OCTOBER 2004
October 31, 2004 - Inmate on the move after
jail breakout Morning Journal
An
inmate from the Columbiana County jail remains loose after escaping
Friday night with a suspected truck stolen for the getaway found near
the escapee's home. (Click here for more)
October 31, 2004 - TX company pulls out of Plankinton KELO
A Texas company trying to get Plankinton's detention center up and
running again, has officially pulled out of the state. (Click here for more)
October 30, 2004 - Tulsa jail authority
rejects speakers Tulsa World
Two men wanted to ask the Criminal Justice Authority about jail
procedures and funding. Al Nichols and Clifton Sartin say they would
like to speak at a Tulsa County Criminal Justice Authority meeting but
that the board doesn't allow public comment. (Click here for more)
October 30, 2004 - Prison worker says he was
harassed Daily Journal
A state Department of Corrections employee has filed a lawsuit alleging
sexual harassment by a clinical social worker and five other unnamed
defendants, according to court papers filed with Gloucester County
Superior Court. (Click here for more)
October 30, 2004 - Prison company avoids
fines Courier-Journal
Kentucky has not fined the company that operates two prisons in the
state for repeated contract violations, including the use of inmate
labor, according to records obtained by The Courier-Journal. (Click here for more)
October 29, 2004 - The Civil Exchange Canon
City Daily Record
It seems that the Cornell juvenile facility has had considerable startup
problems. (Click here for more)
October 29, 2004 - Ex-inmate sues
jail company, doctor St Petersburg Times
A former Citrus County jail inmate has filed suit against the
Corrections Corporation of America - the private company that runs the
jail - and a jail-contracted doctor, claiming the doctor and company
were negligent in caring for him. (Click here for more)
October 29, 2004 - Man: Brain injury
mistaken for DWI Albuquerque Journal
A Santa Fe man accuses a Santa Fe County sheriff's deputy of mistaking a
preexisting brain injury for intoxication and arresting him for drunken
driving after a 2002 traffic crash, according to a civil lawsuit filed
Wednesday. (Click here for more)
October 29, 2004 - Group: Prison plan isn't cost-effective Concord
Monitor
Gov. Craig Benson has said he is still considering shipping some inmates
out of state to private prisons. But state officials who reviewed the
proposals said they told Benson months ago the plan won't save the money
predicted. (Click here for more)
October 29, 2004 - Judge orders county jail
to medicate inmate Tallahassee Democrat
A year and a half after a mentally-ill inmate died at the Leon County
Jail, a local judge Thursday ordered that another inmate diagnosed with
schizophrenia receive his medication, lawyers said. (Click here for more)
October
29, 2004 - Despite 2,000 open beds, state outsources inmates Indy
Star
Tucked
deep within the hills of Appalachia in southeastern Kentucky, the Otter
Creek Correctional Center is home to 654 Hoosier inmates, even as the
state of Indiana has more than 2,000 prison beds sitting empty.
(Click here for more)
October 28, 2004 - Private contractors prove a costly part of U.S.
