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November 30, 2005 - County commissioner hanging it up The Facts Brazoria County Pct. 2 Commissioner Jim Clawson announced Tuesday he won't seek re-election next year, opting for retirement after four terms. (Click here for more) November 30, 2005 - Florida company may help Idaho build prisons AP A Florida prison financing company is looking for business in Idaho, where it's talking with state corrections officials about helping build new prisons, including a proposed 400-bed treatment facility for drug offenders. (Click here for more) November 30, 2005 - Cover-ups 'rife' in private jails Australian THE bonus and penalty system on which private prisons in Australia are run has been accused of encouraging operators to cover up riots and drug abuse by prisoners. (Click here for more) November 29, 2005 - DA expected to get patrol's report soon on Loggins' death Greenwood Commonwealth Carroll County District Attorney Doug Evans soon will receive the results of the state Highway Patrol's investigation into the death of Debbie Denise Loggins, a patrol spokeswoman says. (Click here for more) November 29, 2005 - Youths needing services jailed Baltimore Sun As Maryland prepares to close most of the Charles H. Hickey Jr. School this week, it has developed a backlog of tough young offenders who are being held for weeks in juvenile jails while state officials struggle to find places to put them. (Click here for more) November 29, 2005 - Voting machines debut in Colorado County Victoria Advocate The Colorado County Commissioners Court has formed a committee to determine which of the county's taxing entities will be able to use the new voting machines for its elections. (Click here for more) November 29, 2005 - Autopsy on Carroll Co. woman complete Sun Herald An autopsy is complete on the body of a North Carrollton woman who died in September after being found unconscious in the back of a Carroll County Sheriff's deputy's car, the Mississippi Highway Patrol says. (Click here for more) November 28, 2005 - Wackenhut guards in the dock Daily Observer The two staff members of Wackenhut security firm, who were implicated in the aborted groundnut theft at the Gambia Agricultural Marketing Company Ltd (Gamco) a few months ago, were on Thursday arraigned before Magistrate Mboto of the Banjul Magistrates' Court on a two-count charge of conspiracy to commit felony and stealing. (Click here for more) November 28, 2005 - Unions push pay, pension increases for prison officers Arizona Capitol Times The labor union that represents the state's corrections officers is meeting individually with lawmakers to push its legislative plan for next session, which includes higher wages, higher retirement contributions from the state and scrutinizing private prisons. (Click here for more) November 28, 2005 - Leviev promises to treat his prisoners nicely Haaretz.com Ostensibly, the idea behind the process of privatization, in which it was recently decided that a group of companies headed by tycoon Lev Leviev will build and operate a private prison, is no different from the idea behind the processes that during the past decade have led to privatization in the Employment Service, the seaports and the national airline. (Click here for more) November 27, 2005 - Contractors shooting up Iraqi drivers Telegraph UK A "trophy" video appearing to show security guards in Baghdad randomly shooting Iraqi civilians has sparked two investigations after it was posted on the internet, the Sunday Telegraph can reveal. (Click here for more) November 26, 2005 - Kosovan jailed after escape EDP24 A Kosovan who fled to this country after seeing his family murdered in front of him was yesterday jailed for trying to escape deportation. (Click here for more) November 25, 2005 - Inmate found dead at East Miss. state prison WREG Lauderdale County authorities say there appears to be no foul play in death of an East Mississippi Correctional Facility inmate. (Click here for more) November 25, 2005 - Man gets life for triple murder Leavenworth Times A former Leavenworth man has been sentenced to life in federal prison for the murder of three Leavenworth people. (Click here for more) November 24, 2005 - Insider charge filed against ex-broker New York Times Federal prosecutors have charged a former securities broker, David Pajcin, with insider trading related to information the authorities said he gleaned by illegally obtaining advance copies of Business Week and buying stocks that the magazine was covering favorably. (Click here for more) November 24, 2005 - Officer claims prison operator failed to accommodate after accident Disability Compliance Bulletin A corrections officer sued her former employer, Corrections Corp. of America, claiming it failed to accommodate her disability after a work-related vehicular accident. (Click here for more) November 24, 2005 - Probe of Pacific Wings continues The Maui News The Maui County prosecutors office is continuing an investigation into allegations of assault, harassment and violations of airport security rules by personnel with Pacific Wings, a county official said Wednesday. (Click here for more) November 24, 2005 - Wexford acquires contract with state State Journal Register Less than five months after the state government canceled a contract with Wexford Health Sources to provide health care for most prison inmates, the company is resuming those duties with a new contract worth a potential $547 million. (Click here for more) November 23, 2005 - Escape of felon now suspect in 3 killings sparks outrage Houston Chronicle Reacting to the capture of a Houston halfway house escapee now suspected in three slayings in North Texas, Mayor Bill White's crime victims advocate on Wednesday denounced as outrageous that anyone could walk out of a community corrections center without the public being notified. (Click here for more) November 23, 2005 - Man held in 3 deaths Dallas Morning News A criminal who police said may have ties to white supremacy has been charged in the slayings of three men during his escape last month. (Click here for more) November 23, 2005 - Prison nurse aide charged with having sex with inmates Today's Sunbeam Less than a month after a Southern State Corrections Facility employee was sentenced here in Superior Court for having sex with inmates, a staff member at South Woods State Prison has been accused of similar behavior. (Click here for more) November 23, 2005 - Prison privatization still on the table in Shelby Commercial Appeal Two leading firms in the private prison industry have submitted new proposals to Shelby County government in hopes of taking over the county's jail and prison populations. (Click here for more) November 23, 2005 - Cornelia Rau, ill health and criminality Green Left Weekly I wasn't involved in the asylum seeker debate in 2001 when the government's actions on Tampa were, in their opinion, decisive in getting them re-elected. (Click here for more) November 22, 2005 - Lawsuit still not served Cibola Beacon Tia Bland of the New Mexico Corrections Department reported Friday that she still has not been served with the lawsuit filed by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. (Click here for more) November 22, 2005 - Escapee suspected in 11-day crime spree Houston Chronicle A federal felon now charged in the slayings of three men in Fort Worth escaped from a halfway house in Houston last month after telling officials he was going to church. (Click here for more) November 22, 2005 - Investigators called Rikers medical contract illegal New York Times State officials have reached a preliminary conclusion that New York City's $300 million contract for medical care at Rikers Island is illegal because it violates a state law regulating profit-making medical companies, according to the State Commission of Correction. (Click here for more) November 21, 2005 - GEO officer breaks out stock sale South Florida Business Journal The senior vice president and chief financial officer at a prison management firm has locked away $315,100 from selling company shares. (Click here for more) November 20, 2005 - Race at center of federal lawsuit Del Rio News Herald Raymond Edward Haynes has filed a federal lawsuit charging the company he works for, The GEO Group Inc., discriminated against him because of his race. (Click here for more) November 20, 2005 - Prison economics bust for town South Bend Tribune Brian Smith is the kind of person who officials in this small northwestern Michigan town had in mind when they agreed in 1996 to be the home of a new, high-security prison for young offenders. (Click here for more) November 19, 2005 - Prison workers intend to sue The Express-Times Six Northampton County Prison guards sickened by exposure to mold filed notice Friday of their intent to sue the county and several past and present county officials. (Click here for more) November 19, 2005 - Prison's economic impact difficult to track Meridian Star It's the mid-1990s. The number of inmates in Mississippi's penal system is increasing, and state officials need to build more prisons - or contract with private companies to build more