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November 30, 2010 - Villawood detainee 'escaped during brawl' ABC The Immigration Department has confirmed there was a fight at the Villawood Detention Centre in Sydney last night, at around the same time as a man escaped. (Click here for more) November 30, 2010 - AP Enterprise: Guards shown watching inmate attack AP The surveillance video from the overhead cameras shows Hanni Elabed being beaten by a fellow inmate in an Idaho prison, managing to bang on a prison guard station window, pleading for help. (Click here for more) November 25, 2010 - CCA, union in 6th month of negotiations Florence Reminder Contract talks between Corrections Corporation of America and the union continued Monday in Chandler, but the business agent for the local said he wasn’t very optimistic for a breakthrough in negotiations that started in May. (Click here for more) November 23, 2010 - Pregnant Silverdale inmate loses child; blames jail WRCB TV Family members of Countess Clemons say they couldn't sit silent after learning the 18-year-old lost her newborn baby. (Click here for more) November 22, 2010 - Prison teacher suspended after filming sex video with murderer Daily Mail Reporter A woman prison teacher was suspended for filming a pornography DVD of her having sex in jail with a murderer. (Click here for more) November 21, 2010 - Former Va. Beach sheriff helps secure large city contract The Virginia-Pilot Paul Lanteigne got right to work for his new company. (Click here for more) November 19, 2010 - Correctional officer admits fed inmate sex abuse AP A former correctional officer has pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a federal inmate at a privately run halfway house. (Click here for more) November 19, 2010 - HIV-positive inmate in city denied medication, suit alleges Post-Dispatch Medical care in city jails, already the subject of wrongful-death lawsuits, was challenged again on Thursday with an ACLU claim that an HIV-positive inmate was deprived of his medications for 17 days and got only sporadic care thereafter. (Click here for more) November 18, 2010 - Brutal youth jail called a private gold mine Courthouse News Mississippi underwrites a privately run juvenile prison where youngsters "live in barbaric, unconstitutional conditions," where rape, beatings, drug smuggling by guards and medical and educational neglect are the norm, 13 boys and young men say in a federal class action. (Click here for more) November 18, 2010 - AFGE union joins foes of nominee for marshals post Washington Times The nation's largest federal employees union is railing against President Obama's choice to lead the U.S. Marshals Service, saying Justice Department veteran Stacia Hylton's recent six-figure consulting deal with a private prison company makes her "ill-suited" for the job. (Click here for more) November 18, 2010 - Protesting detainees removed from others Sidney Morning Herald Seven immigration detainees involved in protests at the Villawood Detention Centre this week have been separated from the main population, the Immigration Department says. (Click here for more) November 18, 2010 - CiviGenics mum on jail report Vindicator Peter Argeropulos, the chief operating officer for CiviGenics Inc. in Milford, Mass., was unavailable Wednesday to comment about reports that an inmate in the Columbiana County jail severely injured himself Tuesday by jumping from a second-story cell block. (Click here for more) November 18, 2010 - America Local 825 pickets Florence Reminder Members of the Security, Police & Fire Professionals of America Local 825 picket in front of Central Arizona Detention Center Friday. (Click here for more) November 17, 2010 - I-Team: Wackenhut Peeping Tom victim speaks CBS 4 After watching the movie "The Hangover" with her brother and his friends, the 17-year-old girl headed off to her room. (Click here for more) November 17, 2010 - Hylton: No conflict of interest in prior consulting work Main Justice Stacia A. Hylton, the nominee to lead the U.S. Marshals Service, rejected allegations at a Senate hearing Wednesday that her previous consulting job would create a conflict of interest if she is confirmed to the agency’s top post. (Click here for more) November 17, 2010 - Private prison firm sued Clarion-Ledger A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday against the private prison company that runs the Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility claims young offenders are being forced to live in "barbaric, unconstitutional conditions." (Click here for more) November 17, 2010 - Iraqi asylum seeker had asked to go home before killing himself Sidney Morning Herald AN IRAQI asylum seeker who hanged himself at Villawood detention centre early yesterday ''begged'' the department of immigration to send him home. (Click here for more) November 16, 2010 - Inmate dies at Addiewell prison BBC An inmate has died at Addiewell Prison in West Lothian. (Click here for more) November 16, 2010 - Former hostage settles lawsuit Columbus Dispatch A woman who was held hostage by an escaped inmate at a Hilliard business in 2007 settled her lawsuit with a private-prison company and two guards today after a week of testimony in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. (Click here for more) November 16, 2010 - Lawsuit attacks conditions at juvenile prison AP The Southern Poverty Law Center has filed a lawsuit over conditions at a juvenile prison in Walnut Grove, where the group contends youthful offenders have been abused and denied medical treatment. (Click here for more) November 16, 2010 - Anthony Ray Ferrell, the