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September 30, 2008 - Feds say Wash. immigration guards weren't checked AP Federal authorities are taking a second look at security guards at the Northwest Detention Center, a privately run immigration lockup in Tacoma, after finding that some were hired without preliminary background checks, The Associated Press has learned. (Click here for more) September 30, 2008 - Prisoners return from private Arizona lockup AP More than 100 inmates are being transferred back to Washington, after serving time at private prisons in Arizona. (Click here for more) September 29, 2008 - Kitchen knife goes missing at county jail KRIS TV The Nueces County sheriff is asking the company that makes the county jail inmates' meals to change its policies after a knife disappeared from the jail kitchen last week. (Click here for more) September 29, 2008 - Sheriff ignoring contract suit Herald Tribune On the same day Sheriff Bill Balkwill announced his retirement, he also awarded a no-bid contract to the firm that provides health care at the jail. (Click here for more) September 27, 2008 - Suit: Jail neglected inmate who died Arkansas Democrat-Gazette An inmate at the Craighead County jail died after medical officers ignored his urgent requests for attention to a painful blood clot in his left leg, a federal lawsuit alleges. (Click here for more) September 27, 2008 - Jail's kitchen knife missing for a week The Caller A search of Nueces County Jail and Annex cells failed to turn up a chef's knife missing from the jail's kitchen. (Click here for more) September 26, 2008 - Okla. Police eye suspect for killing Idaho inmate Magic Valley Times-News An Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation official on Thursday confirmed that an Idaho inmate was murdered in the custody of a privately-run prison in Sayre, and they're eyeing a suspect. (Click here for more) September 25, 2008 - Y-12 guard disciplined for phone calls on duty Knoxville News The government's security contractor confirmed that a guard was disciplined for using government phones for personal calls while on duty at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant. (Click here for more) September 25, 2008 - Torrance County Jail leads nation in prison rape Albuquerque Journal Detention center staff to appear at D.C. hearing on why 'sexual victimization' rate is so high. (Click here for more) September 24, 2008 - Put a Nail in Gus Puryear Nashville Scene Yesterday, Lamar Alexander, the lead water-carrier for judicial nominee Gus Puryear, read the campaign its last rites. (Click here for more) September 24, 2008 - Politics blocks federal judgeship for Nashvillian Tennessean Nominations of two Tennesseans — Gus Puryear of Nashville to be a federal judge and Susan Williams of Knoxville to be a TVA board member — have been derailed by political squabbles. (Click here for more) September 23, 2008 - Aramark cites rising food costs; supervisors look for replacement Fresno Bee Fresno County is looking for a new vendor to supply food to jail inmates. (Click here for more) September 23, 2008 - Judicial, TVA nominations dead, Alexander says Tennessean The nominations of Gus Puryear of Nashville to be a federal judge and Susan Williams of Knoxville to the board of the Tennessee Valley Authority are dead for this year, Sen. Lamar Alexander said this morning. (Click here for more) September 22, 2008 - Want a job as a Assistant Warden with CCA at the Stewart Detention Center? Just buy a degree and it might be possible! Galeo.org Prisoners at the privately contracted Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia have the right to have qualified leadership supervising over them. (Click here for more) September 21, 2008 - CAZ: Running a jail is about more than the bottom line News-Herald The reaction this week to jail nurse Kathy Baucum's fear of being placed - with a cart full of medications - with dozens of inmates and one guard tells you what you need to know about a corporate-run jail versus a locally operated one. (Click here for more) September 21, 2008 - Families feel loss as out-of-state prison population grows Times-News Pam Drashner visited her husband every weekend in prison, until she was turned away one day because he wasn't there. (Click here for more) September 21, 2008 - Texas House member asks state to rule on whether sheriff's pay from work with private detention company is legal Waco Tribune-Herald The chairman of the Texas House of Representatives committee on urban affairs has asked the state attorney general to determine whether it is legal for a sheriff to accept a fee for work with a private detention company that contracts with his county to operate a county jail. (Click here for more) September 19, 2008 - Supplier wants out of prison food deal St Petersburg Times Citing skyrocketing food costs, an Oldsmar company that provides meals to Florida prison inmates has told the state it wants to quit. (Click here for more) September 19, 2008 - Willacy County job pool ‘tapped out’ Valley Morning Star Willacy County residents make up more than half of employees at a county-owned prison and a detention center that holds illegal immigrants, said the company that runs the operations. (Click here for more) September 19, 2008 - Ex-Drug counselor faces drug charges New York Sun A former substance abuse counselor at Rikers Island faces felony charges after allegedly attempting to smuggle heroin and cocaine into the prison, Department of Investigation officials announced yesterday. (Click here for more) September 19, 2008 - Laredo paper sues Mayor AP Imagine Mayor Will Wynn hiding copies of the Chronicle because it contained something mean about him. (Click here for more) September 19, 2008 - Mentally ill inmate's family can sue over death AP A wrongful-death lawsuit can proceed against doctors and a private prison where a schizophrenic woman collapsed and later died after weeks in the infirmary, a federal judge ruled. (Click here for