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September 30, 2005 - Prison system's chief sees problems Wilmington News Journal A day after four Delaware lawmakers called for independent investigations of medical care in the state's prisons, Department of Correction Commissioner Stan Taylor admitted there were problems and promised to cooperate with any inquiry. (Click here for more) September 30, 2005 - Four guards arrested in jail death Nashville City Paper Four correctional officers have been indicted on charges of reckless homicide and aggravated assault in the death of an inmate last year at the Metro Detention Facility on Harding Place. (Click here for more) September 30, 2005 - Suit over boot camp death dismissed Star-Telegram U.S. District Court Judge Terry Means on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit against Tarrant County and its criminal court judges over the death of a teen-ager who was serving a sentence at the former Mansfield boot camp four years ago. (Click here for more) September 30, 2005 - Prison overseer faces scrutiny St. Petersburg Times Over dinner in midtown Manhattan, Florida Corrections Secretary James Crosby met in July with two executives of a company seeking a multimillion-dollar contract with his agency. (Click here for more) September 29, 2005 - Strip naked order gets officer fired Hernando Today A correctional officer at the Hernando County Jail has been fired after he made an inappropriate remark to female inmates, telling them to strip naked in front of him as he was picking up laundry. (Click here for more) September 29, 2005 - Decision on county jail poses dilemma for Spanik Beaver Times Beaver County Commissioner Joe Spanik is between the proverbial rock and a hard place as county officials inch closer and closer to privatizing the Beaver County Jail. (Click here for more) September 29, 2005 - State jobs offered to workers at prison targeted for closure Michigan Live More than 200 workers at the state's only private prison will be given top priority for state job openings if Gov. Jennifer Granholm, as expected, vetoes funding for the facility. (Click here for more) September 29, 2005 - Lawmakers eye prison medical care Wilmington News Journal A Senate Republican leader and three fellow Delaware lawmakers on Wednesday called for independent investigations of medical care in the state's prisons. (Click here for more) September 29, 2005 - Guards arrested in inmate death Tennessean Four guards for Nashville-based Corrections Corporation of America have been arrested on charges that they killed Estelle Richardson, an inmate who died in her solitary confinement cell in Nashville more than a year ago from a blunt force injury to her head. (Click here for more) September 29, 2005 - Female Hawai'i inmates leave Colo. for Ky. prison Honolulu Advertiser About 80 Hawai'i women prison inmates boarded an airplane in Colorado yesterday for a trip to the small rural town of Wheelwright, Ky., where they will be housed in a prison run by Corrections Corporation of America. (Click here for more) September 29, 2005 - DeLay is indicted on felony charges Star-Telegram In a move denounced as a political witchhunt, Rep. Tom DeLay was indicted Wednesday with two associates on a felony charge of conspiring to circumvent Texas' prohibition of corporate campaign donations to secure the Republican takeover of the Texas House in 2002. (Click here for more) September 28, 2005 - Solution on jail's standards not set yet ZWire Corrections Corporation of America and the Leflore County Supervisors can't seem to find a solution to the issue of national accreditation for the Leflore County Jail. (Click here for more) September 28, 2005 - House
majority leader DeLay indicted for conspiracy Bloomberg September 28, 2005 - Accountability for deadly prisons Wilmington News Journal There were two Jermaine Wilsons doing time at Gander Hill prison in Wilmington. They were young black men who were unrelated. (Click here for more) September 28, 2005 - County manager can now approve jail contracts Albuquerque Journal Santa Fe County Manager Gerald González was given "emergency" powers as the County Commission on Tuesday approved a number of housekeeping measures in advance county government's takeover of jail operations next month from Management and Training Corp. (Click here for more) September 27, 2005 - Mom: baby died while she pled for help Wilmington News Journal A Delaware prison inmate serving time for traffic violations -- including driving under the influence of alcohol -- Bernadette Fogell said trouble with her pregnancy started weeks before birth. (Click here for more) September 27, 2005 - Sides taken