war effort New & Observer
Jerry Zovko’s contract with Blackwater USA looked straightforward: He
would earn $600 a day guarding convoys that carried food for U.S. troops
in Iraq. (Click here for more)
October 28, 2004 - Vermonters describe
Kentucky prison Times Argus
For the first time since last month's prison riot, Vermont inmates
being housed in a private facility in Kentucky on Wednesday gave their
home state lawmakers first-hand accounts of conditions that led to the
uprising. (Click here for more)
October 28, 2004 - Escapee found solace in
trees Daily Mississippian
Escaped prisoner David Randal Moser lived in trees near Jackson
Avenue for over 58 hours as he evaded police after his escape Sunday. (Click here for more)
October 28, 2004 - CCA denies discriminating
against former employee Lebanon Enterprise
Corrections Corporation of America denies claims that it discriminated
against former Marion Adjustment Center employee Desmond O. Spalding who
filed a lawsuit against the corporation in September. (Click here for more)
October 28, 2004 - No specific solutions are
seen in jail budget deficit report Tulsa World
A consultant's draft report commissioned by the Tulsa County Criminal
Justice Authority suggests no specific solutions on how the governing
body should combat a projected $6 million deficit in the jail budget,
officials say. (Click here for more)
October 28, 2004 - County jail agreement
approved Albuquerque Journal
The U.S. Department of Justice won't sue Santa Fe County, as long as it
adheres to a 30-page memorandum of understanding that has taken more
than a year to negotiate over management of the county jail. (Click here for more)
October 27, 2004 KTOK
The
company which runs a private prison in Watonga is slapped with more than
a dozen lawsuits stemming from a riot at the prison earlier this year. (Click here for more)
October 27, 2004 - Inmates face criminal
charges in connection with prison riot WKYT
A Lee County grand jury is expected to consider criminal charges today
against 26 inmates accused of starting a riot at a private prison last
month. (Click here for more)
October 27, 2004 - Tulsa jail staffing to be
discussed Oklahoman
Faced
with an anticipated budget shortfall, the Tulsa County Criminal Justice
Authority will consider new staffing recommendations for the county jail
Friday. (Click here for more)
October 26, 2004 - Police still look for
suspect Daily Mississippian
Although police still search in Oxford for escaped prisoner David Randal
Moser, they do not know whether he is in or out of Lafayette County. (Click here for more)
October 26, 2004 - Fitch lowers McFarland,
CA COPs to 'B' Business Wire
Fitch
Ratings lowers the rating on McFarland, CA's $1.4 million certificates
of participation (COPS), 2001 sewer system financing project, to 'B'
from 'BBB-'. Fitch also places the 2001 COPs on Rating Watch Negative. (Click here for more)
October
26, 2004 - Doubt cast on Reliance cash saving Scotsman
MSPs today called into question official claims that handing
prison escort duties to private security company Reliance will save
taxpayers £20 million a year. (Click here for more)
October 25, 2004 - Police spend Sunday
searching for escapee Daily Mississippian
Police searched for an escaped prisoner on campus and across Oxford
Sunday afternoon through the early morning hours. (Click here for more)
October 25, 2004 - State's corporations dig deep for GOP AP
Tennessee's largest corporations favor Republicans with their
political donations, but none more so than Cracker Barrel and Corrections
Corporation of America. (Click here for more)
October 23, 2004 - Soldano questions
jail operations numbers The Review
The Democratic candidate for Columbiana County Sheriff questioned the
numbers he received from county commissioners for jail operations, but
Commissioner Jim Hoppel said the numbers are what they are. (Click here for more)
October 23, 2004 - Autopsy: Gaston inmate
died from seizure disorder AP
A seizure disorder caused the death of a Gaston County jail inmate two
months ago, according to the state Medical Examiner's Office. (Click here for more)
October 22, 2004 - Another weapon found at
jail: guard Midland Free Press
A jackknife was discovered in Unit 2 at Central North Correctional
Centre, Sunday afternoon, according to a prison employee. (Click here for more)
October 22, 2004 - Aramark has edge on jail
food Sun Times
Aramark,
accused of using politics to secure the food service contract at the
Cook County Jail, will likely hang onto the contract because it is the
low bidder. (Click here for more)
October 22, 2004 - Woomera detainee provoked
