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YSI: Another Death, Another Settlement

Article • June 15, 2003 • from PLN June, 2003

Filed under: Private Prisons, Esmor/CSC, Youth Services International, Contractor Misconduct, Boot Camps, Staffing, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides

YSI: Another Death, Another Settlement by Youth Services International (YSI), a company already under fire for a multitude of problems, including contract violations, financial mismanagement ...

Medical Care Still Deficient in Texas Prisons

Article • December 15, 2002 • from PLN December, 2002

Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS, Medication, Medical Experiments/Exploitation, Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors, Medical Records, Disclosure of Records, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Medical Care Still Deficient in Texas Prisons by Gary Hunter Deficient medical care at the unit level has Texas prisons incubating a new, more virulent strain of HIV. Dr. William Obrien is one of the most noted doctors on staff with the University of Texas Medical Branch. (UTMB) Over a …

Boot Camp or Boot Hill? Troubled Teens Suffer From Too Much Tough Love

Article • September 15, 2002 • from PLN September, 2002

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Esmor/CSC, Youth Services International, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Boot Camps, Staffing, Excessive Force, Prisoner Privileges, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

escapes from Cullen as well as the rape of a staff member at the Hickey School. Both facilities are operated by Youth Services International (YSI), a for profit division of CSC, the same outfit ...

Judge Awards $2.8 Million to Victims of CSC Texas Boot Camp Sexual Abuse

Article • August 15, 2002 • from PLN August, 2002

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Esmor/CSC, Boot Camps, Damages

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

Article • August 15, 2002 • from PLN August, 2002

Filed under: Private Prisons, Esmor/CSC, Financing, CMS, Youth Services International, Contractor Misconduct, Vision, Boot Camps, Staffing, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Immigration, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

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 …

Sanction for Lawyers' Exposing Secret Wackenhut Sexual Abuse Settlement Upheld

Article • July 15, 2002 • from PLN July, 2002

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Attorney Fee Awards, Attorney Misconduct, Civil Procedure, Settlements, Sanctions

Sanction for Lawyers' Exposing Secret Wackenhut Sexual Abuse Settlement Upheld by by Matthew T. Clarke The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the district court's sanctions against the prisoners' lawyers in a suit against Wackenhut Corrections Corporation (WCC) after the lawyers revealed the terms of a secret settlement …

Former CCA Captain and Texas Probation Officer Pleads Guilty

Article • May 15, 2002 • from PLN May, 2002

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Guard Misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Probation

, and then persuaded a guard to write a report claiming the attack was in self-defense. CCA, the largest private prison company, operates the WCF, which houses mostly prisoners from Wisconsin. After the attack ...

CCA Guard is "Public Official" Under Bribery Statute

Article • January 15, 2002 • from PLN January, 2002

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Guard Misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Contractor Liability

conviction, finding that he was a "public official" for purposes of the federal bribery statute. Shannon Thomas was employed as a guard at a private prison in Texas, owned and operated by Corrections ...

Staff Shortage in Nation's Prisons

Article • December 15, 2001 • from PLN December, 2001

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Staffing

recently lost contracts in North Carolina because of its inability to find qualified guards. The same problem cost Civigenics, a private prison company out of Massachusetts, a contract in Ohio. While ...

CCA Faulted in Texas Jail Escape

Article • May 15, 2001 • from PLN May, 2001

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, Escapes, Staffing

CCA Faulted in Texas Jail Escape by Staff shortages, unwatched video surveillance monitors, unlocked doors, untrained staff and a security alarm that was ignored by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) employees contributed to the August 27, 2000 escape from the Bartlett State Jail near Austin, Texas. Sixteen problems, the biggest …

Texas Prisoner Raped By Wackenhut Guard Entitled To Discovery Protection

Article • May 15, 2001 • from PLN May, 2001

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Contractor Misconduct, Medical, Medical Records, Evidentiary Ruling, Discovery

Texas Prisoner Raped By Wackenhut Guard Entitled To Discovery Protection by An appeals court in Texas has held that, under the Texas rape victims shield laws, Rule 412, 509(c)(1) and 510(b)(1), Texas Rules of Evidence, a prisoner who was raped by a guard and is suing Wackenhut may not be …

