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October 30, 2005 - Prison issues frustrate town AP With two murderers escaping in the past month, residents here have begun carrying weapons and apprehensions have grown about the East Mississippi Correctional Facility. (Click here for more) October 30, 2005 - Counselor says inmate documents falsified Wilmington News Journal A former drug and alcohol counselor who worked for Correctional Medical Services at Gander Hill prison claims company officials ordered her to falsify documents so state inspectors would not pull the company's license to run a prison treatment program. (Click here for more) October 29, 2005 - Prison guard indicted Delco Times A Delaware County prison guard has been indicted on a federal conspiracy charge for his role in three armed bank robberies in 2004. (Click here for more) October 29, 2005 - A community on edge Meridian Star Residents of the Lost Gap community were uneasy in April 1999, when the first prisoners began arriving at East Mississippi Correctional Facility, a private prison that brought inmates with mental disorders to their quiet area of southeast Lauderdale County. (Click here for more) October 29, 2005 - End unsafe, unfair street closures Miami Herald Hurricane Wilma interfered with a planned Monday summit between officials from Pembroke Pines and Southwest Ranches over the latter's controversial street closures. (Click here for more) October 28, 2005 - Court seeks details of planned 'private jail' The Jerusalem Post The High Court of Justice on Thursday gave the state 60 days to explain which of its responsibilities regarding the imprisonment of criminals could be farmed out to a private entrepreneur and which it was bound by the country's constitutional system to reserve for itself. (Click here for more) October 28, 2005 - Ex-inmate sues over poor medical aid at jail St. Petersburg Times Another former inmate at the Hillsborough County jail has sued Prison Health Services, the company once in charge of inmate medical care, accusing the firm of taunting him instead of treating his injured hand. (Click here for more) October 28, 2005 - Inside Abu Ghraib Macon Telegraph Abu Ghraib means different things to different people. (Click here for more) October 28, 2005 - Town triples gas rates to keep the heat on Lexington Herald-Leader Angry Wheelwright residents are calling it a sign of things to come in the winter of 2005-06 -- a record leap in natural gas prices that should send shivers across Kentucky. (Click here for more) October 28, 2005 - Grand jury hears warden from Lawton The Oklahoman The warden of a Lawton private prison testified Thursday before Oklahoma's multicounty grand jury as jurors resumed their probe of a large drug-smuggling ring that operated inside the prison. (Click here for more) October 27, 2005 - Unfair tactics alleged in prison debate Pueblo Chieftain Citizens opposed to a proposed private prison charge that the local economic development agency is misrepresenting a ballot question on the prison. (Click here for more) October 27, 2005 - Jail worker accused of supplying inmates with contraband items Great Falls Tribune The kitchen supervisor at the Cascade County regional jail was arrested at the correctional facility Tuesday for allegedly smuggling illegal drugs, tobacco and smoking paraphernalia to inmates in exchange for a small fee. (Click here for more) October 26, 2005 - Girl in lockup died of 'ongoing' blood clot illness, examiner says Record Times LaKeisha Brown likely had been suffering from blood clots in her lungs for at least two days and possibly as long as two weeks before she collapsed at the Alexander Youth Services Center and then died on April 9, the state medical examiner said Tuesday. (Click here for more) October 26, 2005 - Familiar face will be in charge when old jail goes private Lufkin Daily News When Angelina County's old downtown jail re-opens for business next year, it will be under familiar leadership. (Click here for more) October 26, 2005 - Suit filed over medical care at jail St. Petersburg Times A former inmate at the Hillsborough County jail has sued the company once responsible for inmate medical care, alleging that the company's staff blocked her from treatment and as a result she went blind. (Click here for more) October 26, 2005 - Six years' unlawful detention suspected The Age THE Immigration Department may have unlawfully detained a person for more than six years. (Click here for more) October 25, 2005 - Board renews jail contract with CCA Greenwood Commonwealth A new contract between Leflore County and Corrections Corporation of America outlines plans for tighter security at the Leflore County Jail. (Click here for more) October 25, 2005 - Pharmacy audit torpedoes American Service shares Tennessean Shares in America Service Group Inc. plunged 28% yesterday on news that the company is looking into whether its pharmacy unit overcharged for drugs and failed to follow proper accounting procedures. (Click here for more) October 25, 2005 - Fundraising for governor's mansion has little support Lexington Herald-Leader First Lady Glenna Fletcher is having difficulty raising money to renovate the Governor's Mansion, one of her pet projects. (Click here for more) October 24, 2005 - Brentwood company launches internal investigation; stock nosedives Tennessean America Service Group Inc.'s stock tumbled in early trading today on the disclosure that its audit committee is investigating the company's pharmacy subsidiary. (Click here for more) October 24, 2005 - American Service Group reports internal investigation Yahoo America Service Group Inc. (NASDAQ:ASGR - News) announced today that the Audit Committee of its