March 25, 2005 Tulsa World
A man was charged Thursday with escape, car theft, drunken driving and other counts amid accusations that he stole a Collinsville police car after being arrested Saturday night. Franklin Eugene Klutts Jr. also faces charges of driving with a revoked license and four other counts. Klutts is alleged to have escaped earlier Saturday from an Avalon Correctional Services facility in Tulsa.

A man who fled from a traffic stop Friday morning was believed to have been a correctional center escapee who has been a fugitive since May.  Jack L. Billingslea, 34, was serving sentences at Avalon Correctional Center in Tulsa for concealing stolen property, assaulting a police officer, possessing a stolen vehicle and driving under the influence of alcohol, Corrections Department records show.  When a Tulsa County deputy stopped a vehicle about 9 a.m. in the 3000 block of Charles Page Boulevard, a passenger jumped out and ran, Chief Deputy Brian Edwards said. The driver told authorities that the passenger was Billingslea. Deputies and Tulsa police searched the area, but Billingslea was never found.  (Tulsa World, July 24, 2004)

Avalon Correctional Services
December 17, 2006 Tulsa World
Brent VanMeter, a top-level state official until he was arrested six years ago, is now working for a company that runs halfway houses for inmates. VanMeter, who was convicted of bribery and sent to federal prison, is reticent about the past or his new life that includes a job with Avalon Correctional Services Inc. "But I do think I have something to contribute. I think I have empathy for what those people are going through," he said. "Those people" are convicted felons with 1,000 or fewer days remaining in their sentences who are living in halfway houses and have 30 days to get jobs before they are released for good. It was six years ago when federal officers showed up at the state Department of Health with 13 search warrants and arrested VanMeter, deputy health commissioner in charge of nursing homes. A 20-year veteran of the department, he was a likely candidate to one day become state commissioner of health. In December 2000, VanMeter was sentenced to federal prison on charges of taking bribes from a nursing home operator. He also was accused of taking part in paying "ghost workers" who did not show up for work. He later pleaded guilty to conspiring to deprive Oklahomans of the right to honest services from a state official. U.S. District Judge Robin Cauthron, who pronounced one of his sentences, said the vulnerability of nursing home clients made VanMeter's crime worse and it was necessary that he be punished to set an example for the public. Testimony showed that he was using the money from nursing home operators to feed his gambling habit. On the day of his arrest, VanMeter had left the office to place bets on races. VanMeter said he is lucky to realize now that "you are not always in control like you think you are; there are outside influences." "I did have, I do have a gambling problem, something I've dealt with and continue to deal with. "I don't do that anymore. That was a whole period a long time ago. It was one that I would just as soon put behind me. Hopefully I have and other people will, too."

February 3, 2005 Yahoo
Avalon Correctional Services, Inc. announced today it has filed a Form 15 to terminate the Company's common stock registration under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 ("the Act"). The Company's obligation to file periodic reports with the SEC including reports on forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, and the Company's proxy statement is suspended with the filing of the Form 15. The deregistration will not become effective until the SEC terminates the registration, which is expected to occur within 90 days. After careful consideration it was determined that deregistering was not only in the overall best interest of all of the Company's stockholders, but it was crucial for the continuation of the Company as a going concern. Those factors included but were not limited to the following: 1. The substantial elimination of significant legal, accounting, and printing costs associated with the preparation and filing of the periodic reports and other filings with the SEC; 2. The elimination of substantial increases in legal, audit, and other costs associated with being a public company in light of new regulations promulgated as a result of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, specifically Section 404 of the Act, and the SEC rules thereunder; 3. The financial impact of the estimated cost to be incurred during 2005 to comply with Section 404 of the Act could place the Company into default with existing loan covenants; 4. The financial impact of the estimated cost to be incurred during 2005 to comply with Section 404 of the Act could eliminate the Company's ability to access funds for current operations and future growth. 5. The financial impact of the estimated cost to be incurred during 2005 to comply with Section 404 of the Act could jeopardize the Company's ability to continue as a going concern; The Company's shares will no longer be listed on the NASDAQ Small Cap market.

