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November 30, 2008 - Prison fires drug doctor accused of covering up failure to record prescriptions Sunday Mail A PRISON doctor has been sacked over claims he caused a con to fail a drugs test. (Click here for more) November 28, 2008 - CCA faces scrutiny after man dies in jail Tennessean The nation's largest private prison operator is under scrutiny again — this time from the relatives of a man who died of pneumonia while incarcerated in a Metro jail in Nashville. (Click here for more) November 26, 2008 - Guerra unveils why his investigation led him to the Vice President NewsChannel 5 District Attorney Juan Guerra says his investigation took him all the way to the top, to the Vice President of the United States. (Click here for more) November 26, 2008 - Inmate claims county jail negligent - again Hernando Today A former inmate at the county jail is suing the facility three years after he was allegedly injured in a "heinous melee" over microwave use. (Click here for more) November 25, 2008 - Grand jury indicts two men in murder cases Midland Reporter-Telegram A 238th District Court jury on Tuesday issued first-degree felony indictments in two of the five slayings recorded in Midland this year. (Click here for more) November 25, 2008 - Officer at Bay County Correctional Facility arrested WMBB TV13 Bay County Sheriff Frank McKeithen announces the arrest of a prison guard, Kennedy Eugene Patterson, B/M, 08/14/1970, of 734 Redwood Avenue, Panama City; FL. (Click here for more) November 25, 2008 - Hearing set for Monday to oust judge in Cheney indictment AP A hearing was set to determine whether or not to disqualify the judge presiding over the cases filed by a South Texas prosecutor against Vice President Dick Cheney, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and others. (Click here for more) November 24, 2008 - 4 corrections officers face obstruction, force counts North Country Gazette An indictment was unsealed this morning in Brooklyn federal court charging three former correctional officers of the Queens Private Correctional Facility, now known as the Queens Private Detention Facility. (Click here for more) November 22, 2008 - Halfway house on probation: Rowdy behavior cited CBS 4 Denver An Arapahoe County halfway house has been placed on probation until next June after residents were found to be drinking, others were leaving the secure facility in the middle of the night without authorization and still other clients said staff members were accepting bribes for looking the other way. (Click here for more) November 21, 2008 - Grand jury indicts Anchorage man on the lam AP A 21-year-old Anchorage man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that he escaped from Cornell Corrections of Alaska. (Click here for more) November 21, 2008 - $3.6M award to woman, son after prison birth The Olympian Idaho jurors have awarded $3.6 million to a former inmate and her young son after a harrowing birth at the Pocatello Women's Correctional Center. (Click here for more) November 21, 2008 - Security company accused of fact-twisting WSMV A private security company that is trusted to help keep Nashville safe is accused of twisting the facts in order to get the job.(Click here for more) November 21, 2008 - Cheney's Texas indictment hearing turns chaotic AP A county prosecutor who brought indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and others pounded his fist and shouted at the judge Friday about special treatment for high-profile defendants as a routine motions hearing descended into chaos. (Click here for more) November 21, 2008 - Jury hears $23M lawsuit by former Idaho inmate AP A jury is considering a $23 million lawsuit filed by a former inmate of the Pocatello Women's Correctional Center who says she was denied proper health care and ended up giving birth on a concrete ramp after being left in a holding room for 10 hours. (Click here for more) November 20, 2008 - Guards accused of beating naked inmate NBC New York Four prison guards were arrested and charged Thursday with beating an inmate in a shower room after the inmate had hurled insults at a female corrections officer. (Click here for more) November 20, 2008 - Guerra speaks NewsChannel 5 For the first time since the indictments were handed down, Willacy County District Attorney Juan Guerra spoke about the cases he built against top U.S. officials. (Click here for more) November 19, 2008 - Chattanooga: Fired Silverdale employee charged Chattanooga Times/Free Press Silverdale Detention Center employee fired in June is facing a felony charge for allegedly having sexual contact with an inmate, officials said. (Click here for more) November 19, 2008 - Cheney indicted for prison profiteering in Texas Narco Sphere US Vice President Dick Cheney was indicted today for a prison profiteering scheme and charged with abuse of prisoners. (Click here for more) November 19, 2008 - State program at jail to be discussed Billings Gazette A public meeting is set for today in Hardin to discuss a proposal to provide sex-offender treatment at the empty Two Rivers Regional Detention Center. (Click here for more) November 19, 2008 - Swift County grand jury issues first-degree murder indictment West Central Tribune A Swift County grand jury has issued indictments for first- and second-degree murder against Andrew Gordon Lemcke, 34, in the shooting of his wife Nichole Riley-Lemcke in their Appleton home on Sept. 12, 2004. (Click here for more) November 18, 2008 - Pima County in court over inmate suicide Zonie Report The mother of a Tucson teenager claims officials at the Pima County Jail ignored several warning signs about her son’s suicidal tendencies, leading to his death just days after he was incarcerated. (Click here for more) November 18, 2008 - Financial turmoil delays new jail for McLennan County Waco Tribune Construction of the new jail on State Highway 6 has already been delayed as the volatile U.S. financial market threatens financing for the project. (Click here for more) November 18, 2008 - Cheney, Gonzales indicted in South Texas county AP Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have