Board of Directors is conducting an internal investigation into certain matters related to its subsidiary, Secure Pharmacy Plus ("SPP"). (Click here for more) October 23, 2005 - 2nd prison employee eyed in escape Clarion Ledger A second prison employee is being eyed in an investigation of two convicted murderers' escape from the East Mississippi Correctional Facility last week. (Click here for more) October 23, 2005 - 16 lawmakers demand answers on prisons Wilmington News Journal Democratic lawmakers want Correction Commissioner Stan Taylor to answer lingering questions about health care in his prisons. (Click here for more) October 22, 2005 - Doctors urge prison panel: Seek more direct oversight of inmate medical care Delaware State News The Medical Society of Delaware on Saturday urged lawmakers to create a prison health care oversight committee and implement mandatory HIV and hepatitis C testing for inmates. (Click here for more) October 22, 2005 - Legislative Council gets report on youth lockup Arkansas News The company that operates Alexander Youth Services Center has revamped many of its medical policies in response to the death of a teenager at the center earlier this year, a company representative said Friday. (Click here for more) October 22, 2005 - Prison manager pays judgment in wrongful death Sarasota Herald Tribune Correctional Services Corp. has settled a $38.3 million judgment that held the company responsible for the death of an 18-year-old inmate at a Texas boot camp. (Click here for more) October 22, 2005 - Parties reach settlement in boot camp death NEWS8 Austin The corporate parent of a now-defunct Mansfield detention facility has reached an out-of-court settlement with the family of a teenager who died while serving time at its boot camp. (Click here for more) October 22, 2005 - Escape probe nabs fourth Meridian Star An East Mississippi Correctional Facility inmate was charged Friday with helping two fellow prisoners escape earlier this week. (Click here for more) October 21, 2005 - Idaho signs contract to house 300 prisoners in Minnesota AP More than 300 Idaho inmates will be housed in Minnesota under an agreement with a private prison company, Idaho Department of Correction officials announced Friday. (Click here for more) October 21, 2005 - Hospital says state owes $1 million for inmates' care Wilmington News Journal The Department of Correction's former medical provider owes nearly $1 million to St. Francis Hospital and late last month other state health care providers were boycotting the department's current provider because of past-due bills, according to documents obtained by The News Journal. (Click here for more) October 21, 2005 - Tagging contract goes to Serco Scotsman Security firm Reliance has lost out in the battle to win a £30 million contract to provide tagging in Scotland, it has been disclosed. (Click here for more) October 20, 2005 - Inmate seeks $ 1 million for missing anti-depressants St. Clair Record A St. Clair County Jail inmate charged with first degree murder is seeking $1 million in a lawsuit claiming he was denied proper medication. (Click here for more) October 20, 2005 - County to dump Philly inmate population Delco Times Concerned that overcrowding at the George W. Hill Correctional Facility could expose Delaware County to future lawsuits, the county is pulling out of a contract to house hundreds of Philadelphia inmates. (Click here for more) October 20, 2005 - Parents seek $500,000 in son's jail death Philadelphia Enquirer The parents of an inmate who died in jail of a heroin overdose are suing the facility, claiming the drug was easily accessible to prisoners and, in some cases, smuggled in by guards. (Click here for more) October 19, 2005 - Escapees sent to Parchman Meridian Star Two inmates who were captured after escaping from the East Mississippi Correctional Facility on Monday have been transferred to the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. (Click here for more) October 19, 2005 - Immigration raid catches 36 at Cree News Observer An early-morning immigration sweep at Cree Inc. resulted in the arrest of 36 undocumented workers Tuesday. (Click here for more) October 19, 2005 - Springfield prison gets a new super Rutland Herald The Indiana resident starts work Nov. 7 as the Springfield prison's new superintendent. Ashburn started working at the sheriff's office in his Maryland hometown while still in high school. (Click here for more) October 19, 2005 - 2 Miss. escapees captured in Ala. Clarion Ledger Two convicted murderers and a Mississippi corrections officer accused of assisting in their escape from a Meridian prison were arrested in Alabama, Lauderdale County Sheriff Billy Sollie said Tuesday. (Click here for more) October 18, 2005 - Inmate freed from jail by mistake Palm Beach Post A federal prisoner got a 'Get Out of Jail Free' card from the Palm Beach County Jail last week when a paperwork mix-up made jail officials think the counterfeiter could be released on bond. (Click here for more) October 18, 2005 - Inmates billed for treatment Delaware News Journal While in a state prison last year, Delaware's private health contractor gave Motrin to Ed Brittingham to treat the bacteria that was eating away at his flesh. (Click here for more) October 17, 2005 - Rep. Black: bill bans out-of-state contributions WisPolitics.Com Representative Spencer Black announced today that he is drafting legislation to ban contributions to state candidates from outside Wisconsin. (Click here for more) October 17, 2005 - Grand jury indicts two in Nike theft The Daily Item The Snyder County prison board has received a verbal agreement that a food service company will continue feeding inmates through