January 19, 2005 Reuters
Shares of Avalon Correctional Services Inc. (CITY.O: Quote, Profile, Research) fell 8 percent on Wednesday after the company said it received a notice of delisting or transfer from the Nasdaq stock exchange. The private prison operator said the Nasdaq's letter, received Jan. 12, stated that it must provide evidence of compliance with the exchange's rules on independent directors and audit committees or else face delisting. Two of the board's three audit committee members -- Chairman Robert McDonald and Charles Thomas -- resigned from the board effective Dec. 30, Avalon said on Tuesday. The company, based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, said it has not decided how to respond to the Nasdaq letter. It is evaluating whether to remain a publicly traded company given the various costs of complying with the Sarbanes Oxley Act. Avalon shares were down 20 cents, or 8.2 percent, at $2.25 at midday Wednesday.

Carver Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
December 8, 2006 The Oklahoman
A project by a private corrections company to expand its minimum-security center in Oklahoma City is in jeopardy after a state agency failed Thursday to act on its proposal to sell bonds to finance the deal. Southern Corrections System Inc., which is part of Avalon Correctional Services Inc., sought permission to raise $14.5 million through industrial development revenue bonds. Avalon, based in Oklahoma City, has operations in Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado. The Oklahoma Development Finance Authority earlier approved the deal, but members of the Council of Bond Oversight tabled the proposal. Council Chairman Cliff Elliott said the proposal lacked information. About $300,000 was listed for making improvements and expanding the Carver Center, 400 S May Ave., and about $1 million was proposed to renovate the company’s Riverside Intermediate Sanction Unit in Tulsa from minimum security to medium security. The state Corrections Department leases space in both places to house state inmates. Southern Corrections also wanted to refinance a $3.5 million bond issue, according to its proposal. Council members, after wanting to know how the rest of the proposed bond issue would be spent, were given documents during Thursday’s meeting that showed money was to be spent to build a hangar for the company’s airplane, rebuild the plane’s engines, refinance a loan to buy the plane and purchase vehicles. The rest of the money went to unspecified or unclear purposes. "I don’t know what a lot of these are,” Elliott said. Eric Gray, vice president and corporate lawyer for Southern and Avalon, said after the meeting that a bond closing was set for Dec. 15. "It doesn’t happen is the short answer,” Gray said. "We’re just going to have to regroup. This is a total shock to us.”

The El Paso County Sheriff's Department responded to a call of a possibly dangerous escaped prisoner in Horizon City Thursday night, but deputies had to wait about 45 minutes before prison officials would give them useful information to start a manhunt, the Sheriff's Department said. He said he understood that if prison officials suspect that a prisoner has escaped, they first follow prison procedures before contacting the Sheriff's Department. But in this case, he said, someone in the prison called the Sheriff's Department before the prison was ready to give information to the deputies. When deputies arrived, they had to wait for the prison to finish its escapee procedure. "A whole 45 minutes went by before we could do our jobs," Apodaca said. (El Paso Times, March 9, 2002)

Few people can blame Horizon City residents for being concerned about safety in the wake of two inmate escapes in June. The company in charge of these private facilities is challenged to assuage resident's fears with an improved safety performance. The two facilities near Horizon are privately operated. The jury is still out on the state's, and in fact the nation's, experiment with private companies operating prisons and detention facilities. In the bigger picture, taxpayers are left to wonder if these facilities truly are as secure as state-operated prisons. (El Paso Times, September 3, 2001)

When two men escaped within one week in June from the private detention centers near Horizon City, officials said both were freak incidents in a well-run system. But several former inmates of both centers, one a combination minimum-security prison and halfway house for parole violators and one a guarded halfway house for probation violators, said escapes were commonplace and just one of many problems. During their incarceration, they said, escaping was easy, as residents took advantage of guard staffing shortages and the centers' reliance on security cameras to slip away undetected. (El Paso Times, August 29, 2001)

Two men escaped from a Horizon minimum-security detention complex within the past three days -- one after climbing a wall and separating razor wire with his bare hands, the second by simply walking away. The first escapee, Floyd Ray Smith Jr., escaped Monday and was arrested Wednesday in his hometown of Kerrville, Texas, about 500 miles away. The second escapee, Lloyd Jacquez, left the detention complex shortly before 5 a.m. Wednesday and was still missing. (El Paso Times, June 28, 2001) 