more) September 19, 2008 - Asylum seekers' misery revealed The Age LARGE numbers of asylum seekers were deliberately held in detention far longer than need be, and subjected to mistreatment and gruelling conditions, according to a new report. (Click here for more) September 18, 2008 - Nurse at CCA fired, safety issue cited News-Herald Even if it means her job, Kathy Baucum won't be a hostage again. (Click here for more) September 17, 2008 - Del. prisoner escapes at Philadelphia airport AP A shackled inmate serving a life term for attempted murder escaped from a private security guard while getting off a commercial flight at Philadelphia International Airport, police and corrections officials said. (Click here for more) September 17, 2008 - Teen caught trying to toss contraband into prison yard Mineral Wells Index Mineral Wells police were summoned to the Corrections Corporation of America facility early Monday morning after a juvenile was discovered attempting to throw a duffel bag over the fence, officials reported. (Click here for more) September 17, 2008 - Company sues state over juvenile detention contract Deseret News A California-based company that previously ran a Salt Lake juvenile detention facility for 11 years is suing the state of Utah after a new five-year contract was awarded to another firm. (Click here for more) September 16, 2008 - BCSO briefs commission on jail takeover costs News-Herald In preparation for taking control of the Bay County Jail once Corrections Corp. of America leaves the facility next month, the Bay County Commission received an update on the process from the Bay County Sheriff's Office Tuesday. (Click here for more) September 14, 2008 - INS jail Permian Basin 360 Questions remain unanswered concerning Friday night's prison riot in Big Spring. (Click here for more) September 13, 2008 - Big Spring prisoner riot and fire still under investigation NewsWest 9 Questions still remain unanswered after a prisoner fire and riot on Friday night. (Click here for more) September 13, 2008 - Apparent riot in Big Spring now under control KWES TV State and local authorities have responded to a private prison near the airport in Big Spring after an apparent riot. (Click here for more) September 13, 2008 - Losers all round in detention Sidney Morning Herald About 10 o'clock one evening in January 2003, Mary Rohde got out of her four-wheel-drive to lock the gate to the visitor carpark at the Baxter immigration detention facility near Port Augusta, where she was a detention officer. (Click here for more) September 12, 2008 - Big Spring Prison Fire and Riot KOSA CBS 7 Emergency officials are currently responding to a fire at the Flightline Prison located at the Big Spring airport. (Click here for more) September 12, 2008 - State prison contractor arrested in allegedly trafficking of cigarettes South Bend Tribune A contractor was arrested Friday morning at Indiana State Prison in Michigan City for reportedly attempting to smuggle tobacco into the facility, according to a news release. (Click here for more) September 12, 2008 - Trial begins for prisoner who allegedly took hostages at St. Elizabeth's WFMJ TV A prisoner who took hostages at Saint Elizabeth Medical Center is on trial. (Click here for more) September 11, 2008 - Group aids detainees' families after raid Clarion Ledger Almost $30,000 has been raised by a Jackson-based immigrants rights group to help the families of hundreds of immigrants taken into custody last month. (Click here for more) September 11, 2008 - Private prisons complaints soar The Age COMPLAINTS about Victoria's private prisons have risen up to fourfold in the past two years, fuelling concerns by a public sector watchdog about the state's growing reliance on business to provide government services. (Click here for more) September 10, 2008 - Prison food vendor pulls out St Petersburg Times Food service vendor Aramark soon will cut ties with Florida prisons, bringing to an end another privatization venture begun when Jeb Bush was governor. (Click here for more) September 10, 2008 - Official says shooting victim died instantly Midland Reporter-Telegram A 26-year-old Midland woman did not suffer much, if any, when shot in the lower throat with a heavy caliber pistol in her mother's home last week, a Midland County justice of the peace said Tuesday. (Click here for more) September 7, 2008 - Hank Haines: Editor makes amends for this teenage robbery Murfreesboro Post Look, can we get this out of the way right here? (Click here for more) September 6, 2008 - Inmate helps counselor fend off assailant Savanna Now A Savannah man serving a life sentence for a 1984 slaying recently helped save a prison counselor being assaulted by another inmate. (Click here for more) September 4, 2008 - Depositions begin in inmate lawsuit Tennessean Attorneys for a mentally ill inmate who went months without showering have begun taking depositions in their suit against Nashville-based Corrections Corporation of America, which alleged the company denied him adequate mental health care and access to mail. (Click here for more) September 3, 2008 - Lack of clothes leads judge to threaten warden with contempt News-Herald Accused killer Ahmad Smith's jury selection started an hour late Tuesday because Bay County Jail officials transported him late and lost his court clothes. (Click here for more) September 3, 2008 - Prison board eyeing options; GEO Group sets sights on exit Delco Times The Delaware County Board of Prison Inspectors spent 90 minutes in a "lively" executive session Tuesday morning "identifying, assessing and reviewing" options in the wake of the GEO Group Inc.'s decision to pull up stakes by year's end, said Acting Prison Superintendent John Reilly. (Click here for more) September 1, 2008 - 'Extremely
dangerous' inmates escape Johnson County, Mo jail FOX 4 News
A jail break by two inmates at a privately run jail has the sheriff and
neighbors in Johnson County, Missouri furious.
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