on amendment Lamar Daily News September 27, 2005 - Fulham prison guards' work bans ongoing ABC Unions and management at Fulham Prison near Sale, in south-east Victoria, are still negotiating to end a dispute over pay and leave which has lead to work bans. (Click here for more) September 26, 2005 - AIDS epidemic raging behind bars Wilmington News Journal Bernard Coston was taken to prison in March 2002 on charges he stole a $50 jacket from an elderly woman. Coston was released from prison 18 months later on a slab. (Click here for more) September 26, 2005 - Flesh-eating bacteria left untreated Wilmington News Journal Doctors and nurses at Gander Hill prison, in Wilmington, never treated Ed Brittingham for the flesh-eating bacteria that scarred his body. (Click here for more) September 26, 2005 - Karate chop approved to restrain children Guardian Staff in privately run child jails have been told they can use a painful "karate chop to the nose" technique to control troublesome teenagers as a result of an internal review of restraint methods after the death of a 15-year-old last year, the Guardian has learned. (Click here for more) September 26, 2005 - Arbiter to rule on private prison The Australian THE Australian Industrial Relations Commission will today decide if prison guards at a privately-owned Victorian jail can continue work bans imposed in support of an enterprise bargaining claim. (Click here for more) September 26, 2005 - Deficits to rise at county jail Albuquerque Journal Santa Fe County officials estimate they will lose $5.9 million running the adult jail next year. (Click here for more) September 25, 2005 - A sobering reality for NFL concessionaires San Francisco Chronicle Fans who drive after drinking excessively at 49ers or Raiders games, or any other sporting event, would be well advised to consider the plight of an 8-year-old New Jersey girl. (Click here for more) September 25, 2005 - American Service Group weathers spate of bad press Tennessean America Service Group Inc., whose business is built around providing care for sick or injured inmates, is having a rough year. Or, it's doing OK. It depends on your point of view. (Click here for more) September 25, 2005 - Prisons discharging seriously ill inmates Wilmington News Journal Some inmate deaths are harder than others for Drewry Fennell to discuss. (Click here for more) September 25, 2005 - Firm settles suit over jail death Tallahassee Democrat The family of the late Ruth Hubbs, who died at the Leon County Jail infirmary, is being paid $350,000 by Prison Health Services, a company that oversees inmate care at the facility. (Click here for more) September 25, 2005 - Pembroke Pines, SW Ranches duel over $1 million from company Sun-Sentinel Angry with its neighbor for barricading three public roads, Pembroke Pines is using Southwest Ranches' own words to hit it where it hurts most -- in the pocketbook. (Click here for more) September 25, 2005 - Cruel & Unusual Wilmington News Journal Pierce was serving 14 months for a parole violation stemming from a burglary charge at the Sussex Correctional Institution in Georgetown when a small lump appeared on the back of his head. (Click here for more) September 24, 2005 - Firm that employs inmates sues its spinoff company St. Petersburg Times The state-created St. Petersburg company that employs prisoners has sued the controversial spinoff firm that cost the company millions of dollars and drew the scrutiny of the governor. (Click here for more) September 24, 2005 - No sons prisoner was suicidal: Report Delco Times A convicted murderer who died last month while in custody at the George W. Hill Correctional Facility gave no indications in the weeks leading up to his death that he was planning to kill himself, according to a prison report released Friday. (Click here for more) September 23, 2005 - Ten prisoners sentenced for riot BBC Ten prisoners who rioted after they claimed guards tried to lock them up early on New Year's Eve have been sentenced by a court. (Click here for more) September 23, 2005 - Prison funding expected to be vetoed by Oct. 1 Ludington Daily News Gov. Jennifer Granholm still plans to veto funding for the Baldwin prison, Liz Boyd, a spokeswoman from her office, said this morning. (Click here for more) September 23, 2005 - Guards protest jail privatizing Beaver Times The debate over privatizing the Beaver County Jail intensified Thursday with jail guards picketing at the county courthouse and commissioners saying they might hire a public relations firm to counter union criticism. (Click here for more) September 22, 2005 - Official to grease wheels of justice Mountain View Telegraph In the latest move to battle Torrance County's inmate detention fund deficit, county commissioners hired someone to help push suspected lawbreakers through the courts system faster. (Click here for more) September 22, 2005 - Labor group objects to Beaver County plan for jail Pittsburgh Post Gazette For nearly a year, the Beaver County commissioners have been talking about hiring a private firm to run the county jail. (Click here for more) September 22, 2005 - Veto punk prison Detroit Free Press Political pressure is mounting on Gov. Jennifer Granholm to back off on closing the inefficient and unnecessary Youth Correctional Facility in Baldwin. (Click here for more) September 22, 2005 - Lawsuit filed in Gwinnett inmate death Gwinnett Daily Post An attorney for the children of