Phoenix Center, Adams County, Colorado
Adams County will approve a new community corrections contract, despite one commissioner's concern about the escape of a sex offender from a halfway house. Commissioner Marty Flaum balked at approving the contract last week after learning that John Martinez, 19, had walked away from Phoenix House. Martinez was being held for attempted sexual assault on a minor and attempted menacing. Flaum said a sex offender belongs in prison, not in a halfway house. (Rocky Mountain News, May 23, 2002)

Riverside Intermediate Sanction Unit, Tulsa, Oklahoma
April 6, 2006 AP
A correction center employee has been accused of second-degree rape for allegedly having sex with a prisoner while he was on a work crew. The inmate told an investigator that he met Patricia Thomas, 31, at a motel while he was on an inmate work crew a year ago, said Tiffany Smith, vice president of communications for Avalon Correctional Services, which operates the Riverside Intermediate Sanction Facility in Tulsa. Thomas was a client monitor at the facility. The company fired Thomas after intercepting a letter she sent to the inmate. It is illegal in Oklahoma for any employee of a jail or prison to have sex with an inmate.

October 7, 2004 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. Mark A. Burleson, 23, pleaded guilty to felony charges of escape and false impersonation. Burleson was allowed to work in a kitchen June 18 at Avalon Correctional Services' Riverside Intermediate Sanctions Facility at 1727 Charles Page Blvd. Officials did not notice that he was missing until the morning of June 19, according to reports.

Police are searching for a 30-year-old man charged with escaping from the Tulsa Community Correctional Center.  Nia Malika Gaddis is described as black, 5-foot-8, 160 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Court records show he escaped from Riverside Intermediate Sanction Unit in December.  (Tulsa World, July 30, 2004)

But the escapee's fame goes a long way toward helping a traffic cop put him back behind bars. Police caught a correctional center escapee driving 15 mph faster than the speed limit on a city street Friday.  The car had an expired license tag, and a Tulsa World article about his escape -- complete with the man's picture -- was on the front seat beside him.  He had been housed at Avalon Correctional Services' Riverside Intermediate Sanctions Fa-cility, 1727 Charles Page Blvd., since April 15, Avalon President James Saffle said.  When Burleson was allowed to work in the kitchen June 18, he managed to escape. His disappearance was not discovered until a day later.  (Tulsa World, June 26, 2004)

Avalon Correctional Services officials are investigating how an inmate at the company's Tulsa facility escaped Friday but was not noticed missing until Saturday.  Avalon President James Saffle said Burleson, 22, had been at the facility since April 15. On May 5, he was moved to a higher security unit for inmates with disciplinary problems, Saffle said.  He said an employee allowed Burleson to work in the kitchen Friday and that Burleson escaped. Saffle said Burleson, who was not discovered missing until Saturday morning, should not have been working in the kitchen.  Avalon, which leases the Riverside facility from the Tulsa County Criminal Justice Authority, has a contract with the DOC to hold community corrections inmates. The authority voted last year to discontinue a contract with Avalon to hold county in mates at Riverside.  A county inmate who escaped from the facility on Nov. 24, 2002, shot a convenience store clerk to death that Christmas Eve, a month after his escape. The inmate, Markis Daniels Rogers, was convicted last year of murder and robbery and sentenced to life in prison.  Rogers had escaped from the Riverside facility after Avalon employees allowed inmates into the exercise yard at night with no direct supervision. Another inmate escaped the following day, also from the exercise yard.  Following those two escapes, the company said it had stopped the practice of leaving inmates unsupervised in the yard.  However, in October 2003, two inmates escaped through a fence in an exercise yard when they were left unsupervised.  (Tulsa World, June 24, 2004)

A Tulsa County inmate jumped a fence Tuesday afternoon and escaped from the former Adult Detention Center but was caught by police about an hour later. Shane Allen Boggs, 32, escaped about 1:15 p.m. by bolting through a door used by work crews. He gained access to the door after being sent to pick up his medication, according to James Saffle, president of Avalon Correctional Services, which operates the Riverside Intermediate Sanction Unit. Boggs' escape is the third from the Riverside facility in six months. Avalon holds between 80 and 100 county inmates at the Riverside facility at a lesser daily cost than the Tulsa Jail. But the Tulsa County Criminal Justice Authority has opted not to renew Avalon's contract, which expires June 30. (Tulsa World, May 28, 2003)

