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, Inc.) were acquired by larger companies.
Four other firms went out of business (BobbyRossGroup, Capital Correctional
Resources, Dove Development Corporation and Maranatha Production Company, LLC
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Third Circuit Reverses $642,398.57 Attorney Fee Award for RFRA Claim by Immigration Prisoner by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed an immigration detainee’s $642,398.57 attorney fee award, finding that “the District Court’s degree of success inquiry under § 1988 was based on an impermissible reconstruction of the jury verdict.” …
was operated for the federal government by Esmor Correctional Services (Esmor); the company later changed its name to CorrectionalServicesCorp., which was acquired by GEO Group – the nation’s second largest
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Plaintiffs May Opt Out of Esmor Brutality Class Action by In litigation against the operator of a notorious private immigration facility (one certified class action and two individual actions which appear to have multiple plaintiffs), the class members were so difficult to locate that the court questions whether the case …
plaintiffs could establish an ATCA claim against Esmor and the Esmor Officers.
Plaintiffs conceded that their Bivens claims for constitutional violations against Esmor were barred by CorrectionalServices
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higher than the individual recoveries that can be anticipated in this case. However, those recoveries typically came after trial. The court was aware of at least one substantial judgment against Esmor/CSC
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restaurant wages,
according to Ken Kopczynski, executive director of Private Corrections Institute (PCI), a prison
watchdog group.
This is a major issue, says Kopczynski. The privateprison companies have
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, and South Africa.
James Slattery, CSCs founder, will continue running YouthServicesInternational--which manages 1,300 beds at 17 juvenile prisons--from CSCs home base of Sarasota, Florida. Slattery paid
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lawsuit sought $20 million against the operators of Hickley: YouthServicesInternational and its parent company, CorrectionalServicesCorp. (CSC). [Editors Note: CSC was later bought by Geo Corp
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. In a related transaction, CSC CEO James Slattery agreed to buy back the company's juvenile services division, YouthServicesInternational (YSI), for $3.75 million and will continue to operate YSI's 17 juvenile
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with regard to the negligent hiring and vicarious liability claims and denied in all other respects. See: Adorno v. CorrectionalServicesCorp., 312 F.Supp.2d. 505 (S.D.N.Y. 2004).
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a lot of children who get caught up in the system because they were careless. I'm in that last category." He said this with a straight face despite being convicted of taking kickbacks from a private
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Dismissal Sanction for Prisoner's Refusal to Be Deposed Without Court Order Reversed by Dismissal Sanction for Prisoner's Refusal to be Deposed Without Court Order Reversed The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that considering a prisoner's refusal to be deposed absent a court order, as a factor to enter a …
in the death of a boot camp prisoner, plus $5.1 million in punitive damages, against Florida-based CorrectionalServicesCorp. (CSC) and their nurse Knyvett Reyes. The August 27, 2003 $40.1 million verdict
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In 1999, CSC merged with YouthServicesInternational (YSI), a leading provider of developmental, educational, and rehabilitative programs for troubled juveniles. The YSI merger made CSC the country's
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YSI: Another Death, Another Settlement
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YouthServicesInternational (YSI), a company already under fire for a multitude of problems, including contract violations, financial mismanagement
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escapes from Cullen as well as the rape of a staff member at the Hickey School. Both facilities are operated by YouthServicesInternational (YSI), a for profit division of CSC, the same outfit
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Judge Awards $2.8 Million to Victims of CSC Texas Boot Camp Sexual Abuse by Judge Awards $2.8 million to Victims of CSC Texas Boot Camp Sexual Abuse On March 5, 2001, State District Court Judge Paul Enlow found Correctional Services Corporation (CSC) criminally liable for the actions of two former …
News in Brief by Roger Hummel Alaska: On April 11, 2002, Cynthia Cooper, the head prosecutor in the state attorney general's office, resigned after being judicially admonished for pursuing felony charges against a public defender who crashed his car into a light pole. Anchorage prosecutors had agreed to a misdemeanor …
PrivatePrison Corporation Can Be Sued in Bivens Action: Supreme Court Grants Review
by John E Dannenberg
by John E. Dannenberg
Holding that a private corporation acting under color
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