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October 31, 2007 - Controversial facility under scrutiny by Williamson County Sheriff's Office KXAN The T. Don Hutto Residential Center is under scrutiny again, this time by the Williamson County Sheriff's Office. (Click here for more) October 31, 2007 - FPL's guards slept on job at nuclear plant, feds say Miami Herald Security guards at Florida Power & Light's Turkey Point nuclear power plant slept on the job, or covered for snoozing colleagues, on a number of occasions from 2004 to 2006, federal regulators said Tuesday. (Click here for more) October 30, 2007 - Peach Bottom whistle-blower loses job The Patriot-News The Wackenhut security officer who used a video camera to expose sleeping co-workers at the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station will not be allowed to keep his job when plant owner Exelon takes over security operations at the York County facility. (Click here for more) October 30, 2007 - Williamson won't cut ties with immigration center early American-Statesman Williamson County leaders backed off plans Tuesday to sever ties early with the owner of a much-criticized immigrant detention center in Taylor. (Click here for more) October 28, 2007 - Inmates sue warden in Oklahoma, seeking return to Colorado The Daily Sentinel Nearly 400 Colorado inmates being held at a Sayre, Okla., private prison have sued their prison warden in an attempt to return to Colorado. (Click here for more) October 27, 2007 - Jail sued over man's suicide St Petersburg Times Daniel Warren died first in a series of three suspected suicides in a three-month period at the Hernando County Jail, incidents that prompted multiple investigations and the removal of the warden last year. (Click here for more) October 26, 2007 - Indiana prison returns four inmates to Arizona AP Indiana prison officials have returned to Arizona four inmates who were charged in the April riot at the New Castle Correctional Facility. (Click here for more) October 25, 2007 - Community once again rallies against jail in their backyard Queens Chronicle Holding homemade signs and chanting “GEO must go,” a small group of Springfield Gardens residents protested early Saturday morning the upcoming contract renewal of a prison they feel is too close to home. (Click here for more) October 25, 2007 - Kelly: Sad story must be told The Record On a fall Sunday eight years ago, Antonia Verni of Cliffside Park was sent to a harsh prison, probably for the rest of her life. (Click here for more) October 24, 2007 - Immigrants criticize mental health care for detainees San Antonio Express-News One was diagnosed with schizophrenia. The other was manic-depressive. (Click here for more) October 23, 2007 - Witnesses break 'code of silence' Grand Rapids Press They witnessed Janet Chandler's brutal rape and murder, then kept a "code of silence" for 27 years to protect themselves. (Click here for more) October 23, 2007 - Jail cook arrested in drug probe Pueblo Chieftain A cook at the Pueblo County jail was arrested Friday for allegedly smuggling in drugs. (Click here for more) October 23, 2007 - Mom claims jail has 'grossly mistreated' bipolar woman Daytona Beach News-Journal People waiting for their own hearings in a courtroom Monday chuckled out loud when the young inmate -- who was bound in a restraint chair and rolled out to the courtroom -- interrupted with outbursts. (Click here for more) October 22, 2007 - State payments to CCA up as local jail reimbursements stagnate Times Free Press Tennessee's payments to facilities run by the privately owned Corrections Corporation of America for housing felons increased substantially since 1998, a time when state reimbursements to local jails was frozen, figures show. (Click here for more) October 20, 2007 - Guard going to prison for drugs Morning Journal News A fired county jail guard was sentenced to prison for smuggling marijuana to inmates in exchange for money. (Click here for more) October 20, 2007 - Debt deadline looms as new $20M detention center sits empty Billings Gazette Construction of Hardin's new $20 million, 464-bed detention facility is complete, but no inmates are housed there. (Click here for more) October 19, 2007 - Inmates on lockdown The Statesman A privately run South Texas prison remained on lockdown Thursday after a dispute between rival prison gangs over control of cellblock tables erupted into a chain of violence that left 19 convicts hurt, according to state prison officials. (Click here for more) October 19, 2007 - Wyo. inmate pleads guilty in escape Rocky Mountain News A convicted murderer who fled a work-release program and was captured in Canada two weeks later has pleaded guilty to an escape charge. (Click here for more) October 18, 2007 - Town council bows to public opinion: Decides against private prison proposition The Daily Courier The town council will not support plans by a Utah-based company to consider the outskirts of town for a private prison. (Click here for more) October 18, 2007 - Opening statement describes 'savage' killing Grand Rapids Press A prosecutor this morning described the Janet Chandler murder as "so ruthless, so savage, so horrific that I guarantee it will make your skin crawl" as jurors listened to her opening statement. (Click here for more) October 17, 2007 - Killer who escaped Florence prison caught Arizona Republic A convicted murderer who escaped a Florence prison last month has been reportedly caught in his home state of Washington. (Click here for more) October 17, 2007 - 175 Hawaii female inmates may return Honolulu Advertiser State prison officials say it's possible all of Hawai'i's women inmates on the Mainland — 175 convicts now