an inmate who died after struggling with deputies has filed a lawsuit against the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Department and its contracted health care provider. (Click here for more) September 22, 2005 - Murder defendant's medical costs piling up The Review With costs piling up for the hospitalization of murder defendant James Kovach Jr., Columbiana County Commissioners took emergency action Wednesday to reduce their financial liability. (Click here for more) September 22, 2005 - Right roust at the jail Palm Beach Post It took 20 months, $15.6 million, the deaths of several inmates after receiving questionable care and an epidemic staph infection for former Sheriff Ed Bieluch finally to replace the private medical provider at the Palm Beach County Jail. (Click here for more) September 22, 2005 - Prison board will seek bids on operation of prison Delco Times The multinational corrections corporation that manages the George W. Hill Correctional Facility was informed Wednesday that it will be forced to compete with other companies to maintain its $28 million-a-year county contract that expires May 31. (Click here for more) September 22, 2005 - Private prison company sues Locke Liddell alleging malpractice Texas Lawyer A private corrections company seeks to hold Locke Liddell & Sapp liable for more than $5 million that's allegedly missing from an account set up for a land deal. (Click here for more) September 21, 2005 - Family files suit over Taser death Atlanta Journal-Constitution The family of a man who died at the Gwinnett jail after being repeatedly shocked with a Taser has filed a federal lawsuit against members of the sheriff's department. (Click here for more) September 21, 2005 - Jail health
provider receives wake-up call Palm Beach Post The health
provider for county jail inmates could be in danger of losing its contract
because of cost overruns. (Click
here for more) September 21, 2005 - November
court date set for jail takeover suspect News Herald Kevin
Winslett should be ready for a new trial in November.
(Click
here for more) September 20, 2005 - Another
warning Tallahassee Democrat
Another flare has been fired in the long-running debate over privatization
in state government. (Click
here for more) September 20, 2005 - Vendor
to return $65,000 for food September 20, 2005 -
Commissioners failed to weigh jail alternatives
Citrus Times Citrus County commissioners this week were too quick
to jump on the "build it and we'll fill it" bandwagon at the
county jail. (Click
here for more) September 20, 2005 - News
brief AP Dauphin County
Prison's food service vendor agreed to reimburse the county $65,000 for
overbilling during 2002 and 2003, authorities said. (Click
here for more) September 20, 2005 - State
faulted for inmate care Baltimore
Sun The state did a poor job of providing medical care to prisoners at
Baltimore's downtown prison over much of the past five years because of a
flawed and underfunded contract with a private company that took effect in
2000, according to a grand jury report released yesterday. (Click
here for more) September 20, 2005 - Trustees
cancel vendor's contract Star-Telegram
Keller school trustees voted unanimously Monday to fire Aramark Management
Corp., a company paid more than $1 million annually to supervise
custodians, grounds and maintenance in the district. (Click here for more) September 20, 2005 - County
to adopt budget New-Herald
Lucrative contracts to operators of September 20, 2005 - Girl
collapses at juvenile center, dies Tennessean
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office yesterday was investigating the
death of a 14-year-old girl who died while in the custody of a September 19, 2005 - Jay-Z's
real name? Alias leads to bad rap Philadelphia
Inquirer James Johnson can trace his troubles back to rapper Jay-Z's
Hard Knock Life. (Click
here for more) September 19, 2005 -
Privatization isn't cheaper and better
Tallahassee Democrat The perils of privatization are illustrated by
a new report from the Legislature's policy watchdogs. (Click
here for more) September 19, 2005 - Prison
health contract costs $10 million per year
Star-Tribune Wyoming Department of Corrections officials hope a new
$10 million-a-year contract with Prison Health Services will save them
some health care costs in the long run. (Click
here for more) September 19, 2005 - Tagging
company 'failed in its duties' The
Herald THE private security firm set to take over the electronic
tagging of prisoners in Scotland has been censured for its failings in
monitoring a teenager convicted of the murder of a jeweller while under
its supervision. (Click
here for more) September 18, 2005 - CCA CEO
visits local detention center Leavenworth
Times CCA chief executive John Ferguson has had a busy week. (Click
here for more) September 16, 2005 - Prison
officials defend plan to divide health contract
Sun-Sentinel Florida prison officials are defending their plans to
divide an estimated $70 million annual contract for providing inmate
health services at 13 South Florida prisons into four separate but