$100,000 Settlement in TX Restraint Chair/Pepper Spray Death

Article • October 15, 2000 • from PLN October, 2000

Filed under: Private Contractors, Excessive Force, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Damages, Settlements, Municipal Liability, Contractor Liability, Wrongful Death

$100,000 Settlement in TX Restraint Chair/Pepper Spray Death by On February 22, 2000, Tarrant County, Texas agreed to pay a $100,000 settlement to the estate of James Livingston, 30, to settle a wrongful death suit. On July 6, 1999, Livingston was arrested on a trespassing warrant. He was allegedly abusive …

Wackenhut Wracked by Sexual Abuse Scandals

Article • August 15, 2000 • from PLN August, 2000

Filed under: Work Release, Staff-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Criminal Prosecution, Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Damages, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death)

Wackenhut Wracked by Sexual Abuse Scandals by Ronald Young Wackenhut Wracked By Sexual Abuse Scandals by Ron Young After a decade as a leading operator of corporate-owned prisons, Wackenhut Corrections has become a prisoner of its own problems. In New Mexico, a 500-page legislative report written by five consultants calls …

Brazoria Trial Brings Acquittals, Convictions in Jail Beatings

Article • March 15, 2000 • from PLN March, 2000

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Private Prisons, Bobby Ross Group, Guard Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Guard Brutality/Beatings

. The jail was operated by the Bobby Ross Group, a private prison company. In 1997 a video surfaced, which was shown on national television, in which jail guards were shown beating and abusing prisoners ...

Out-of-State Prisoner Housing Contracts Subject to Long-Arm Jurisdiction

Article • March 15, 2000 • from PLN March, 2000

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Private Prisons, Bobby Ross Group, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Standing, Venue, Municipal Liability, Contractor Liability

Out-of-State Prisoner Housing Contracts Subject to Long-Arm Jurisdiction by A federal court in Missouri has held that Missouri prisoners whose incarceration was contracted to Brazoria County, Texas, could sue Brazoria County in Missouri. This is a lawsuit filed in Missouri federal district court by Missouri state prisoners who were abused …

Missouri Proposes $2.2 Million Settlement

Article • September 15, 1999 • from PLN September, 1999

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Private Prisons, Capital Correctional Resources Inc, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Dogs, Damages, Settlements, Seizure of Prisoner Funds

County Detention Center. At the time of the incident Missouri housed some of its its overflow prisoners in a portion of the Brazoria County jail that was being leased to Capital Correctional Resources ...

No Qualified Immunity for Texas Sheriff and CCRI Guards Who Abused Missouri Prisoners

Article • August 15, 1999 • from PLN August, 1999

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Private Prisons, Capital Correctional Resources Inc, Contractor Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Strip Searches, Prison/Common Area Searches, Body Cavity Searches, Staffing, Clothing, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Dogs, Qualified Immunity, Supervisory Liability, Municipal Liability, Contractor Liability

for summary judgment. Brazoria County Sheriff Joe King leased a portion of his jail to Capital Correctional Resources, Inc. (CCRI), agreeing to train CCRI personnel. At King's request, CCRI hired Ray Crawford ...

Wisconsin Resists Out-of-State Transfers

Article • March 15, 1999 • from PLN March, 1999

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Rebellion, Overcrowding

themselves oppose the transfers because they don't like being separated from their loved ones and because the conditions in private prisons are often far worse than those in the public institutions. In March ...

Four Indicted in Videotaped Brazoria Jail Beatings

Article • October 15, 1998 • from PLN October, 1998

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Private Prisons, Capital Correctional Resources Inc, Criminal Prosecution, Guard Brutality/Beatings

videotaped shakedown of Missouri prisoners in the Brazoria County "Rent-A-Jail." The three, Lester Arnold, David Cisneros and Robert Percival, along with former Capital Correctional Resources Inc. (CCRI) guard ...

Jailers Charged in Bribery, Kickback Schemes

Article • August 15, 1998 • from PLN August, 1998

Filed under: Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Food

Jailers Charged in Bribery, Kickback Schemes by Asenior administrator in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and an independent contractor face felony bribery charges involving padded contracts for millions of dollars in jail food. And, in Texas, a McLennan County grand jury indicted a county sheriff's Sgt. on misdemeanor charges …

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