, -0.76%) ("GEO") announced today the final results of the elections made by former stockholders of Cornell Companies, Inc. (NYSE: CRN) ("Cornell") as to the form of merger consideration they wish to receive in connection with the acquisition of Cornell by GEO. (Click here for more)
August 17, 2010 - Afghanistan orders ban on private security firms Reuters Afghan President Hamid Karzai issued a decree on Tuesday setting a deadline of four months to disband private security firms to avoid the misuse of weapons which had caused "horrific and tragic incidents." (Click here for more)
August 16, 2010 - Alaska inmate found dead in Weld County prison Denver Post Authorities from a number of agencies are investigating the death of an inmate from Alaska who was found unresponsive in his cell at Hudson Correctional Facility in Weld County Sunday morning. (Click here for more)
August 16, 2010 - Suspected peeping Tom caught in the Gables CBS 4 A suspected peeping tom was arrested over the weekend after he allegedly used a cell phone to spy on a woman in her Coral Gables home. (Click here for more)
August 16, 2010 - 130 new jail deputies sworn in at ceremony Hernando Today Erin St. Pierre could not contain her joy at being sworn in as one of the newest deputies at the Hernando County Jail. (Click here for more)
August 16, 2010 - 'Prison to Nowhere' leads Loranne Ausley to attack Jeff Atwater Sunshine State News Former Rep. Loranne Ausley, the Democratic nominee to be the next state CFO, attacked a program backed by her Republican rival, Senate President Jeff Atwater of North Palm Beach, that slashed 71 prison work squads, which she insisted saved Florida taxpayers more than $35 million, and created a new private prison. (Click here for more)
August 14, 2010 - Couple's slaying puzzles family Santa Fe New Mexican Lost in the Bonnie and Clyde tale of Arizona fugitives on the run for two weeks is the grisly slaying of an Oklahoma couple whose bodies were found in a burned-out travel trailer on a remote ranch in Eastern New Mexico. (Click here for more)
August 14, 2010 - Warden, other employees resign from prison in escape fallout Las Vegas Review-Journal Key personnel have resigned their posts at a privately operated state prison where three dangerous inmates escaped last month. (Click here for more)
August 14, 2010 - Dami killer sues for £100k as ear cut off The Sun ONE of Damilola Taylor's killers is claiming £100,000 from prison bosses for failing to stop a lag from slicing off one of his ears. (Click here for more)
August 13, 2010 - August 13, 2010 Northern Territory News SEVERAL asylum seekers and security staff were rushed to hospital after a fight broke out over internet usage in a Darwin detention centre Northern Territory News SEVERAL asylum seekers and security staff were rushed to hospital after a fight broke out over internet usage in a Darwin detention centre. (Click here for more)
August 13, 2010 - Court orders warden to return inmate jewelry illegally seized Monroe Free Press Winn Correctional Center inmate Calvin Walker is back in court a third time requesting that 19th Judicial District Court Judge Wilson Fields enforce his February 19, 2010, ruling ordering Corrections Corporation of America to pay Walker $1,700.00 for jewelry W.N.C. officials unlawfully “took” from Walker in January of 2003. (Click here for more)
August 13, 2010 - Vt. to bring some short-term inmates from Ky. and Tenn. to Mass. AP About 100 Vermont prison inmates serving sentences at private prisons in Kentucky and Tennessee are going to be getting a lot closer to home. (Click here for more)
August 13, 2010 - Oklahoma jury finds prison operator violated employment rights of veteran Oklahoman A Muskogee federal court jury Thursday found that a private prisons operator violated the employment rights of a shift supervisor by terminating his job when he was deployed to Iraq as a combat adviser. (Click here for more)
August 13, 2010 - Fugitive's accomplice was informant before escape USA Today An Arizona fugitive's accomplice was acting as a drug mule for a white supremacy group and agreed to become a police informant weeks before she helped him escape from prison, authorities said Friday. (Click here for more)
August 12, 2010 - Geo Group: Cornell shareholders vote on buyout AP Private prison operator Geo Group Inc. on Thursday disclosed preliminary results of a vote by shareholders of Cornell Companies Inc. on that company's proposed sale to Geo Group. (Click here for more)