prisons. (Click here for more) November 19, 2005 - CCA identifies workers disciplined for birth at Bay jail News Herald Corrections Corporation of America fired a Bay County Jail Annex nurse for the way she handled an inmate's complaint of labor pains, according to her termination letter. (Click here for more) November 18, 2005 - Controller canvasses private ptrison AllAfrica.com DEPUTY controller of prisons (DCP) Ikoyi Prisons Lagos, Mr. Ralph Ikeh, yesterday called for the establishment of private prisons in the country. (Click here for more) November 18, 2005 - Hospital owed less money The News Journal A Department of Correction official said Thursday that Medicaid and its former medical service provider owe St. Francis Hospital less than $500,000 in past-due bills. (Click here for more) November 17, 2005 - Prison to evict Phila. inmates even as it expands Philadelphia Inquirer Delaware County's beleaguered jail wants to add 350 beds, even as it begins returning that number of inmates to Philadelphia. (Click here for more) November 17, 2005 - County inmates will not lose healthcare services Fulton Sun With half a month left before inmates at the Callaway County Jail lose their healthcare provider, county officials believe they have found a new provider, one that will offer more benefits at a cheaper rate. (Click here for more) November 17, 2005 - Strip-search case reopens Fargo call In-Forum News The suspected mastermind behind strip searches of employees at chain restaurants and stores nationwide - including one at a north Fargo Burger King - faces felony charges in Kentucky for a hoax there. (Click here for more) November 17, 2005 - Brentwood company may be dropped from NASDAQ Tennessean NASDAQ notified the company on Nov. 11 that its stock may be delisted because of a delay in filing its third-quarter report. (Click here for more) November 17, 2005 - Shelby prison expansion proposed Independent Record A proposal to expand a privately run prison in Shelby to relieve overcrowding was panned Wednesday by a number of lawmakers who said they could not support further privatization of the state's prison system. (Click here for more) November 16, 2005 - Baldwin Prison Blues Ludington Daily News All but 20 of the corrections officers formerly employed at the Michigan Youth Correctional Facility - 190 of 220 - have been hired into the state Department of Corrections operations, according to DOC spokesman Russ Marlan. (Click here for more) November 16, 2005 - Government reviewing MTC's superjail contract The Mirror The province will have to decide whether or not Management Training Corporation (MTC) is meeting its service contract responsibilities, and if it wants the Utah-based company to continue to run the Central North Correctional Centre (CNCC), by May. (Click here for more) November 16, 2005 - Warden Leviev? Diamond Tycoon wins private jail bid IDEX Israel's best known diamantaire, Lev Leviev, will soon own a private jail. (Click here for more) November 16, 2005 - Inmate health care chief named News Herald The Delaware Department of Correction has hired longtime HIV/AIDS educator and advocate James Welch from the Department of Public Health, to serve as the health services administrator for the state's prison system. (Click here for more) November 16, 2005 - Africa-Israel, Minrav to set up Israel's first private prison Globes Minrav Holdings Ltd. (TASE:MNRV) and Africa-Israel Investments Ltd. (TASE:AFIL; Pink Sheets:AFIVY) will set up Israel's first private prison, announced an inter-ministerial committee responsible for the matter today. (Click here for more) November 16, 2005 - Jail birth results in firing, reprimand News Herald One employee has been fired and another reprimanded after an investigation into a birth at the Bay County Jail annex revealed a series of missteps - from a nurse who ignored cries for help to a supervisor unaware of the labor - that preceded a delivery in the infirmary. (Click here for more) November 15, 2005 - Chronic prison-crowding predicted WCAX Vermont's prisons are already full and now there's word they're about to be swamped. (Click here for more) November 15, 2005 - Audit says town trust sold "bill of goods" AP Members of a public trust at Hinton were duped by a Georgia man into spending more than $7.5 million on a cocoa butter plant that was doomed from the start, state Auditor and Inspector Jeff McMahan said Tuesday. (Click here for more) November 15, 2005 - A security guard caught on tape by a Pacific Wings Airlines employee KGMB 9 A Wackenhut security guard was arrested Sunday after threatening to kill a