lucrative contracts -- a move that has sparked interest from legislators,
lobbyists and vendors. (Click
here for more) September 16, 2005 - Failed
Angolan asylum-seeker found hanged at Yarl's Wood centre
The Independent A man held at an immigration detention centre with
his 13-year-old son hanged himself yesterday. (Click
here for more) September 16, 2005 - County
to help choose jail's new warden St
Petersburg Times Hoping to end the warden-go-round at the Hernando
County Jail, county officials will play a role in selecting the facility's
next chief correctional officer. (Click
here for more) September 16, 2005 - Jail
inmate's widow seeking damages from health firm
Palm Beach Post Next month, it will be two years since Rosanne
Bilello watched her husband suffer three consecutive heart attacks, then
die. (Click
here for more) September 15, 2005 - Jail
expert promises savings Mountain
View Telegraph Torrance County could build and operate a jail for the
same price it is paying a private company and another county to house its
inmates, detention consultant Brandi Johnson told the Torrance County
Commission on Wednesday. (Click
here for more) September 15, 2005 - Lobbyist
tie haunts prisons' top official St
Petersburg Times Florida's top prison official has gone to concerts
and sporting events with a lobbyist for clients seeking business with
prisons. (Click
here for more) September 14, 2005 - State
takes over detention center The
News-Press The Southwest Regional Juvenile Detention Center is back to
being run by state employees after a private contract of two years ended
as a failed experiment — not because of performance, but the bottom
line. (Click
here for more) September 14, 2005 - Reliance
loses contract for tagging offenders The
Herald RELIANCE, the private security firm criticised over a series of
prisoner escapes, has lost the multi-million pound contract for tagging
offenders in Scotland. (Click
here for more) September 14, 2005 - Group
sue private prison for limited education, health care
AP Young offenders at a private prison in Lake County are not
spending enough time in school and those who have mental illnesses and
developmental disabilities aren't getting adequate help, according to a
federal lawsuit filed Wednesday. (Click
here for more) September 13, 2005 - County
finance office says some contractors non-compliant with living wage
The Herald-Sun A report from the county finance office shows that
more than half the contractors required to comply with Durham's
"living wage" policy have failed to submit payroll records that
would show whether they're doing so. (Click
here for more) September 13, 2005 - State
probe of prison contracts addresses concerns
Bakersfield Californian A company that wanted to reopen a private
prison in Bakersfield under a no-bid contract had a clear conflict of
interest because it had hired two recent retirees from the Department of
Corrections, the state auditor said Tuesday. (Click
here for more) September 13, 2005 - Texas
Republican PAC officials indicted American-Statesman
A Travis County grand jury today added new felony charges against two
officials with Texans for a Republican Majority who first were indicted
last fall. (Click here
for more) September 13, 2005 - Conflict
eyed in private prison deal AP
California's prison population is at a record high, officials said
Tuesday, as the state auditor panned the corrections system's last attempt
to deal with sudden crowding. (Click
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Detention to be more appetising The
Australian ILLEGAL immigrants held in detention will be offered taste
testing of prospective menus and weekly barbecues in a further attempt by
the Howard Government to soften its hardline image on asylum-seekers. (Click
here for more) September 13, 2005 - CCA taps
third county jail leader in less than 2 years
News Herald For the third time in 22 months, the Bay County Jail
has a new warden. (Click
here for more) September 12, 2005
- Fulham Correctional Centre wage disputes continue ABC
Gippsland Prison guards at the Fulham Correctional Centre near Sale
have stepped up industrial action after failed negotiations last week. (Click
here for more) September 12, 2005 -
Immigrants 'sleeping on tables' BBC
Immigration detainees have been forced to sleep on tables or plastic
chairs because of sub-standard provisions, the prisons watchdog has
revealed. (Click
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Strategic defense News Herald
Strategy is a part of any trial. (Click
here for more) September 12, 2005 - Health
provider looks to restore jail's medical care
Tennessean Metro government officials are hoping that a
two-year-old Nashville company with a virtually flawless record of service
will be the cure for inmate health-care problems at the city's main
lockup. (Click
here for more) September 12, 2005 - Caged
Scooby fails in bail bid Daily
Record A SECURITY firm boss caged for waging a terror campaign against
rivals has failed in a bid to get released. (Click