A woman sues two corrections companies and an escapee who is accused of killing her husband. A wrongful death suit was filed this week in connection with the Christmas Eve shooting of a Tulsa man that allegedly was carried out by an escapee from the Riverside Intermediate Sanction Unit. Virginia Qureshi filed the suit on behalf of her late husband, Zubair Qureshi, previously referred to as Mohammad "James" Qureshi, 53, who was working behind the counter of the 24-hour U-Stop, 2520 E. Mohawk Blvd., when he was killed. Defendants in the suit are the Corrections Corporation of America, which operates the Tulsa Jail; Avalon Correctional Services, which operates the Riverside facility; and Markis Daniels Rogers, who escaped from the Riverside facility Nov. 24. Martin and Associates is representing Qureshi. The law firm alleges that CCA employees transferred Rogers to the low-security Riverside facility operated by Avalon but continued to charge the Tulsa County Criminal Justice Authority to house him. It alleges that CCA paid a Avalon a lower rate to house Rogers and pocketed the difference. Attorney C. Rabon Martin, said that whether CCA made a profit by sending Rogers to the Riverside facility is irrelevant. "The meat and potatoes is that they took a very dangerous guy to Avalon in low-security," he said. Rogers was sent to the Riverside facility by mistake. (Tulsa World, March 27, 2003)

A homeless man who previously escaped from the Riverside Sanction Unit was back in custody this week at the Tulsa Jail after being picked up by police officers on burglary complaints. Richard Lee Bates Jr. escaped from the Riverside facility in November by climbing over two chain-link fences from an unsupervised exercise yard at night. (Tulsa World, January 31, 2003)

A Tulsa halfway house inmate who beat a fellow inmate to death with a TV set last spring was found guilty of first-degree murder Thursday night. The jury recommended life without parole for Robert Spanglo, 47, who was convicted in the March 31 attack on Charles Bush, 34, at the Avalon Correctional Center, 302 W. Archer. Spanglo and Bush were inmates at Avalon, where, during the early morning hours, Spanglo picked up a TV and bashed Bush on the head while Bush was in bed. (Tulsa World, December 14, 2002)

Police and a former guard had expressed concern about security at Riverside Intermediate Sanction Unit before two inmates escaped this week. Donald Montgomery, an administrator for the center run by Avalon, said added security measures were imposed after the escapes. Montgomery dismissed accusations by Bryan Jones, former security superviser for the center. Jones, a former Broken Arrow police officer, said he left his job with Avalon earlier this year because he was afraid he would be held responsible if an inmate or guard were injured. He said Avalon hires people who have no experience, then staffs the facility poorly. Jones also said a urine test was never pursued when he reported an employee who was obviously "high." "Things like that were swept under the rug," he said. "The big thing on their agenda was we were not a correctional facility. They didn't want to appear as a jail." (Oklahoman, December 1, 2002)

A second escape by a Tulsa County inmate in just two days has prompted officials from Avalon Correctional Services to beef up security at the former Adult Detention Center. Richard Lee Bates, 25, escaped about 8 p.m. Monday from an exercise yard at the Riverside Intermediate Sanction Unit. Bates, who is still at large, climbed over two barbed-wire fences. Also at large is Markis Daniels Rogers, 19, who escaped Sunday night. Avalon Administrator Donald Montgomery said Tulsa County inmates are now being held at a medium-security level. Avalon will stop the practice of allowing inmates into the exercise yard without direct supervision. Inmates also will not be allowed outside the building after dark, he said. Tulsa police have been critical of Avalon's staffing levels, and Bryan Jones, a former security supervisor for Avalon, said he believes that six employees is definitely inadequate. "I would want at least 15," he said. (Tulsa World, November 27, 2002)

A Tulsa County inmate who is facing robbery charges remained at large Monday after escaping Sunday night from the former Adult Detention Center. Markis Daniels Rogers,19, escaped from the Riverside Intermediate Sanction Unit's exercise yard by getting past two fences. Razor wire previously topped the fence surrounding all of the units, but Webber said it has been removed. County officials are in the process of finding out what happened to it. Webber said no guards were in the exercise yard when Rogers escaped but that guards rely on security cameras. Rogers was among more than 100 inmates who have been diverted from the Tulsa Jail, operated by Corrections Corporation of America, to the Riverside facility, operated by Avalon Correctional Services, to cut jail costs. Avalon Administrator Donald Montgomery was unavailable for comment, and Avalon's chief operating officer could not be reached. (Tulsa World, November 26, 2002)