pilot at the Kahului Airport. (Click here for more) November 15, 2005 - Let patients have info Palm Beach Post If voters demand more information about a doctor or a hospital's mistakes and complications, but lawmakers disagree, patients will get - as three judges have determined - "an absurd result." (Click here for more) November 15, 2005 - Idaho prisons face overcrowding Casper Tribune When Idaho shipped 302 inmates to a private Minnesota prison last month, it was only easing overcrowding: (Click here for more) November 15, 2005 - Private firm has sheriffs riding shotgun Miami Herald A year ago, Coconut Creek-based Armor Correctional Health Services was an upstart in the business of providing healthcare for jail inmates. (Click here for more) November 15, 2005 - 'They just ignored me,' says jailed mom News Herald She was in labor for more than four hours, crying in a crowded dorm room, bent and writhing on a bunk, crooked with pain and sweat and gritted teeth, pleading for help. (Click here for more) November 14, 2005 - Detainees may be charged over fires The Age THE Immigration Department says it will have no hesitation in pursuing criminal charges against detainees who allegedly lit a series of fires at the Baxter detention centre. (Click here for more) November 12, 2005 - Aust detention camp evacuated The Age One man has been taken to hospital and five others treated for smoke inhalation after a series of fires forced evacuations at the Baxter Detention centre in South Australia. (Click here for more) November 12, 2005 - Prison operator agrees to reforms Rocky Mountain News The nation's largest private prison operator has agreed to state-mandated reforms at its four Colorado prisons 14 months after a riot tore through its Crowley County Correctional Facility in Olney Springs. (Click here for more) November 11, 2005 - Mother racking up costs in jail News Herald Jennifer Bozeman owes the state of Florida $500. She never paid, got sent to jail, birthed a baby in the infirmary, and now Bay County taxpayers are footing the bill - to the tune of about $2,730 so far. (Click here for more) November 10, 2005 - Geo sees Q3 earnings tumble South Florida Business Journal Profit declined 92 percent at the Geo Group as expenses grew and the company took a variety of special charges. (Click here for more) November 10, 2005 - Minister's vow after security firm's lapse over tagged offender Leeds Today A security firm allowed a tagged offender from West Yorkshire to breach his curfew order 22 times - and didn't bother to inform police, MPs were told. (Click here for more) November 10, 2005 - Prison official charged in rape of female inmate Delco Times The supervisor of the work-release program at George Hill Correctional Facility was on his way to county lockup late Wednesday, charged with sexually assaulting a female inmate twice in a prison van. (Click here for more) November 10, 2005 - Firm has plans for its former juvenile center Reading Eagle A former juvenile-detention center in New Morgan that was closed in 2002 after escapes and abuse of inmates by staff is expected to reopen late next year as a school for emotionally troubled young people, officials said Wednesday. (Click here for more) November 9, 2005 - Crowley County Correctional Facility opens its doors La Junta Tribune Democrat The subject of Prisons is one that tends to make people nervous just on general principles. (Click here for more) November 9, 2005 - Standoff suspect's trial delayed News Herald The last of four men accused of taking hostages last year in a jail standoff will not go to trial next week as planned. (Click here for more) November 9, 2005 - Jail birth under investigation News Herald Bay County Jail officials have launched a "full-fledged investigation" of personnel at the Nehi Road annex after a pregnant prisoner repeatedly called for medical attention hours before she gave birth in the infirmary early Monday morning, according to the county's jail liaison. (Click here for more) November 8, 2005 - Family of brain-dead prisoner to sue sheriff's office Yahoo John Laughon was in jail on drug charges on Feb. 22 when police officials said he used "superhuman strength" to break out of a restraint chair and attack corrections officers. (Click here for more) November 8, 2005 - Chapman endorsed as warden Hernando Today Arvil Chapman could be just days away from shedding "interim" from his Hernando County jail title and lay to rest early county fears he was not qualified to run the facility. (Click here for more) November 8, 2005 - Prison ministry under fire by watchdog group in