here for more) September 12, 2005 - KY town
threatens to sue prison that held Indiana inmates
AP A financially strapped eastern Kentucky town is threatening to
file a lawsuit against Otter Creek Correctional Center, the private prison
that briefly closed this year. (Click
here for more) September 10, 2005 - Security
company closes Baghdad Airport over pay
NY Times The private security company that guards Baghdad September 9, 2005 - Judge
acquits 2 men convicted in VitaPro kickback scheme
Houston Chronicle A federal judge has overturned the 4-year-old
bribery convictions of a former Texas prisons director and a Canadian
businessman, ruling that the prosecution's key witness lied to curry favor
with a federal prosecutor in Louisiana. (Click
here for more) September 9, 2005 - Governor,
Republican leaders reach budget agreement
AP Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Republican legislative
leaders have agreed on the state's spending plan for the fiscal year that
begins in less than a month, a spokesman for the Senate majority leader
said Friday. (Click
here for more) September 9, 2005 - Lawsuit
to name indicted lobbyist Tallahassee
Democrat The former head of the agency that governed Florida's private
prisons has denied skimming nearly $225,000 in state money, but his legal
troubles escalated Thursday as a former colleague planned to sue him for
$750,000 over the purchase of a Tallahassee lobbying firm. (Click
here for more) September 9, 2005 - Official
in land inquiry resigns Press
Enterprise San Bernardino County Supervisor Dennis Hansberger's
longtime chief of staff resigned Thursday after an internal investigation
raised concerns about a conflict of interest involving his purchase of
former county land. (Click
here for more) September 9, 2005 - Ex-state
prison official denies $225,000 theft
St Petersburg Times A former Florida prison official charged with
stealing $225,000 from a state account pleaded not guilty Thursday in
federal court and said he had been falsely accused. (Click
here for more) September 9, 2005 - Richland
County to fire inmate health care company
AP The Richland County Council has voted to terminate a contract
with Prison Health Services, the largest U.S. provider of health care to
inmates, following the deaths of three mentally ill inmates during the
past three years. (Click
here for more) September 9, 2005 - Inmate to
pay dearly for role in Crowley riot Pueblo
Chieftain An inmate who pleaded guilty to participating in last
July’s riot at the Crowley County Correctional Facility was ordered
Tuesday to pay $50,000 restitution. (Click
here for more) September 9, 2005 - DeLay's
state PAC indicted Houston
Chronicle A September 8, 2005 - Suit
filed in '04 death of ailing inmate, 50
Northwest Arkansas News An inmate died last year after a prison
doctor neglected to effectively treat an ailment that caused his lungs to
fill with infected pus, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in
Jefferson County Circuit Court. (Click
here for more) September 8, 2005 - More to
being tough on crime than stiffer sentences
Pioneer Press Lawmakers must step up with cash to expand prisons in
Minnesota if the state is to safely house the growing inmate population. (Click
here for more) September 8, 2005 - Private
prison contracts Fort Wayne
Journal Gazette Privatizing the New Castle Correctional Facility is
off to an ignominious start. (Click
here for more) September 8, 2005 - Sex
offenders won't wear Texas ankle monitor
St Petersburg Times In a surprise twist to Florida's fast-growing
sex offender tracking system, a Texas firm tentatively hired to help run
the program has quit. (Click
here for more) September 8, 2005 - Detainees
do chores for $1 an hour Sidney
Morning Herald Detainees at Villawood detention centre are being paid
in cigarettes and phone cards to do chores such as cleaning, gardening and
food preparation by the centre's private operators, GSL, a detainee has
claimed. (Click
here for more) September 8, 2005 - Former
prisons administrator indicted Tallahassee
Democrat The former manager of the defunct agency that oversaw
Florida's five private prisons has been indicted on fraud and
money-laundering charges involving nearly $225,000 in state funds. (Click
here for more) September 8, 2005 - Ex-prison
official may face 20 years St
Petersburg Times A federal grand jury has charged the former chief of
Florida's private prison oversight board with stealing nearly $225,000
from state coffers for personal use. (Click
here for more) September 7, 2005 - Detainees
win $2.5M N.J. abuse settlement AP
Immigrants who claimed they were abused at a detention center won a $2.5
million settlement from a private company that operated the center for the
federal government. (Click
here for more) September 7, 2005 - Inmates
treated for staph disease The
Express-Times Three Northampton County Prison inmates have contracted
antibiotic-resistant staph infections, and three others may have the
disease, according to the prison's health care provider. (Click
here for more) September 7, 2005 - Villawood