into escaping, court told Sidney Morning Herald
An Iranian asylum seeker was provoked into escaping from the Woomera
detention centre because of the misery of captivity, a court heard
today. (Click here for more)
October 22, 2004 - Lawsuit against DeLay
associates postponed AP
Two associates of U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay who have been
indicted for alleged campaign finance violations will be allowed to put
off answering a civil lawsuit until their criminal charges have been
resolved. (Click here for more)
October 21, 2004 - Reliance has no right to catch escapees Scotsman
THE Scottish National Party called for ministerial action yesterday,
after it emerged that guards from the security firm Reliance are not
allowed to chase and apprehend prisoners who escape from their custody. (Click here for more)
October 21, 2004 - Prison lawsuit raises issues Montgomery
Advertiser
Although it is important to acknowledge that the filing of a lawsuit
proves nothing in and of itself, the suit filed by an Alabama inmate
housed in an out-of-state private prison raises anew some valid concerns
about such facilities. (Click here for more)
October 21, 2004 - Gang trial could get
death-penalty status Express News
The Justice Department is reviewing a local case against the Texas
Mexican Mafia to determine whether it warrants a death-penalty
prosecution against one of its alleged generals. (Click here for more)
October 20, 2004 - Prison officials
disciplined over inmate death AP
The firm providing medical care to Maryland's prison inmates has
disciplined four employees in connection with the treatment they gave to
a 34-year-old woman who died last month after she became ill at the
women's detention center in Baltimore. (Click here for more)
October 20, 2004 - Safety remains concern at
prison for girls Sun Sentinel
Guards and inmates at the state's maximum-security prison for girls
still fear for their safety -- despite improvements in staff training
and accountability, according to a Palm Beach County grand jury review
released Tuesday. (Click here for more)
October 20, 2004 Boot-camp witness tells of boy's death Arizona
Republic
An adult who attended the tough-love boot camp where a teen died in
2001, painted a grim picture of the boy's death for the jury in the
murder trial of Charles Long. (Click here for more)
October 19, 2004 - Convicted Brooklyn pol running unopposed 1010
Wins
He's been convicted of theft, reviled by the press and pushed from
office in a scandal that came to symbolize lax ethics in
October 19, 2004 - Prisoner slashed in court
cells BBC
Detectives are investigating an attack on a prisoner in the cells below
the High Court in Glasgow. (Click here for more)
October
19, 2004 - Scotland prisoner escort service company loses English jails
deal Scotsman
THE hi-tech arm of the controversial prisoner security firm Reliance -
widely criticised for its performance in Scotland - has lost one of its
key government contracts south of the border. (Click here for more)
October 19, 2004 - Alabama inmate claims she
was raped at Louisiana prison Daily Comet
An Alabama inmate is suing the state Department of Corrections and a
private prison company in Louisiana, claiming she was raped after being
shipped out of state due to a lack of space. (Click here for more)
October 16, 2004 - The boss's daughter Salon
In any other election year, Alaska's conservative electorate could be
expected to chill Democratic hopes of taking over a United States Senate
seat held by a Republican incumbent. (Click here for more)
October 16, 2004 - Lee woman files lawsuit, claims jail staff
delayed taking her to hospital Naples News
Just three days after her 39th birthday, Michelle Goebert lost a baby
she repeatedly tried to save while imprisoned at the Lee County jail in
2001. (Click here for more)
October 15, 2004 - Escape results in firings
Texarkana Gazette
Several employees have lost their jobs as Bi-State jail and Bowie County
Correctional Center strengthen security after the recent escape of a
capital murder suspect. (Click here for more)
October 15, 2004 - Elliott family suing
jail, province Daily Observer
The family of a 20-year-old Beachburg man who died after sustaining a
cut to his hand while serving time in Canada's only private jail is
suing the company that operates the institution and the province for
$150,000. (Click here for more)
October 15, 2004 - Superjail guards issue
work refusal Midland Free Press
Central North Correctional Centre underwent a prisonwide lockdown last
Thursday after the jail’s main computer was reduced to half-capacity. (Click here for more)