the end of the year. (Click here for more) October 16, 2005 - County ought to quit stalling on Gumport report Inland Valley Daily Bulletin San Bernardino County aide Jim Foster resigned following a questionable county land deal, but that wasn't the end of it. (Click here for more) October 14, 2005 - Beaver County jail guards continue to protest privatization of jail Beaver County Times Beaver County Jail guards picketed the courthouse again on Thursday to protest the privatization of the jail, and a union official gave the county commissioners a petition bearing more than 1,400 names opposing the move. (Click here for more) October 14, 2005 - Black Caucus opens book on retreat Knoxville News Herald A mix of corporate and taxpayer dollars goes into funding the annual Legislative Retreat, hosted by the Legislative Black Caucus, according to records made available for review Thursday. (Click here for more) October 14, 2005 - Hillsborough County jail gets new health provider Tampa Tribune A new company took over medical care this month for Hillsborough County's jail inmates after Sheriff David Gee solicited new bids rather than renew a contract with the previous provider. (Click here for more) October 14, 2005 - Lamar voters to have say on private prison issue Pueblo Chieftain An amendment to the city charter, which will allow citizens the right to vote before a privately owned prison can be built or operated in town, will be on the ballot next month. (Click here for more) October 13, 2005 - Make schools, prisons, tax relief top budget priorities Star Bulletin HAWAII'S surging economy is resulting in a state budget surplus even larger than expected, setting the scene for a tug-of-war among competing interests in the next Legislature. (Click here for more) October 12, 2005 - Court upholds former prisons chief's conviction Atlanta Journal Constitution Former state prisons chief Bobby Whitworth seemed upbeat in June as he appeared before the state Court of Appeals to ask that his felony conviction for illegally influencing legislation be tossed out. (Click here for more) October 13, 2005 - Warden admits role in sex scandal Honolulu Advertiser The former warden of a Colorado prison whose staff was accused of sexual misconduct involving Hawai'i women inmates has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor criminal charge in connection with one of the misconduct cases. (Click here for more) October 13, 2005 - State tentatively chooses new mental health provider Rutland Herald The state will likely hire a Virginia company to provide mental health care to inmates of the state's prisons. (Click here for more) October 13, 2005 - DOC says it has improved private prison oversight Pueblo Chieftain The Colorado Department of Corrections has dramatically improved its oversight of private prisons in the state, prisons officials told lawmakers last week. (Click here for more) October 13, 2005 - New jail manager ready to make mark Albuquerque Journal Bill Blank's looming presence couldn't be ignored in the back of the crowd gathered outside the Santa Fe County Adult Detention Center on Wednesday morning. (Click here for more) October 12, 2005 - Prison study bid denied Delaware State News Acting on advice from the Delaware attorney general's office, the Department of Correction on Tuesday rejected a request from the Delaware State News to provide a copy of an audit performed earlier this year on the prison healthcare system. (Click here for more) October 12, 2005 - Board to weigh closing NE charter school Washington Post The District school board is considering shutting down a public charter school for severely emotionally disturbed students that received $9 million from the city to buy a facility but did not come close to reaching the enrollment level it had promised and has since moved out of the building. (Click here for more) October 11, 2005 - Man pleads guilty in hoax case Courier-Journal A Bullitt County man who claimed he was duped into sexually humiliating a teenage McDonald's worker last year by a man impersonating a police officer pleaded guilty yesterday to a felony charge of unlawful imprisonment. (Click here for more) October 10, 2005 - Immigration detainee gave birth under guard The Australian A WOMAN in immigration detention underwent a cesarean section in a public operating theatre with a security guard looking on. (Click here for more) October 10, 2005 - Sheriff cleared in federal probe WCVB TV Federal prosecutors said they will not charge Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral following an investigation into whether she lied to a grand jury looking into the firing of a jailhouse nurse. (Click here for more) October 10, 2005 - Woomera detainees caught three years after escape The Age Two asylum seekers who escaped from South Australia's Woomera detention centre during a mass breakout in 2002 have been recaptured after more than three years on the run. (Click here for more) October 10, 2005 - County to take over troubled jail Albuquerque Journal Santa Fe County's quest to turn around the historically troubled Santa Fe County Adult Detention Facility is about to start its greatest test. (Click here for more) October 7, 2005 - Prison politics Detroit Free Press Republicans are charging that Gov. Jennifer Granholm sent the wrong message by canceling the state's contract for an unneeded, privately run youth prison in Baldwin. (Click here for more) October 7, 2005 - Contract for inmate health care extended Gwinnett Daily Post The nation's largest private provider of health care services to prison inmates has faced a recent lawsuit in Gwinnett and criticism from local officials in other states, but county commissioners have voted to extend