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themselves oppose the transfers because they don't like being separated from their loved ones and because the conditions in privateprisons are often far worse than those in the public institutions.
In March
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. "We've been warning all along that Wisconsin prisoners would be abused in privateprisons," Rost says. "The CCA has a terrible record on human rights and the professionalism of its staff." Rost says
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systems -- and the Tennessee scenario provides valuable insight into how advances by privateprison companies can be successfully challenged.
In April 1997 Tennessee Rep. Matt Kisber announced
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was also interviewed by Eric Bates, who quoted Alex in the article "PrivatePrisons" [ The Nation , January 5, 1998].
Initially, CCA/South Central employees refused to allow copies of The Nation article
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Union Reverses Position on PrivatePrisons
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Last May, when a bill was introduced in the Tennessee legislature to privatize the state's entire corrections system, the privateprison
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U.S. Supreme Court: No Immunity for PrivatePrisons
by Paul Wright
The U.S. supreme court, in a five to four ruling, held that employees of privately owned and operated prisons
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Jail Assault Requires Trial by The court of appeals for the sixth circuit held that whether a prisoner's question to a guard about what would happen if he assaulted another prisoner, required a trial to determine if the guard was liable when the questioner then assaulted another prisoner. William Street …
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Dover said the heat from the fire was so intense that it welded the van's back door shut. Another employee of the private transportcompany, who was riding shotgun, escaped without injuries
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No Qualified Immunity for PrivatePrisons; Supreme Court Grants Review
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The court of appeals for the sixth circuit held that guards employed by private, for profit prisons are not entitled
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NC Prisoners Riot in Tennessee
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On October 28, 1995, more than 100 North Carolina prisoners at the Corrections Corporation of America owned privateprison in Mason, TN rioted, demanding
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It is from within this context that we examine the privatization question. It should be clear from the foregoing that privatizingprisons would in no way diminish the fundamental nature of these institutions
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