Good Samaritan killer: Third escapee from his halfway house in 20 months Houston Press The man charged with killing a Good Samaritan during a purse-snatching is the third person to escape the same state-contracted halfway house in the last 20 months. (Click here for more) November 16, 2010 - Hostage ordeal left woman feeling like a 'freak,' jury told Columbus Dispatch After spending three hours as the hostage of an escaped inmate, Karen Zappitelli wanted nothing more than her old life back. (Click here for more) November 15, 2010 - Guard charged with smuggling 4 pounds of cocaine into detention center Valley Morning News A Willacy County Regional Detention Center guard went before a federal judge in Brownsville Monday on charges that he planned to smuggle more than 4 pounds of cocaine into the facility he guarded, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Monday. (Click here for more) November 15, 2010 - Overcrowding blamed for asylum seeker brawl ABC Overcrowding has been blamed for a violent brawl involving about 50 children at a Melbourne detention facility. (Click here for more) November 13, 2010 - Collier sheriff, jail medical provider sued over death of inmate’s baby Naples Daily News A 24-year-old woman who lost her baby while she was an inmate at the Collier County jail has sued the sheriff and the jail’s medical provider, alleging they violated her civil rights by denying her necessary medical treatment. (Click here for more) November 12, 2010 - Former guards slam prison, culture of violence AP Three former employees at Idaho's only private prison say staff routinely failed to protect inmates, and in some cases put inmates in situations knowing they'd be beaten by others. (Click here for more) November 10, 2010 - Scars of abduction never heal, jury is told Columbus Dispatch Billy Jack Fitzmorris escaped custody in April 2007. (Click here for more) November 10, 2010 - Watchdog groups rip marshals nominee Washington Times Eight prominent human rights and prison industry watchdog groups Tuesday announced their opposition to U.S. Marshal nominee Stacia Hylton, a longtime Justice Department veteran who recently worked as a consultant to one of the nation's largest private prison companies. (Click here for more) November 9, 2010 - Big Spring inmate shot in accidental shooting NewsWest 9 An accidental shooting on Tuesday at the federal prison in Big Spring put an inmate in the hospital. (Click here for more) November 9, 2010 - Man gets jail for groping detention center residents American-Statesman A former resident supervisor at a federal immigrant detention center in Taylor was sentenced Tuesday to a year in jail and two years of probation after admitting to groping female residents of the facility. (Click here for more) November 9, 2010 - HMP Altcourse dentist cheated NHS out of £300,000 BBC A dentist who tricked the NHS out of more than £300,000 by claiming twice for working in a private jail has been jailed for two and a half years. (Click here for more) November 9, 2010 - Inmates at Forest Bank 'tied in bedsheets and beaten by other prisoners' Manchester Evening News Young prisoners are being tied up in bed linen and beaten by other inmates, a report said today. (Click here for more) November 9, 2010 - Quakers ask state to void contract with prison group Arizona Republic A criminal-justice watchdog group has called on state leaders to cancel a contract for 5,000 private-prison beds and launch an investigation into the private-prison industry's "lack of accountability" and influence on state politics. (Click here for more) November 7, 2010 - Bloodied and shackled: Controversial cricket tycoon Allen Stanford beaten up by jail inmates as he awaits trial Daily Mail Reporter Bloodied and bruised, this is the shocking picture of cricket tycoon Allen Stanford after a beating by jail inmates. (Click here for more) November 5, 2010 - Inmates at Golden Valley prison cause disturbance AP Inmates housed at a privately run prison in Golden Valley in northwestern Arizona tossed rocks and caused a minor disturbance Thursday night. (Click here for more) November 5, 2010 - Mohave County sends first bill to prison for costs of escape Kingman Daily Miner Mohave County is holding prison officials to their word that it be reimbursed for costs related to the July 30 escape of three inmates. (Click here for more) November 3, 2010 - Private prisons cost slightly more KPHO A state audit of the Arizona Department of Corrections found private prisons cost taxpayers more money per inmate. (Click here for more) November 3, 2010 - Lawsuit: Miss. decease inmate denied proper care WXVT The family of a deceased inmate is suing the town of Walnut Grove and a private corrections company, claiming Dennis Earl Homes was denied adequate medical care before dying of diabetes. (Click here for more) November 3, 2010 - Prison officer left inmate's suicide note in boss's tray The Star A DISGRACED prison officer who was handed a suicide note by an inmate put it in his manager's 'in tray' to be dealt with the next morning. (Click here for more) November 1, 2010 - Civil jury rules in favor of former Sheriff Balkwill Herald-Tribune A civil jury ruled today that the Sarasota Sheriff's Office and former Sheriff Bill Balkwill did not unfairly award a jail contract for medical services to a company that took Balkwill on a fishing trip and bought him dinner. (Click here for more) November 1, 2010 - Serco cancels plans to seek rebates from its
suppliers BBC Outsourcing group Serco has abandoned plans to
pass on the impact of government spending cuts to suppliers.
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