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November 29, 2006 - Asylum protesters 'now contained' BBC A mutiny inside the UK's largest immigration centre has been contained, the Home Office has said. (Click here for more) November 29, 2006 - 3 Prison workers join sex-harassment suit Pueblo Chieftain Three workers at the Olney Springs prison have joined a lawsuit that alleges female workers were given dangerous assignments as retaliation for objecting to repeated, serious sexual harassment. (Click here for more) November 28, 2006 - Wexford hit with discrimination lawsuit Santa Fe Reporter In the latest setback for Wexford Health Sources, a former employee has slapped the prison health care company with a civil lawsuit alleging racial discrimination. (Click here for more) November 28, 2006 - Concerns for asylum centre deepen BBC An immigration detention centre with a violent history including a death and repeated disturbances is getting worse, the prisons watchdog has warned. (Click here for more) November 28, 2006 - Parents of two inmates plead guilty in drug-smuggling scheme The Oklahoman The parents of two Oklahoma prison inmates joined their sons as convicted felons Monday after pleading guilty to conspiracy in Oklahoma County District Court in Oklahoma City. (Click here for more) November 28, 2006 - Inmate's call unheeded, court hears The Age THE daughter of a prisoner who died of an asthma attack in his Port Phillip Prison cell after an emergency buzzer allegedly failed has demanded answers over her father's death. (Click here for more) November 28, 2006 - Death in custody inquest begins The Australian AN inquest into the asthma-related death of a prisoner at Port Phillip private prison in Melbourne will begin today at the Victorian Coroner's Court. (Click here for more) November 24, 2006 - Jail clinic costs rise; Polk plans to hire overseer Des Moines Register Polk County supervisors, concerned that a privately run jail medical clinic hasn't pinched pennies enough, have launched a search for someone to keep an eye on how it is operated. (Click here for more) November 22, 2006 - Another ex-official sentenced in scandal Express-News The last of three county commissioners who pleaded guilty to a $39,000 bribery scandal involving contracts for a new federal detention facility in the Rio Grande Valley has been sentenced. (Click here for more) November 22, 2006 - Pot found at CCA prison Eloy Enterprise Police dispatched to the CCA Federal Detention Center in reference to found narcotics. (Click here for more) November 22, 2006 - Judge allows transfer of Calif. inmates despite legal fears AP A state judge decided Wednesday to let California send 2,260 inmates to Indiana and four other states to relieve prison crowding, though she said the transfers may be illegal. (Click here for more) November 22, 2006 - Another employee leaves prison alleging poor care for inmates Santa Fe Reporter The medical director of a state prison in Hobbs has stepped down from his post less than a month after a legislative committee requested an audit of the corrections health care in the state. (Click here for more) November 21, 2006 - Security guard pleads not guilty in molestation case North County Times A City Heights man accused of using his position as a security guard to lure young girls into his car, where he allegedly forced them into sex, pleaded not guilty today to 12 felony counts, including rape and kidnapping. (Click here for more) November 21, 2006 - DOC begins managing health care Tallahassee Democrat After making a dramatic decision not to award a $707 million contract for prison health care, the Florida Department of Corrections spent its first day Monday managing the job itself. (Click here for more) November 21, 2006 - Nurse in jail shooting sues News-Herald A former jail nurse shot during a hostage situation in 2004 sued Corrections Corporation of America, Bay County and the Bay County Sheriff’s Office on Monday. (Click here for more) November 18, 2006 - Guards Held Over Sh723m Theft New Vision THIRTEEN security guards with Group 4 Security Service were on Friday charged with stealing sh723.4m. (Click here for more) November 17, 2006 - New Morgan wants academy suit tossed Reading Eagle Lawyers for New Morgan borough on Friday asked a federal judge in Reading to dismiss a suit filed by the owner of New Morgan Academy juvenile treatment center, claiming the academy is trying to sidestep local zoning ordinances and state courts. (Click here for more) November 17, 2006 - State to divide health services for inmates among many providers AP The Department of Corrections announced Friday that it will divide health services for nearly 18,000 inmates in South Florida prisons among many providers instead of bidding one comprehensive, multimillion-dollar contract. (Click here for more) November 17, 2006 - New Morgan tried to keep facility closed, suit says Reading Eagle The Texas-based owner of a New Morgan treatment facility for juvenile offenders has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the borough of interfering with the facility's plans to reopen. (Click here for more) November 16, 2006 - As protests persist, prison remains Queens Chronicle With cries of “Educate, don’t incarcerate,” dozens of Springfield Gardens residents marched from Springfield Park to the Queens Private Correctional Facility on Saturday, calling for the prison to be shut down. (Click here for more) November 15, 2006 - Widow sues jail over death of her husband Hernando Today A widow is suing Corrections Corporation of America, claiming her husband died of a brain infection because the staff at the Hernando County Jail acted too late on his pleas for help. (Click here for more) November 15, 2006 - Ault gives residents voice in prison issue Greeley Tribune The Ault Town Board eased many residents' minds Tuesday night and gave them a stronger voice in the prison debate. (Click here for more) November 14, 2006 - Centre rapped over response to welfare plea Cambridge Evening News A report by Anne Owers, Chief Inspector of Prisons, found bosses had failed to implement improvements recommended following an earlier inspection in several key areas designed to improve the welfare of detainees. (Click here for more) November 14, 2006 - State prison health services contract up for grabs -- again Burlington Free Press Vermont prisons are looking for a new medical