held in a private prison in Kentucky — could be brought back and housed at the Federal Detention Center on O'ahu. (Click here for more) October 17, 2007 - Changes Pledged At N.C. Prison Washington Post The private North Carolina prison where about 1,000 D.C. inmates are held, the most in any single place nationwide, has substandard drug treatment and vocational training programs compared with most federal facilities, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons said yesterday. (Click here for more) October 17, 2007 - County leads defense in health-care case The Enterprise Sheriff Mitch Woods, testifying Tuesday in a civil trial against Jefferson County and its jail health-care provider, declined to give an opinion about renewing the provider's contract. (Click here for more) October 16, 2007 - Corrections Dept. fails medical service audit twice in two years AP For the second time in two years, an audit has found that the Corrections Department failed to adequately monitor its multimillion dollar contract for inmate dental services. (Click here for more) October 16, 2007 - Worker charged with sex abuse of female prisoners Arizona Daily Star An employee working at the Pima County jail has been accused of sexually abusing female inmates while on the job, according to court documents. (Click here for more) October 15, 2007 - Panel rejects inmate transport plan Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel A Milwaukee County Board committee on Tuesday rejected a plan by Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. to privatize inmate transport services with a company in Nashville, Tenn. (Click here for more) October 15, 2007 - Eden feels pinch as prison funds shift San Angelo Standard-Times In January, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons notified Mayor Charlie Rodgers that the $740,000-a-year payment for the Eden Detention Center would end May 1. (Click here for more) October 15, 2007 - Transfers of inmates hit families Daily Sentinel It has been months since Roger Peck has seen his son. (Click here for more) October 15, 2007 - Prisons show the ups and downs of privatization Tallahassee Democrat There were little pre-teen beauty queens and balloons and lots of smiling faces among the local officeholders on hand when they cut the ribbon last month to open Florida's biggest privately operated state prison, a modern, 1,500-bed institution over in Graceville. (Click here for more) October 13, 2007 - GOP: Out-of-state donors beef up governor's funds Billings Gazette Forty percent of the money raised this year by Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer for his 2008 re-election campaign came from non-Montanans, including slightly more than half of the $175,700 he raised in the past three months, an analysis by the state Republican Party shows. (Click here for more) October 12, 2007 - Lawmakers pose questions about private prison oversight KRIS TV The delayed discovery of squalid conditions at a privately run Texas Youth Commission jail was "a human failure" and stronger oversight is needed to prevent similar incidents, a key state senator said Friday. (Click here for more) October 12, 2007 - AHS grad may face life prison sentence The Review A former Alliance man who is accused of sexually assaulting inmates at the women's prison that employed him may be facing life in prison. (Click here for more) October 12, 2007 - Fired TYC monitors had worked for facility's operator Dallas Morning News Three monitors fired by the Texas Youth Commission last week for failing to report filthy and dangerous conditions at a privately run juvenile prison in West Texas had previously worked for the company they oversaw. (Click here for more) October 12, 2007 - Coroner says teen strangled at youth center The Tennessean A troubled Philadelphia, Pa., teen who was sent to a Tennessee youth center for treatment died of strangulation after a confrontation with staff members, a coroner found. (Click here for more) October 11, 2007 - Suspect Had Camera Training Albuquerque Journal Before Anthony Townes started working at Nuevo Camino in July 2006, he went through a school offered by the Corrections Corporation of America, according to the company's Web site. (Click here for more) October 11, 2007 - Armed man escapes, captured Ruidoso News A prisoner who made an armed escape from the Lincoln County Detention Center a few minutes after midnight Thursday morning was arrested in White Oaks Thursday afternoon. (Click here for more) October 11, 2007 - Dead ID inmate's mother to speak against private TX prisons The Olympian The mother of an Idaho inmate who killed himself in a Texas prison this year has become a corrections activist. (Click here for more) October 11, 2007 - Parents tell of horrors at youth boot camps Arizona Republic A Phoenix man and other parents whose children died at boot camps for troubled youths gave wrenching testimony before Congress on Wednesday, urging other families to avoid enrolling teens in such programs until there is more oversight of them. (Click here for more) October 10, 2007 - Mozambique: New G4S manager apologises All Africa The Mozambican Labour Ministry has claimed that the security company Group Four Securicor (G4S) has apologised for the bad relations between the government and G4S in the past. (Click here for more) October 10, 2007 - Albuquerque prison guard charged with raping female prisoners Albuquerque Tribune A male prison guard is in jail on charges he raped four female inmates in the privately run Camino Nuevo women's prison in Albuquerque. (Click here for more) October 10, 2007 - Ethics reform at the heart of House District 43 election The Advertiser Ethics reform is the buzzword