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prisoner phone use at the lockup, which is operated for the state DOC under contract by privateprison giant CoreCivic. Lawson urged the state to assume control of the troubled prison.
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CoreCivic Will Cage Migrant Families in Texas Lockup
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On March 5, 2025, privateprison operator CoreCivic, Inc. announced a new contract with United States Immigration and Customs
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Wellpath Declares Bankruptcy by On November 11, 2024, Wellpath Holdings, Inc., and its affiliated corporate entities filed for bankruptcy protection in United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Wellpath is a private, for-profit medical and mental health care provider at approximately 420 detention facilities in 39 states; …
MTC Shuts Down Texas Jail by On September 30, 2024, Utah-based Management & Training Corp. (MTC) ended its contract to operate the Giles W. Dalby Correctional Facility in Garza County, Texas. The lockup is owned by the county, which confirmed that most of some 170 employees were out of work. …
unequal bargaining power, where the agency isn’t really able to meaningfully enforce whatever standards the privateprison may have agreed to,” said David Fathi, director of the American Civil
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The parties notified the district court that they had reached a settlement on August 9, 2024, but as with many settlements involving privatecontractors, details remain secret. Buchanan is represented by Tulsa
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Texas Bankruptcy Court Rejects Proposed Settlement of Prisoner Claims Against Corizon Health
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On April 11, 2024, a Texas bankruptcy court rejected a proposed $54 million settlement
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Harris County Shipping Detainees from Overcrowded Jail to Mississippi CoreCivic Prison by On December 1, 2023, Harris County, Texas, began sending up to 360 detainees from the county’s jails to a prison in Mississippi, under a contract with its private operator, CoreCivic. The County Commissioners Court approved the $11.3 million …
$470,000 Settlement After Texas Jail Nurses Fabricate Vital Signs for Detainee Who Died by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On September 14, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dealt a death blow to claims filed by the estate of a Texas jail detainee against the county …
Corizon Health Bankruptcy Delayed by Revelation of Attorney’s Affair With Mediator
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On November 14, 2023, the federal Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas approved a new
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, perhaps a first for the secretive company that operates jails and prisons in multiple states.
LaSalle is unique among large privateprison companies in that it is owned by a family. William McConnell
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MTC Accused of Parole Programming Scam at Texas Prisons
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by Kevin W. Bliss
Utah-based Management and TrainingCorporation (MTC) faces allegations of breach of contract in Texas
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Amended- Tehum DBA Corizon Health Services, Inc.-Voluntary Petition for Filing Bankruptcy, 2023
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Tehum DBA Corizon Health Services, Inc.-Voluntary Petition for Filing Bankruptcy, 2023
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. Greg Abbott (R), relies on privatecontractors to run the treatment centers. But as noted by KLBK in Lubbock, the “treatment program is not clearly defined by legislators, and it leaves room
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obtained documents revealing that privateprison operator GEO Group, Inc., formerly known as Wackenhut Corrections Corp., paid $10 million to settle two lawsuits brought by the family of a prisoner who
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) paid more than $15 million to privateprison operator GEO Group for deportation flights to repatriate thousands of Haitian migrants. The contract covered 44 charter flights from Texas to Haiti over a two
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Dallas County Prisoner Trust Fund Bilked of $700,000 With Faked Debit Release Cards by Jail Employee by On October 19, 2021, auditors for Dallas County, Texas, reported to commissioners that lax oversight allowed an employee in the county Sheriff’s Department (DCSD) to use hundreds of damaged debit-release cards to draw …