October 15, 2004 - Prison murder hearing
begins Desert Sun
A preliminary hearing got under way this week in what could be the
biggest single murder case in California history in terms of the number
of defendants. (Click here for more)
October 15, 2004 - Upstart firm gets prison health pact Scranton
Times Tribune
Divided on the issue days ago, Lackawanna County Commissioners voted
unanimously Thursday to award a multimillion-dollar prison health-care
contract to a new, local provider instead of the veteran incumbent
company. (Click here for more)
October 14, 2004 - Security tightened at
Bi-State jail KTBS
An internal investigation at the Bi-State Jail in Texarkana has led to
both physical changes in the jail facility and changes in the security
system. (Click here for more)
October 13, 2004 - State corporations still giving to campaign
groups Chattanooga Times Free Press
Tennessee companies have contributed almost $1.47 million to
independent campaign groups since January 2003, according to federal
disclosure records. (Click here for more)
October 13, 2004 - Pair of escaped inmates
captured near Laredo Houston Chronicle
Two
federal inmates who escaped from a South Texas detention facility in
August were captured Wednesday near Laredo, officials said. (Click here for more)
October 13, 2004 - Investigation under way
into third superjail stabbing this year Midland Mirror
Another inmate has been stabbed at the Central North Correctional Centre. (Click here for more)
October
13, 2004 - Malpractice at the jail Palm Beach Post
Providing health care at jails and prisons is a tough
business. (Click here for more)
October 13, 2004 - Prison riot report Rocky
Mountain News
The staff of the privately operated Crowley County Correctional Facility
was severely undermanned and too undertrained and inexperienced to
control inmates on the evening of July 20, when hundreds erupted into a
nightlong riot. (Click here for more)
October 13, 2004 - Private prison operator
blasted for Crowley riot Pueblo Chieftain
Administrators of the privately run Crowley County Correctional
Facility knew or should have known about potential problems that led to
a July 20 inmate riot, a new report revealed Tuesday. (Click here for more)
October 12, 2004 - Vermont inmates to go before grand jury WCAX
A
Kentucky grand jury will consider criminal charges against 15 Vermont
inmates believed to have helped start a prison riot last month. (Click here for more)
October 10, 2004 - Another MTC stabbing VRLand
News
The
O.P.P. are investigating another stabbing at Canada's only privately
operated prison.
At the C.N.C.C. facility in Penetanguishene, a
21-year old inmate was stabbed several times. (Click here for more)
October 9, 2004 - Committee chosen to select detention center
manager News Bulletin
The Valencia County Commission moved forward in the transition of
managing the adult detention center Wednesday by approving a detention
administrator selection committee. (Click here for more)
October 9, 2004 - Military suspends firm accused of overbilling in
Iraq LA Times
One of the highest-profile security companies in Iraq has been
suspended from doing business with the U.S. government after being
accused of overbilling millions of dollars through a series of sham
companies. (Click here for more)
October 9, 2004 - Jail operator ends hostage
crisis probe News Herald
The company that manages the Bay County Jail has completed an internal
investigation into a September hostage taking at the facility. (Click here for more)
October 9, 2004 - Was boot-camp death murder? Arizona
Republic
For breakfast, campers got an apple. For lunch, a carrot, and for
dinner, a bowl of beans. In between, they were put through
"physical training" in the desert scrub southwest of Buckeye. (Click here for more)
October 8, 2004 - Southern Peaks security a
point of concern Canyon Cafe
Recent escapes from the Southern Peaks Treatment Facility have local law
enforcement and city officials, along with a growing number of citizens,
concerned and looking for possible solutions. (Click here for more)
October 8, 2004 - Prison privatization challenged Courier
Journal
A House Democratic leader says state law prohibits Gov. Ernie
Fletcher's administration from privatizing a new Elliott County prison
built with taxpayer money. (Click here for more)
October 8, 2004 - Adkins asks for ruling in privatizing Elliott
prison Herald Leader
House Floor Leader Rocky Adkins has asked the state attorney general's
office whether state law allows the Fletcher administration to place the
state's new $92 million Elliott County prison in private hands.