their contract for another year. (Click here for more) October 7, 2005 - Private-prison rules tightened The Gazette Private prisons in Colorado could face cash penalties for failing to meet minimum safety standards under new contracts negotiated by the Department of Corrections in the wake of a stinging audit. (Click here for more) October 6, 2005 - Guards plead not guilty in killing of female inmate Tennessean Four prison guards pleaded not guilty yesterday to killing a female inmate who was found beaten to death inside her Nashville jail cell last year. (Click here for more) October 5, 2005 - Prison care to get reviews Delaware State News The U.S. Department of Justice will review claims that the state Department of Correction has exhibited a pattern of providing inadequate medical care to inmates. (Click here for more) October 5, 2005 - Inmate's family sues for $160 million WTVF Family members of a woman who died while in custody at a CCA prison were in court Wednesday as four prison guards, charged with her death, pleaded not guilty. (Click here for more) October 5, 2005 - County to pick new jail warden Hernando Today The next county jail warden will have the county's stamp of approval long before the successful candidate walks through the door as its chief correctional officer. (Click here for more) October 5, 2005 - New Orleans sheriff says human rights group's charges untrue AP The New Orleans sheriff on Wednesday disputed allegations from a human rights group that inmate corpses were floating in the city jail after Hurricane Katrina and that prisoners were left for days without food or drinking water in cells where the floodwaters were chest-high. (Click here for more) October 5, 2005 - Inmate escapes for the second time Casper Star-Tribune A 48-year-old man who was on the run for 21 years after escaping from prison in 1978 has gone missing again, according to a Natrona County Sheriff's Office report. (Click here for more) October 5, 2005 - Feds launch inquiry into Del. prisons Wilmington News Journal The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice has opened a "formal inquiry" into medical care and other systemic issues inside Delaware prisons, U.S. Attorney Colm Connolly said Tuesday. (Click here for more) October 4, 2005 - Details on county's jail contract still being discussed Greenwood Commonwealth The contract between Corrections Corporation of America and Leflore County continues to be pushed back after four months of negotiations. (Click here for more) October 4, 2005 - Care provider settles inmate family lawsuit Wilmington News Journal A private medical company running health care in Delaware's prisons has settled a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of Anthony Pierce, a 21-year-old inmate known by cellmates as "the brother with two heads." (Click here for more) October 3, 2005 - GEO loses correctional job in Michigan South Florida Business Journal The Geo Group said it has lost a contract in Michigan. Accordingly, the company has shifted its fourth quarter and year-end guidance. (Click here for more) October 3, 2005 - Prison keeps impoverished town alive Honolulu Advertiser This tiny town has a slow feel to it. Some of that is a testament to southern graciousness, when people make time for one another. (Click here for more) October 3, 2005 - Years of problems yield few answers Honolulu Advertiser Monitoring reports and inmate accounts from the years Hawai'i has been sending inmates to Mainland prisons reveal a long and continuing history of riots, assaults, gang activity, drug trafficking and repeated contract violations for failing to provide adequate healthcare and rehabilitative programs. (Click here for more) October 3, 2005 - Years of problems yield few answers Honolulu Advertiser Starting pay for a corrections officer at CCA's Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in Mississippi is about $8.40 an hour, compared with $13.20 in Hawai'i. The company operates prisons in high- unemployment areas that need jobs, which helps reduce labor costs. (Click here for more) October 2, 2005 - Jail food probe nears end Sanford Herald District Attorney Tom Lock says his review of the investigation into whether an employee with the Lee County Jail illegally diverted food to his own catering business is nearly finished. (Click here for more) October 2, 2005 - Potential costs are more than money Honolulu Advertiser A decade ago, Hawai'i began exporting inmates to Mainland prisons in what was supposed to be a temporary measure to save money and relieve overcrowding in state prisons. (Click here for more) October 1, 2005 - 2 charged in attack on Bay jail guards News Herald A man convicted of DUI manslaughter and an accused killer face additional criminal charges after attacking guards at the Bay County Jail on Friday, according to court records. (Click here for more) October 1, 2005 - Granholm vetos prison funds Cadillac News Gov. Jennifer Granholm's decision Friday to veto funding for the Michigan Youth Correctional Facility in Lake County is a devastating blow to the economic future of one of Michigan's poorest counties. (Click here for more) October 1, 2005 - Lawsuit blames CCA for death of infant Tennessean Meredith Manning was looking forward to the birth of her first child, even though she said the jailhouse diagnosis came as a surprise. (Click here for more) October 1, 2005 - DMS: Private
prison will save $10M Tallahassee Democrat The head of the
agency overseeing private prisons said Friday a new institution near
Graceville will save taxpayers at least $10 million, despite a challenge
by the union representing state correctional officers. (Click
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