'profits from detainees': union Sidney
Morning Herald Staff at Villawood Detention Centre have paid a
detainee with cigarettes and telephone cards to carry out their work, a
peak union body says. (Click
here for more) September 7, 2005 - 3
sentenced to 16 years in jail standoff
News Herald Kevin Nix and Kathy Baucum share the same nightmare. (Click
here for more) September 6, 2005 - 2
inquiries are opened into deaths of inmates
Philadelphia Inquirer Delaware County's privately run prison has
come under the scrutiny of county investigators, and the company that runs
the facility was scrambling to examine its policies and identify any
missteps after five questionable inmate deaths in the last five months,
officials said. (Click
here for more) September 6, 2005 - Inmate
health care fund depleted News-Press
Sheriff Mike Scott plans to ask the Lee County Commission today for
nearly $1 million to pay for unexpected inmate medical expenses. (Click
here for more) September 6, 2005 - Five-year-old's detention trauma Sidney
Morning Herald The first harrowing experience for five-year-old Shayan
Badraie came with riots. (Click
here for more) September 6, 2005 - Baxter
creates mental health problems: report
Age CONDITIONS at Baxter detention centre are not conducive to good
mental health, with more than a fifth of detainees on tranquillisers and
anti-depressants, a damning report by a bipartisan parliamentary committee
says. (Click
here for more) September 5, 2005 - Problems
at prison worrying legislator Northwest
Arkansas News Over the past five months, at least eight staff members
have resigned or been dismissed from their jobs at the Ouachita River Unit
in Malvern over allegations of improper relationships with inmates,
smuggling contraband or personal drug use. (Click
here for more) September 5, 2005 - Jail food
investigation nearing end Sanford
Herald State Bureau of Investigation officials are promising to
deliver a report about the possible misuse of food supplies at the Lee
County Jail to the district attorney in the near future. (Click
here for more) September 5, 2005 - Boy
feared detainee would kill him The
Age An Iranian boy at Woomera detention centre who witnessed a fellow
detainee threatening to cut himself feared the same man was going to kill
him, a NSW court has been told. (Click
here for more) September 4, 2005 - Daniels
sends out for prison contract Ft
Wayne Journal Gazette Gov. Mitch Daniels’ administration is set to
give another big state contract to an out-of-state company. (Click
here for more) September 3, 2005 - Motion
denied in jail-birth death case Tampa
Tribune Describing her attorney's request for documents as a ``fishing
expedition,'' a federal judge on Friday denied a former Hillsborough
County jail inmate's motion to compel the jail's medical provider to
compile and submit a voluminous set of documents. (Click
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Investigation into prisoner death BBC
An investigation is under way following the death of a remand prisoner in
a hospital, the Prison Service has said. (Click
here for more) September 2, 2005 - 8 admit
roles in bank-deposits scheme San
Antonio Express-News Eight local residents, including two former jail
guards, pleaded guilty Thursday to participating in a bank-fraud
conspiracy that netted between $90,000 and $160,000. (Click
here for more) September 2, 2005 - Boy
'terrified' by Woomera detention Sidney
Morning Herald Woomera detention centre in the South Australian desert
so frightened a little Iranian boy he developed post traumatic stress
disorder, the NSW Supreme Court has heard. (Click
here for more) September 2, 2005 - Jury: No
kidnapping at jail News Herald
Three Bay County Jail inmates who held nurses prisoner last September
during a jail takeover were acquitted Thursday of the most serious charges
against them. (Click
here for more) September 1, 2005 - Lawmakers
question governor's stance on GEO youth facility
Ludington Daily News State Rep. Geoff Hansen, R-Hart, and U.S. Rep.
Pete Hoekstra, R-Holland, take issue with Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s
contention that the Michigan Youth Correctional Facility in Baldwin,
operated by GEO Group, Inc., is not efficient and they are urging her not
to cancel the 20-year contract. (Click
here for more) September 1, 2005 - County
split on a new jail hire Mountain
View Telegraph Torrance County may have to spend money to save money
in its hard-pressed incarceration fund, but at least one county
commissioner is not convinced. (Click
here for more) September 1, 2005 - County
asks that jail warden be replaced St.
Petersburg Times On Wednesday afternoon, Thomas "Denny"
Durbin, Hernando County Jail's third warden in as many months, discussed
his role at the facility. (Click
here for more) September 1, 2005 - Judge
rules out testimony in jail standoff trial
News Herald A September standoff at the Bay County Jail ended in
gunshots, but testimony in the case ended on Wednesday without the smoking
gun. (Click
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