services provider for the second time in three years following a decision by Prison Health Services Inc. to opt out of its contract with the state. (Click here for more) November 13, 2006 - Coryell to discuss hiring prison vendor Killeen Daily Herald A Willacy County official has a word of caution for the Coryell County Commissioners' Court as it considers a private prison vendor as a remedy for its overcrowded jail facility. (Click here for more) November 14, 2006 - Mich. jails ordered to limit shackle use Baltimore Sun A federal judge has ordered prison officials in Michigan to immediately cease the use of non-medical, punitive restraints following the death of a mentally ill inmate who died after four days spent naked and shackled in an isolated cell. (Click here for more) November 11, 2006 - San Diego police arrest suspected serial rapist KFMB A suspected serial rapist is behind bars Saturday morning, being held on $325,000 bail. (Click here for more) November 11, 2006 - Search halts visits to Florence prison Arizona Daily Star A lockdown at the Central Arizona Detention Center in Florence has suspended visitation as authorities conduct a routine search for contraband, said Gilbert Carmona, assistant warden. (Click here for more) November 10, 2006 - Healthcare workers at Alameda prison services set strike deadline PR News Wire Healthcare workers at Alameda County's Santa Rita jail in Pleasanton and Glenn Dyer jail in Oakland announced today that they will give formal strike notice to their employer, Prison Health Services (PHS), on December 2, if a new contract agreement is not reached. (Click here for more) November 10, 2006 - How low can they go? Vermont Guardian Recent news that one of the nation’s largest prison health care providers, Prison Health Services (PHS), is backing out of its three-year contract with Vermont should be a wake-up call to the Douglas administration. (Click here for more) November 9, 2006 - County braces to calculate cost of switching deal to operate jail Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The legal fight over privatizing the Beaver County Jail has cost the county about $500,000, and that's just the beginning. (Click here for more) November 9, 2006 - Former Willacy County official gets 6 months in bribery case AP A former Willacy County commissioner was sentenced to six months in federal prison Thursday for taking bribes in return for votes on a federal prison contract. (Click here for more) November 8, 2006 - Prison audit ahead Santa Fe Reporter The New Mexico State Legislature is one step closer to an audit of Wexford Health Sources, the private company that administers health care in New Mexico’s prisons. (Click here for more) November 8, 2006 - Province say jail's move back to public sector will be smooth The Mirror About 90 per cent of jail employees will continue on at Central North Correctional Centre when the jail moves from private to public, this week, and provincial officials say that will ensure a smooth transition. (Click here for more) November 8, 2006 - HIV-staff layoffs at Rikers New York Post A dozen HIV counselors at Rikers Island got pink slips yesterday - drawing outrage from union officials. (Click here for more) November 7, 2006 - Former inmate, prison operator reach terms Pueblo Chieftain A court record shows that a tentative settlement was reached Monday between the operator of the Olney Springs prison and an inmate seriously injured in a riot. (Click here for more) November 7, 2006 - Rival firm protests PHS contract with DOC Tallahassee Democrat A Pennsylvania-based prison health-care firm filed a formal protest Monday, disputing the Department of Corrections decision to award a $707 million, 10-year contract to a rival company with a troubled history. (Click here for more) November 5, 2006 - Alexander lockup fails children, report asserts Arkansas Democrat-Gazette An advocacy group that has been monitoring Alexander Youth Services Center for months said Saturday that Arkansas isn’t meeting the mental health, education and special education needs of the children at the troubled facility as required by the U. S. Department of Justice and state law. (Click here for more) November 4, 2006 - Arkansas fires firm running youth lockup Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Arkansas terminated its contract with Cornell Cos. Inc. to run the troubled Alexander Youth Services Center on Friday after learning that employees were drugging youths to control unruly behavior — in many cases without doctors ’ orders, in violation of facility policy and against the children’s wills. (Click here for more) November 3, 2006 - Medical provider cancels Vermont prison contract Vermont Guardian After losing more than $1 million in three months, the out-of-state company in charge of providing medical services to Vermont’s nearly 1,700 inmates has told corrections officials it wants out of its three-year contract. (Click here for more) November 2, 2006 - CBS 5 Investigates: Locked in limbo CBS5 Welcome to the Eloy Detention Center, smack in the middle of the Arizona desert, overseen by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or "I.C.E." -- but run almost in secret by a private, for-profit company, the Corrections Corporation of America, or “C.C.A.” (Click here for more) November 2, 2006 - Prisoner turns violent in town's casualty department IC Wales A prisoner 'pretending' to be ill attacked his guards and tried to escape while being checked over in the middle of a busy hospital. (Click here for more) November 2, 2006 - Chicken pox shuts down Manatee jail Bradenton Herald Sheriff's spokesman Dave Bristow said Wednesday that four employees and four inmates were confirmed to have the disease.(Click here for more) November 2, 2006 - Violence erupts in crowded center Sun-Herald At about 3 a.m. Saturday, many of the 190 residents incarcerated two to a cell in "D-Dorm" at the Florida Civil Commitment Center awoke to the sounds of "screaming and banging," as one man began assaulting another in his bunk, according to written and verbal reports from residents. (Click here for more) November 1, 2006 - Former
supervisor at private prison charged with drug smuggling AP A
former supervisor at a private minimum security prison in eastern
Kentucky was arrested Wednesday and charged with smuggling marijuana to
inmates.
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