been indicted on state charges involving federal prisons in a South Texas county that has been a source of bizarre legal and political battles under the outgoing prosecutor. (Click here for more) November 16, 2008 - Prison's mental health 'scandal' BBC Inadequate mental health care provision at a young offenders' institution has been criticised as scandalous by Wales' children's commissioner and an MP. (Click here for more) November 14, 2008 - Jail term for former jailer Del Rio News-Herald A former jailer was sentenced Wednesday to 16 months in federal prison for violating the civil rights of an inmate at the Val Verde County Detention Center and for obstructing the subsequent investigation. (Click here for more) November 14, 2008 - Operations improve under in-house managers Keller Citizen Three years after assuming management of the maintenance and operations departments in the Keller school district, officials are lauding improved upkeep of facilities and savings from preventative measures and green initiatives. (Click here for more) November 14, 2008 - Ex-guard sentenced in prisoner sex case Delco Times The victim remained shackled Thursday and the defendant was free, but that will change after an ex-Delaware County prison correctional officer was sentenced to three to 23 months in jail for having sex with a 25-year-old female inmate earlier this year. (Click here for more) November 14, 2008 - News analysis: Federal appointments in Nashville up for grabs with Obama Nashville City Paper Tennessee Democrats had a losing record this election season in the state, but they are likely about to see a pack of federal appointments in the legal system roll their way. (Click here for more) November 14, 2008 - Families of Idaho inmates testify in Texas Magic Valley Times-News Families of two Idaho inmates who apparently killed themselves in lockups run by private prison company GEO Group Inc., pleaded Thursday with Texas state senators to bar out-of-state prisoners from the Lone Star State. (Click here for more) November 13, 2008 - Prison warden arrested The Town Talk Leroy Holliday Sr., warden of the LaSalle Correctional Center, was released on $5,000 bond after being booked into the LaSalle Parish Jail on a charge of malfeasance. (Click here for more) November 13, 2008 - State takes over cooking for inmates from private firms Palm Beach Post A seven-year privatization effort for prison food services is officially over as the state begins taking over meal preparation in some prisons today. (Click here for more) November 11, 2008 - Wackenhut billings come under scrutiny in Broward South Florida Business Journal Broward County auditors are raising red flags over how county agencies kept tabs on nearly $6 million in billings by Wackenhut Corp. for security services last year. (Click here for more) November 11, 2008 - Prison firing lawsuit updated Huntsville Times New allegations in a federal lawsuit accuse the state of punishing a retired Army colonel for being a whistleblower" because he reported mistreatment of inmates at Limestone Correctional Facility. (Click here for more) November 11, 2008 - Hardin jail misses out on contract Billings Gazette A much-questioned Hardin jail is no longer in the running for a $2.7 million state correctional contract, a committee decided Monday. (Click here for more) November 11, 2008 - Idaho private prison has triple assault rate AP Idaho’s only in-state private prison, the Idaho Correctional Center, has a violence rate that is three times higher than other Idaho prisons, and state officials say gangs are to blame. (Click here for more) November 10, 2008 - Firm bids to run Calif. inmate medical system Fresno Bee A private prison company that has been lobbying the Schwarzenegger administration and is a campaign contributor to the governor's causes has made a bid to operate an overhauled inmate medical system, a move that could conflict with court-ordered reforms, according to a document obtained Monday by The Associated Press. (Click here for more) November 10, 2008 - Weimar faces prison time Anchorage Daily News Bill Weimar, who once ran a lucrative Alaska halfway house business and is now retired and living in Montana, will face a federal judge Wednesday morning for sentencing on two felonies. (Click here for more) November 9, 2008 - Correctional officer charged in sexual battery Tallahassee Democrat The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Florida Department of Corrections' Inspector General's Office on Friday arrested a correctional officer on a charge of sexual battery. (Click here for more) November 7, 2008 - Federal contract corrections officer in Arizona arrested while attempting to provide cocaine to an inmate Lawfuel Juan Nunez, 39, of Coolidge, Ariz., was arrested by the FBI yesterday and charged today with Attempted Provision of a Prohibited Object to an Inmate and Possession of Cocaine With Intent to Distribute. (Click here for more) November 6, 2008 - Idaho ends contract with GEO-run Texas prison AP The Idaho Department of Correction has terminated its contract with private prison company The GEO Group and will move the roughly 305 Idaho inmates currently housed at a GEO-run facility in Texas to a private prison in Oklahoma. (Click here for more) November 6, 2008 - 92 guards hired without checks at detention center AP A privately run immigration lockup in Tacoma hired nearly 100 security guards without background checks, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement didn't catch the practice for two years, court documents show. (Click here for more) November 5, 2008 - Detention centre confiscates torture survivor's guide on detainee rights Institute on Race Relations A Kenyan asylum seeker held at Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre had a vital self-help guide confiscated by staff days before a crucial deadline for her case. (Click here for more) November 5, 2008 - Jailer
accused of smuggling drugs News Herald A Bay County Jail
correctional officer was arrested Wednesday morning and accused of
smuggling contraband into the detention facility, authorities said.
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