A Tulsa halfway house inmate who was hit in the head by a television-wielding fellow inmate has died from his injuries. Robert Spanglo, 46, was charged Thursday with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Charles Bush,34. Spanglo is accused of flinging the TV at Bush's head at the Avalon Correctional Center on March 31. (Tulsa World, May 3, 2002)

The Villas (AKA: The Restitution Center), Greeley, Colorado
June 25, 2008 Greeley Tribune
Residents of Greeley's halfway house, The Villa, will move to the jail Monday with Intervention Inc. taking control of the community corrections services. Kevin Strobel, chairman of the Weld County Board of Community Corrections, said Intervention Inc. was awarded the request for proposal on June 4 in light of a reports detailing several problems in the operation of The Villa including sexual liaisons in what became known as the "Boom-Boom Room," and a tunnel that held weapons and drug paraphernalia. Community Education Centers, Inc. of New Jersey entered an agreement in May with The Villa's owners Avalon Correctional Services Inc. of Oklahoma to provide services until the end of the fiscal year on July 1. Strobel said Intervention Inc. does not have a facility in Greeley, and will rent three new pods from the Weld County Sheriff's Office temporarily to operate. Clients under CEC's supervision are to be transferred Monday to Intervention Inc.'s supervision at the jail. While the facility will be housed at the jail, 1950 O St., Strobel said it will not be locked and will operate as a community corrections facility separate from the jail. In the coming year, it is expected that either Interventions or Weld County will build a facility for the program. The Villa -- also known as The Restitution Center at 1750 6th Ave. -- is still owned by Avalon. The CEC is suing Weld County for awarding the contract to Intervention Inc. Strobel said the Weld County Board of Community Corrections deems Interventions an appropriate management company, and he expects the transition to be safe. The changes come based on Weld corrections officials' March request for new operators to bid on running the program. A Colorado Public Safety Report on The Villa cited several violations such as: Unqualified staff members, staff members having sexual relations with inmates, falsified drug tests and a lack of sufficient security.

April 30, 2008 Greeley Tribune
Greeley’s halfway house The Villa may change operation managers soon. The Villa -- also known as The Restitution Center --currently owned by Avalon Correctional Services Inc. of Oklahoma, could be taken over by Community Education Centers, Inc. The company is considering a management agreement with Southern Corrections Systems, Inc. who own Avalon, said Tiffany Smith, vice president of marketing and communications for Avalon, in an e-mail interview. Kevin Strobel, chairman of the Weld County Board of Community Corrections, said CEC is currently negotiating with Avalon to assume operations of all of Avalon’s five community corrections programs in Colorado, including The Villa. He anticipates the deal to be completed in a matter of days. Weld county community corrections board deemed CEC is a proper and safe operator, Strobel said based on their current operations of six facilities in Colorado. “They are a tested and trusted community corrections operator,” said Strobel, who added CEC’s management of The Villa would last through the end of the fiscal year in June. At that time the board of community corrections will choose a management company based on the RFPs, or Request for Proposals. CEC is expected to submit a RFP, Strobel said. Weld County Commissioners voted today to approve the management contract once it has been signed and approved by SCS and CEC, said Strobel and Smith. Upon completion of the Agreement, CEC will be responsible for meeting terms and conditions of all existing contracts with the 19th Judicial District, including staffing and day to day operations. And all employees at SCS facilities in Colorado would become employees of Community Education Centers, Inc. at that time, said Smith in the e-mail. The change comes in the wake of a Weld County corrections officials March request for new operators to bid on running the program. The RFPs were based on a Colorado Public Safety Report which cited several violations such as: Unqualified staff members, staff members having sexual relations with inmates, falsified drug tests and a lack of sufficient security. While a recent audit of the facility showed the staff has improved in several areas, the Weld board still requested the bids for a new operator for a community corrections facility.