of the fall 2007 election cycle. Everybody from the gubernatorial candidates to state House and Senate candidates have jumped on the bandwagon calling for sweeping ethics reforms. (Click here for more) October 10, 2007 - 'He needs to be behind bars' KOMO TV A family here wants an explanation from the state as to why their son's killer sent to a private, out of state prison in Arizona? (Click here for more) October 9, 2007 - Federal judge declines to dismiss lawsuit of transgender inmate The Olympian A federal judge has declined to dismiss the lawsuit of an inmate who claims the Idaho Department of Correction is failing to treat her for gender identity disorder. (Click here for more) October 9, 2007 - Rep. Anderson says he accepts responsibility in bribery case KTUU For the first time since facing federal corruption charges, former Anchorage Representative Tom Anderson is publicly admitting he broke the law. (Click here for more) October 9, 2007 - Private jail needs public sector rescue, says chief inspector The Guardian One of the most troubled privately-run jails in Britain urgently needs a team of public sector managers to come in and bail it out, according to a report by the chief inspector of prisons published today. (Click here for more) October 9, 2007 - Escape efforts explained The Oklahoman A convicted murderer who kidnapped and assaulted two woman after his January escape from a private prison told investigators he has been rattling the prison fences for five years to see whether any guards would respond. (Click here for more) October 6, 2007 - TYC investigates staff for ties to jail operator Dallas Morning News The Texas Youth Commission is investigating whether its employees had improper ties to GEO Group Inc., the company that ran a West Texas juvenile prison where inmates lived in dangerous and squalid conditions. (Click here for more) October 5, 2007 - TYC chief admits flaws in oversight San Antonio Express-News The Texas Youth Commission's chief blasted critics Friday who questioned her handling of problems at a juvenile center shuttered this week, but also admitted a "significant breakdown" in her own agency's oversight. (Click here for more) October 5, 2007 - March letter warned NRC of sleeping guards at Peach Bottom York Dispatch A March letter to the federal agency charged with oversight of Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station warned of security guards sleeping while on duty. (Click here for more) October 5, 2007 - Jail contraband linked to Aramark worker Lexington Herald-Leader An Aramark employee who works at the Fayette County Detention Center is suspected of illegally bringing drugs and cigarettes into the jail. (Click here for more) October 5, 2007 - British guards 'assault and racially abuse' deportees The Independent Hundreds of failed asylum-seekers deported from the United Kingdom have been beaten and racially abused by British escort teams who are paid to take them back to their home countries. (Click here for more) October 5, 2007 - Houston legislator launches probe of prison contractor Houston Chronicle A Houston lawmaker is launching a broad investigation into a private prison contractor after the state closed one of its youth facilities this week, citing filth, poor safety and health violations. (Click here for more) October 4, 2007 - McLennan County juvenile justice center on lockdown KCEN TV The McLennan County Juvenile Justice Center in Waco is on lockdown. (Click here for more) October 4, 2007 - Former building security contractor pleads guilty to bribery Government Executive The former owner of a Maryland security firm pleaded guilty Wednesday to lavishing an ex-General Services Administration contracting officer with shopping bags filled with cash and an expensive Caribbean cruise in exchange for federal contracts worth more than $130 million. (Click here for more) October 3, 2007 - Criminal investigation of closed jail to focus on state agency, contractor Dallas Morning News Seven Texas Youth Commission employees were fired Wednesday as a state investigation widened at a privately run West Texas juvenile prison where inmates were found living in filth. (Click here for more) October 3, 2007- Young inmates endured 'deplorable conditions' Dallas Morning News The Texas Youth Commission is investigating why juvenile inmates endured squalor and deprivation at a privately run West Texas prison that was repeatedly praised by TYC's own quality-assurance monitors. (Click here for more) October 2, 2007 - Suicide reported at downtown ABQ lockup AP Albuquerque authorities say a 40-year-old man in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service was found dead in his cell at the Regional Correctional Center. (Click here for more) October 2, 2007 - TYC to move inmates out of troubled prison Dallas Morning News Texas Youth Commission officials will pull the 197 TYC inmates out of a West Texas juvenile justice center today and cancel their contract with the company that runs it, citing deplorable conditions at the state's largest privately operated juvenile prison. (Click here for more) October 2, 2007 - Williamson commissioners vote to end contract with immigration center operator Austin American-Statesman Williamson County commissioners voted today to terminate their contract with the company that operates the controversial T. Don Hutto Residential Center in one year. (Click here for more) October 1, 2007 - Jails rethink
commissary contracts Caller-Times Two local sheriffs are
distancing themselves from their predecessors' decisions to award jail
commissary contracts to a company involved in a criminal investigation
in Bexar County.
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