August 11, 2010 - US Marshal says Ariz. fugitives may be in Arkansas AP The manhunt for a fugitive from Arizona and his fiancee shifted from Montana to Arkansas after they were suspected of holding up a beauty supply store there Wedneday morning, the U.S. Marshal's Service said. (Click here for more)
August 11, 2010 - Former corrections officer sentenced in drug case KOLD A former private prison security officer goes from guarding inmates to becoming one after attempting to secure cocaine for an inmate. (Click here for more)
August 11, 2010 - Lawsuit dismissed against commissioners, jail operator The Review A lawsuit filed against the private operator of the Columbiana County Jail and the county commissioners has been dismissed, but remains against inmates who assaulted another inmate. (Click here for more)
August 11, 2010 - Prison in Hinton to lose all its inmates Tulsa World Arizona is pulling more than 1,700 of its inmates from the Great Plains Correctional Facility in Hinton. (Click here for more)
August 11, 2010 - Hernando hires engineering firm to evaluate county jail St Petersburg Times Having seen earlier snapshots on just what is physically wrong with a portion of the Hernando County Jail, the County Commission approved a plan Tuesday to get the whole picture. (Click here for more)
August 10, 2010 - Prison road work squads being cut WCTV Prison work squads are as old prisons themselves. (Click here for more)
August 9, 2010 - Orchestrated escape raises concerns about private prisons FOX Questions surround the escape of three violent convicts from a prison in Kingman, casting a shadow on Arizona's relationship with the private prison industry. (Click here for more)
August 9, 2010 - Ariz. authorities charge 2 with helping inmates Arizona Daily Sun Authorities in Arizona have charged two women with helping convicted felons after they escaped from prison in the northwestern part of the state. (Click here for more)
August 9, 2010 - Who’s Guarding the Private Prison Guardians? PCWG At about 9:00 p.m. on Friday, July 30, alarms began to go off at the Management and Training Center’s (MTC) Arizona State Prison at Golden Valley, near Kingman. (Click here for more)
August 9, 2010 - One of two escaped Arizona killers caught MSNBC One of two convicted killers who escaped from an Arizona prison has been captured in Wyoming, law enforcement officials said Monday. (Click here for more)
August 9, 2010 - DOC to eliminate beds in Tulsa: Some offenders are being moved to other facilities to save money Tulsa World In a cost-cutting move, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections is eliminating some of its community-level beds in Tulsa. (Click here for more)
August 9, 2010 - Stalled CCA prison hurts Trousdale County Tennessean By now, Trousdale County had hoped to be generating $1.5 million a year in new property tax revenues and having 350 people at work in a prison that Corrections Corporation of America planned to build here. (Click here for more)
August 8, 2010 - Kendrick Meek downplays his ties to controversial Wackenhut Miami Herald Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meek is proud of his résumé: state trooper, state legislator, member of Congress. (Click here for more)
August 8, 2010 - Police: Arizona escapees may be in Yellowstone area CNN Authorities believe two Arizona prison escapees and their alleged accomplice may be in the Yellowstone National Park area of Montana and Wyoming, based on recent information, the U.S. Marshals Service said Sunday. (Click here for more)
August 7, 2010 - Mother of escaped inmate arrested in Arizona AP The mother of one of three inmates who escaped from a northwestern Arizona prison was arrested Saturday after authorities suspected she helped two of them. (Click here for more)
August 7, 2010 - Prison, OHP continue to investigate big fight Star-Beacon Officials at the Lake Erie Correctional Institution and Ohio State Highway Patrol continue to investigate a fight one week ago, which landed 15 inmates in solitary confinement. (Click here for more)
August 7, 2010 - Arizona prison escapees linked to N.M. killings AP Two men who escaped from a private Arizona prison and a woman thought to have helped them have been linked to the investigation of a couple’s killing in New Mexico, authorities said Saturday. (Click here for more)