New Mexico BBS News A state-funded fundamentalist Christian prison ministry program ("God pod") in a women's prison in New Mexico is being challenged in federal court by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a state/church watchdog. (Click here for more) November 8, 2005 - Prison politics Detroit Free Press Republican state legislators would have a hard time explaining why they stuck taxpayers with a $5.5-million bill to lease an empty prison. (Click here for more) November 8, 2005 - 'Clean it up,' prisons chief told Wilmington News Journal Family members of dead, dying or grievously ill inmates lashed out at Correction Commissioner Stan Taylor on Monday night, accusing Taylor and the prison's medical vendor of causing illnesses and deaths by providing inadequate medical care to the state's 6,800 inmates. (Click here for more) November 8, 2005 - Jail reports no wrong in death Hernando Today Daniel Ray Warren died Wednesday evening in the Hernando County Jail with a sheet tied around his neck. (Click here for more) November 8, 2005 - Deal closes for prison company GEO pays $62 million for Correctional Services Sarasota Herald-Tribune The GEO Group, based in Boca Raton, has closed its $62 million deal for the Sarasota-based private prison management company. (Click here for more) November 7, 2005 - Public airs concerns at hearing Delaware State News The state's correction chief and the medical company hired by the agency defended the level of medical care inmates receive Monday during a hearing at Legislative Hall. (Click here for more) November 7, 2005 - Smith County picks 2 firms for jail design, construction Tyler Morning Telegraph Smith County commissioners picked Lee Lewis Construction Inc. of Lubbock, along with Dallas architects Wiginton Hooker Jeffry PC, with which to enter into negotiations for the design and construction of a new Smith County Jail. (Click here for more) November 7, 2005 - Turn-around on jail warden considered Hernando Today The man who was slated to be the county's next jail warden but rejected by county officials because he had no experience overseeing a jail appears to be winning over his critics. (Click here for more) November 7, 2005 - 48 inmates riot at private prison CDCR Daily Report The following event was reported as occurring 10/28/05, according to a CDCR "daily report" dated Friday, 10/29/05. Yesterday at 1218 hours, inmates in the A3 dorm at Desert View Modified Community Correctional Facility (a private contracted CCF operated by the Geo Group, Inc.) got in a fight. (Click here for more) November 7, 2005 - The GEO Group, Inc. Announces Closing of Acquisition of Correctional Services Corporation Yahoo The GEO Group, Inc. (NYSE: GGI - News; "GEO"), a world leader in the delivery of correctional and mental health services, announced today the successful completion of its previously announced acquisition of Sarasota-based Correctional Services Corporation (Nasdaq: CSCQ - News; "CSC"), a leading developer and manager of privatized correctional and detention facilities, for approximately $62 million, or $6.00 per common share. (Click here for more) November 6, 2005 - A costly charter school failure Washington Post The reddish-brick building sits vacant on a tree-lined lot in Northeast Washington, a three-story monument to a failed experiment to bring down the exorbitant costs of special education in the District. (Click here for more) November 6, 2005 - Inmate's breast cancer went undetected Wilmington News Journal Sharon Wall, a waitress and bartender from Claymont, was arrested on Lancaster Pike in Hockessin around dusk 4 1/2 years ago. (Click here for more) November 6, 2005 - Democrats rip Daniels on out-of-state contracts Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette The Indiana Democratic Party - reduced to a watchdog role in a world of Republican-controlled politics - took Gov. Mitch Daniels to task last week over more than half a billion dollars in state contracts awarded to non-Indiana companies. (Click here for more) November 6, 2005 - Beaver County public jobs given to private firms Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Beaver County is an unlikely place for a conservative revolution. Democrats hold a two-to-one registration advantage, have dominated county government for decades, own the state legislative seats. (Click here for more) November 4, 2005 - State fiscal woes padlock much-criticized youth prison Psychiatry News After a watchdog group sues a Michigan private youth prison over inadequate care for inmates, the prison is closed due to budget reasons. (Click