April 17, 2008 Greeley Tribune
In an attempt to improve upon the services provided by The Villa halfway house in Greeley, Weld County corrections officials Wednesday sent out a request for new operators to bid on running the program. The RFPs, or Requests for Proposals, were sent out Wednesday to operators who have shown an interest in taking over the community corrections facilities in Greeley. If another company other than The Villa wins the proposal bid, the new facility will likely be moved to a former nursing home on East 18th Street. The new proposals are due May 15. The Villa community corrections facility located in east Greeley came under close scrutiny last year when several violations of policy were reported. Although a recent audit of the facility came back showing the staff has improved in several areas, the Weld board is still requesting bids for a new operator for a community corrections facility. The Villa -- also known as The Restitution Center -- is owned by Avalon Correctional Services Inc. of Oklahoma. The Colorado state investigation earlier this year showed several violations, including: « Unqualified staff members, « staff members having sexual relations with inmates, « falsified drug tests, « and a lack of sufficient security. In the first report, 79 percent of the areas investigated were rated as either "needs improvement" or unsatisfactory." The Weld County Board of Community Corrections then hired a monitor -- retired chief probation officer Mike Reade -- who spent 60 days observing The Villa and checking its efforts to improve the facility. His final report will show improvement during the 60-day inspection, but it also will recommend a new director of the facility. That report will officially be released next week, after The Villa has had time to respond to Reade's findings. Villa Director Matt Brucklacher said Wednesday that despite what the report states about him, "my staff has done an outstanding job of correcting the problems." Those corrections, according to Reade, include changes in operations, security and drug testing. "The Villa was a broken program," Reade writes in his final report, "and over the past five months, management has been putting the pieces back together." According to Sharon Behrens, administrative coordinator for Weld Community Corrections, The Villa also will be able to bid on the new contract for community facilities. She said this is the first time other contractors other than The Villa's owners have been sought for bids. The Villa already has suffered one blow from the state Department of Corrections. The facility's contract for a 45-day drug and alcohol program has been terminated for next year, which involves about half of The Villa's population. Administrators already have started cutting staff to handle the decrease in inmates and programs. Inmates required to complete drug and alcohol programs will be sent to either Island Grove Treatment Center or facilities outside of Weld County.

February 12, 2008 Greeley Tribune
After a state commission's scathing investigation into The Villa, a Greeley restitution facility, the Weld County Community Corrections Board will ask for offers from other private corrections facilities to possibly move into town and provide competition for The Villa. The Villa, also known as The Restitution Center, was the subject of a recent investigation by the Colorado Department of Public Safety. In its report, the state agency revealed numerous problems, including sexual contact between employees and inmates, a hidden tunnel with drugs and paraphernalia, and easily falsified drug tests by the inmates. Public Defender Kevin Strobel, chairman of the Weld community corrections board, said Monday the board knew of some problems at The Villa but not the full extent that were uncovered by the state investigation. "We've talked to The Villa directors about several problems in the past," Strobel said Monday. "But because of the investigation, we've now appointed a monitor to oversee their efforts for the next 60 days." The monitor is Mike Reide, a retired chief probation officer with Jefferson County. After 60 days, he will report to the community board about The Villa's progress. "If they can get their act together by then," Strobel said, "we might not need to bring in another correction facility." But the board already has submitted a letter asking other private corrections companies to submit ideas for a new program that could replace or compete with The Villa. Strobel said the board has often tried to get the administration at The Villa to correct the turnover problem with employees. In its report, the state said, "... in the fiscal year 2006, The Villa employed security staff members for an average of 6.6 months. The comparable statewide average was 23.1 months." It also stated case managers stayed on the job at The Villa an average of 25.7 months, while the statewide average was 39.4 months. ABOUT THE VILLA -- The Villa, 1750 6th Ave. in Greeley, is a halfway house in which inmates are housed in the old University of Northern Colorado dormitories but allowed to work in the community during the day. The Villa also provides counseling and drug rehabilitation programs. It is owned by Avalon Correctional Services Inc., an Oklahoma-based company that owns 14 correctional facilities, including four in Colorado.

Union City Juvenile Center, Oklahoma
An attorney for three former inmates at an Oklahoma juvenile detention center filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking more than $75,000 in damages from the correctional institute and five workers there.  The lawsuit alleges some of the workers provided the juveniles with gin, beer, malt liquor and cigars during a supervised weekend away from the Union City Juvenile Center, south of El Reno. It also claims a female worker had sex with a juvenile.  A 2002 report by the Office of Juvenile Affairs confirmed both claims, and Avalon Correctional Services Inc., which ran the center, fired the female worker that same year. Other involved employees were disciplined or fired.  (News Ok, July 16, 2004)