August 6, 2010 - Cornell Companies, Inc. Announces Receipt of Arizona Notification Not to Renew Contract at Great Plains Correctional Facility Market Watch Cornell Companies, Inc. announced today that it has received notification from the Arizona Department of Corrections of its election not to renew its contract at Cornell's 2,048 bed Great Plains Correctional Facility in Hinton, Oklahoma, which is scheduled to expire on September 12, 2010. (Click here for more)
August 5, 2010 - Prisoner who died in cell was told he had indigestion STV A prisoner who died in a privately-run jail after complaining of chest pains was told he had indigestion, an inquiry has heard. (Click here for more)
August 5, 2010 - Pasco sheriff uses firing of subcontractor in request for more funding St Petersburg Times Sheriff Bob White reacted quickly last Friday after a private security guard smacked a 13-year-old marijuana suspect in the head: He jailed the guard and fired the company. (Click here for more)
August 4, 2010 - Arizona inmate escape exposes security flaws AP The three inmates didn't seem to arouse the least bit of suspicion when they sneaked out of their dorm rooms and rushed to the perimeter of the medium-security prison. (Click here for more)
August 4, 2010 - Prison: 'Gladiator school' lawsuit should be axed AP A private prison company is asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit over prison violence in Idaho, saying the inmates didn't try to solve their problems through a grievance process first. (Click here for more)
August 4, 2010 - Two high profile legal proceedings Wednesday Boise Weekly Over at the U.S. Courthouse, a hearing is set in the case alleging violence at the Idaho Correctional Center, south of Boise. U.S. District Judge Lynn Winmill could decide whether to make the lawsuit a class-action case. (Click here for more)
August 4, 2010 - Bond modified for former Abraxas counselor Mansfield News Journal A judge modified bond Tuesday for a former youth counselor at a Shelby residential treatment center who is accused of raping a 16-year-old girl. (Click here for more)
August 3, 2010 - Authorities: Wire cutters aided AZ inmates' escape AP Three convicted murderers escaped a privately run prison in Arizona by using wire cutters that a woman threw over a fence, a state Department of Corrections spokesman said Tuesday. (Click here for more)
August 3, 2010 - Kingman escapes, Eloy riot reveal dangers of for-profit prisons AFSC The escape of three prisoners from the Kingman prison on Friday July 30, 2010, highlights continuing concerns about the management of state prison facilities by for-profit corporations, according to the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). (Click here for more)
August 3, 2010 - Big Legitski: bowling visa detainee gives guards the slip The Age A Cambodian national locked up for overstaying his visa is on the run after escaping from security officers during a trip to a bowling alley in Melbourne's west. (Click here for more)
August 3, 2010 - 106 detainees being held at immigrant removal centre go on hunger strike Daily Mail Reporter More than 100 men being held at an immigration centre are on hunger strike today.(Click here for more)
August 3, 2010 - 9 Wants to know: When a dangerous prisoner escaped why was a victim not told for almost a day? KGUN9-TV When a prison inmate escaped--who killed a woman's husband and daughter, she says 19 hours went by before the Arizona Department of Corrections informed her she could be in danger. (Click here for more)
August 3, 2010 - Arizona cons' escape raises many questions Arizona Republic When the man who plunged a knife 51 times into their loved one received a sentence of life in prison in May 1993, Bryan Knoblich and his mother hoped they would never hear Tracy Province's name again. (Click here for more)
August 2, 2010 - Men arrested for sex with girls News-Leader Nassau County Sheriff's office detectives arrested a 19-year-old Yulee man Tuesday for allegedly forcing a 14-year-old girl to have sex with him. (Click here for more)
August 2, 2010 - Ohio puts 15 inmates in solitary amid investigation of fight at private prison near Lake Erie AP The state is investigating a fight at a private prison in northeastern Ohio that resulted in 15 inmates punished with solitary confinement. (Click here for more)
August 1, 2010 - Arizona murder convict fired on Rifle police before arrest AP A convicted murderer who escaped Friday with two other men from an Arizona prison fired a bullet at Rifle police before being arrested early Sunday morning, police say. (Click here for more)