(Click here for more)
October 8, 2004 - Boot-camp death trial starts Arizona
Republic
Charles Long went on trial Thursday in the 2001 death of a
14-year-old boy at the tough-love boot camp he ran in the desert west of
Buckeye. (Click here for more)
October 7, 2004 - Former fugitive fails to
escape four-year prison term Tulsa World
A Tulsa escaped felon who gave police a fake
name -- while driving with a newspaper article that featured his photo
and correct name -- was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison. (Click here for more)
October 7, 2004 - Women's prison is running
in the red Bismarck Tribune
A new women's prison in southwestern North Dakota is running
$228,000 in deficits for its operations and medical costs, and it hopes
to negotiate higher state payments in the next two years, its
administrator says. (Click here for more)
October 7, 2004 - Care at Polk jail still
lax, D.M. woman says Des Moines Register
A Des Moines woman contends that Polk County Jail officials haven't kept
a promise to make "substantial and meaningful" changes to
medical policies she blames for her incarcerated son's suicide attempt
last year. (Click here for more)
October 7, 2004 - Teenage inmate hanged in
cell BBC
A teenage inmate found hanging in his cell had not been checked for more
than two hours, a jury inquest has heard.
(Click here for more)
October 6, 2004 - Police await autopsy
report on suspected jail suicide News Herald
Police are awaiting the autopsy report for a 22-year-old Springfield man
before closing the investigation into his suspected self-inflicted death
at the Bay County Jail during Hurricane Ivan.
(Click here for more)
October 7, 2004 - State: Prison
panel broke law St Petersburg Times
Florida's private prisons commission broke state law last year
when it hired a former state corrections secretary as a consultant and
paid him $81,500, the governor's inspector general found. (Click here for more)
October 7, 2004 - Four more escape from
Cornell Daily Record
Four more juveniles have escaped from the Southern Peaks Treatment
Center in east Cañon City after breaking a window Saturday night at the
Cornell detention center, according to Cornell officials. The latest
incident comes days after two escapees were caught Sept. 28 in Florence.
(Click here for more)
October 7, 2004 - Police nab Cornell
escapees Daily Record
Two juvenile males, 16 and 17, who escaped from the Cornell Youth
Detention Center in Cañon City, were apprehended at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday
by Florence police officers. "I
was very concerned that we were not notified by Cornell that these
people were even missing," Florence Police Chief Mike Ingle said. (Click here for more)
October 7, 2004 - Cornell changing policy
after escape Daily Record
The escape of two juveniles from the Cornell Youth Detention Center has
caused the facility to rethink how it informs local law enforcement of
such incidents. (Click here for more)
October 6, 2004 - Conflict claimed in jail
rape case Albuquerque Journal
An attorney for a woman who claims she was raped by a fellow inmate at
the Santa Fe County jail last week says the sheriff's department has a
conflict of interest in investigating the case.
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October 5, 2004 - Commission troubled over
Cornell escapes Daily Record
In other business, the council: —
Discussed the effect of a spate of escapes from the newly opened Cornell
juvenile detention facility on placement of the combined
middle-elementary school at the Four Mile ranch. (Click here for more)
October 4, 2004 - Prison that can't lock its
doors Daily Record
VITAL security doors at Scotland's only private prison don't shut
properly, the Record can reveal. (Click here for more)
October 3, 2004 - Prison scandal jail warder
quits in nicked choc probe Sunday Mail
A GREEDY prison warder has been forced to quit after being caught
nicking dozens of chocolate bars from the cons' subsidised tuck shop. (Click here for more)
October 1, 2004 - Inmates in prison riot may face charges Times
Argus
As many as 15 Vermont inmates could be indicted by a Kentucky grand jury
later this month for crimes relating to their involvement in instigating
a riot at their prison. (Click here for more)
October 1, 2004 - Teens escape from
detention center KOAA
Three juvenile convicts are sitting in a Colorado Springs detention
center after escaping from a new Canon City mental facility. (Click here for more)
October 1, 2004 - Prison operator responds
to suit Pueblo Chieftain
A former chief of security at the prison in Olney Springs was terminated
after being investigated for sexual misconduct, his former employer said
Thursday. (Click here for more)
October 1, 2004 - Alleged rape prompts
security plans Albuquerque Journal
Officials at the Santa Fe County jail should never have allowed a female
inmate to have contact with a male inmate during an incident Tuesday
night when she alleges she was raped in a booking area, her attorney
said. (Click here for more)
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