here for more) November 4, 2005 - Inmates convicted for escape attempt Independent Record Two of four inmates who escaped from a prison transport van in Helena last year were found guilty in connection with the incident by a Powell County jury this week. (Click here for more) November 4, 2005 - Youth prison closing prompts suit from owners, village and township Cadillac News The operators of the private youth prison near Baldwin sued the state Thursday, claiming wrongful termination of the company's lease. (Click here for more) November 4, 2005 - Inmate hanged himself in county jail St Petersburg Times Daniel R. Warren, a shrimp boat captain, had been sentenced to three years in state prison for battering his wife. But he never made it there. (Click here for more) November 3, 2005 - D.A.: No charges in jail food investigation Sanford Herald District Attorney Tom Lock will not pursue charges against a former Lee County Jail kitchen employee, who was under investigation for allegedly buying food with jail funds and using them in his private catering business. (Click here for more) November 3, 2005 - Prisons chief takes health care questions Wilmington News Journal In a two-hour meeting Wednesday with the House Democratic Caucus, Correction Commissioner Stan Taylor said he had solutions to improve inmate health care in the state's prisons. (Click here for more) November 3, 2005 - Man tells hoax victim he's sorry Courier-Journal The Bullitt County man who claimed a hoax caller duped him into sexually humiliating a teenage McDonald's employee at the restaurant last year apologized to his victim yesterday and said he was ashamed of what he did. (Click here for more) November 3, 2005 - Private prison in Lamar needs voters' approval Pueblo Chieftain Citizens voted Tuesday to change the city charter, which will now require a vote before a privately owned prison can be built or operated in town. (Click here for more) November 3, 2005 - County purchasing under scrutiny Commercial Appeal In the wake of the Tennessee Waltz sting and the tumultuous debate over jail privatization, new purchasing guidelines for Shelby County commissioners are under consideration. (Click here for more) November 3, 2005 - Private prison sues state AP The operators of a private youth prison near Baldwin sued the state Thursday, claiming wrongful termination of the company's lease. (Click here for more) November 3, 2005 - Inmate subdues officers Free Lance-Star A state prison inmate from Spotsylvania County was captured yesterday after a violent escape and car chase in Emporia, in southern Virginia. (Click here for more) November 3, 2005 - State can penalize prison operator Honolulu Advertiser Hawai'i prison officials signed a new contract with a private prison operator this week that for the first time allows the state to financially penalize the company if the prison operator fails to deliver on promised drug treatment or other programs for inmates held on the Mainland. (Click here for more) November 2, 2005 - Judge rejects plea bargain in hoax case Courier-Journal Bullitt Circuit Judge Tom Waller this morning rejected a plea agreement for a man who admitted sexually humiliating a teenager who was strip-searched last year at the Mount Washington McDonald's where she worked. (Click here for more) November 2, 2005 - Detention compromise deal introduced Sidney Morning Herald Laws that follow through on the government's compromise deal with rebel backbenchers over its tough immigration detention policy were introduced to the lower house on Wednesday. (Click here for more) November 2, 2005 - Diagnosis: Critical: Jails house the mentally ill Delco Times Lying on his stomach and propped up by his elbows, a middle-aged man stares through a window with a slightly curious, but otherwise blank, expression. (Click here for more) November 2, 2005 - Hoax victim opposes plea deal Courier-Journal A teenager who was strip-searched in April 2004 at the Mount Washington McDonald's where she worked is objecting to terms of the plea bargain struck for the man who admitted sexually humiliating her. (Click here for more) November 1, 2005 - Ailing ex-inmate sues Glouco Courier-Post A former inmate at Gloucester County Jail alleges in a lawsuit that negligent oversight of the jail caused him to contract a staph infection while he was incarcerated in 2003. (Click here for more) November 1, 2005 - Escaped
prisoner walked out front gate ABC A prisoner who escaped from
Junee jail in south-western New South Wales last week is believed to have
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