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Indian Country Gets Stimulus Money ... to Build More Jails

Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010

Filed under: Private Prisons, Financing

Indian Country Gets Stimulus Money ... to Build More Jails by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Department of Justice, through the Obama administration’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, has brought stimulus money to Indian reservations – awarding $224 million to build and renovate tribal jails. The funding …

Ramirez v. Trujillo, NM, Complaint, Sexual Assault and Rape, 2010

Brief • March 2, 2010

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Guard Misconduct, Eighth Amendment, Prison Rape Elimination Act

Ramirez v. Trujillo, NM, Complaint, Sexual Assault and Rape, 2010 THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COUNTY OF CIBOLO STATE OF NEW MEXICO VERONICA RAMIREZ, Plaintiff, No. V. ANDREW TRUJILLO, BILL SNODGRASS, ALLEN COOPER, ARLENE HICKSON, GINA MARTINEZ, in their individual capacities, and CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Defendants. SUMMONS TO: CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF …

Privatized Prison Medical Care in Mississippi Still Problematic

Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Privatized Prison Medical Care in Mississippi Still Problematic by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Anyone looking for evidence that privatized prison health care is a complete failure need ...

Prisoner Not Allowed to Sue One DOC in Another State

Article • September 15, 2009

Filed under: Classification, Out of State Transfers, Transport Companies, Medication, Cancer, Failure to Treat, Parties, Diversity Jurisdiction

Prisoner Not Allowed to Sue One DOC in Another State by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Illinois held that New Mexico Department of Corrections (NMDOC) officials cannot be sued in Illinois due to lack of personal jurisdiction. Jimmy Kinslow, an NMDOC prisoner, was transferred in 1995 to the …

Spurlock v. Townes, NM, Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2009

Brief • August 12, 2009

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Guard Misconduct, Prison Rape Elimination Act

Spurlock v. Townes, NM, Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2009 Case 1:09-cv-00786-LH-DJS Document 1 Filed 08/12/2009 Page 1 of 12 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO HEATHER SPURLOCK, & SOPHIA CARRASCO, Plaintiff, v. No. 1:09-cv-00786 ANTHONY TOWNES & BARBARA WAGNER in their individual capacities, & CORRECTIONS …

Collins v. Bustamante, NM, Complaint, Sexual Assault and Rape, 2009

Brief • June 29, 2009

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Guard Misconduct, Failure to Protect (General), Prison Rape Elimination Act, Negligence/Reckless Endangerment

Correctional Services ("CMS") provided medical services to Defendant NMWCF. tions 7. During all times relevant to this Complaint, Defendant Correc Corporation of America ("CCA") maintained and operated NMWCF ...

Sexual Abuse by Prison and Jail Staff Proves Persistent, Pandemic

Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Cornell Corrections, GRW Corp., Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution

and Jacqueline Overturf, were being held at the Brush Correctional Facility, a private prison operated by GRW Corp., when they were sexually assaulted by prison guard Russell E. Rollison. They filed a lawsuit ...

GEO Cancels Contract at Pennsylvania Jail, Looks Elsewhere for Business

Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Wexford Health Services, Community Education Centers, Contractor Misconduct, Lobbying, HIV/AIDS, Medication, Respiratory, Conditions of Confinement, Staffing, Contractor Liability, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides

medical care is unlikely to be any different. On January 1, 2009, another private prison company, Community Education Centers (CEC), took over GEO’s contract to operate GHCF in Delaware County. While ...

Tenth Circuit: Procedural Defense to Federal Prisoner’s ETS Suit Fails on Inadequate Grievance Record-Keeping

Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008

Filed under: Cornell Corrections, Smoking, PLRA, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Defenses

Tobacco Smoke (ETS) suit against private prison contractor Cornell Corrections, Inc., because Cornell’s grievance record-keeping was so inadequate that the question of administrative exhaustion could ...

Fallen Women - Santa Fe Reporter article by Silja Talvi

Article • November 15, 2008

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Required Religious Programming

by the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), now the nation’s biggest private prison company, New Mexico Women’s Correctional Facility (NMWCF) opened its doors in 1989 as the first privatized female prison ...

CCA Denied Over $2 Million In Tax Deductions

Article • August 15, 2008

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Money/Property, Tax Law

CCA Denied Over $2 Million In Tax Deductions by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) appealed a New Mexico court denial for gross receipts tax deduction claims totaling over $2 million. The denial was affirmed due to the "per diem rate" prisoner housing calculation. CCA contracts to house prisoners for the …

Corrections Corporation of America v. State of New Mexico, NM, Opinion, court denies CCA tax refunds, 2007

Brief • September 18, 2007

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, Tax Law

. THE GRANTS FACILITY {3} In 1988, CCA and NMCD entered into a “Management Services Agreement,” pursuant to NMSA 1978, § 33-1-17 (1995), the statute that allowed the state to contract with the private prison ...

Management & Training Corp. Struggles to Maintain Market Share

Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Management and Training Corporation, Contractor Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Organizing, Prison Rebellion, Strip Searches, Arrestee Searches, Failure to Protect (General), Immigration, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides, Assaults on Staff, Employee Litigation

Management & Training Corp. Struggles to Maintain Market Share by Gary Hunter For-profit private prison operator Management & Training Corporation (MTC) has recently lost lucrative contracts ...

Moore v. NM Dept of Corrections, NM, Complaint, Wrongful Death - Excessive Force, 2007

Brief • September 10, 2007

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Cardiovascular, Restraints, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death)

Moore v. NM Dept of Corrections, NM, Complaint, Wrongful Death - Excessive Force, 2007 0 STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF TORRANCE SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN THE DISTRICT COURT D-0722- CV - 2007 - 1 9 8 FARRlS P. MOORE, HELENE. MOORE, Individually and as Personal Representatives of the Estate …

Prison Privatization Launders Taxpayer Dollars into Political Contributions

Article • August 15, 2007 • from PLN August, 2007

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Financing, Prison Health Services, Wexford Health Services, Armor Correctional Health Services, Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Medical Records, Staffing, Employee Litigation, State Legislation

]. Armor's Chief Executive Officer, Doyle H. Moore, had founded Prison Health Services (PHS) in 1978. According to a 2005 New York Times article, "Prison Health proved adept at integrating itself with local ...

Corporate Prison Boom, Immigration, And The Law

Article • June 15, 2007

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Wexford Health Services, International Law, News, State Legislation

million captive customers, and it is a "growth industry." Private prison transport companies, medical and psychological, telephone, food and commissary services are reaping ever-increasing profits from ...

New Mexico: $50,000 Settlement For False Arrest, Unconstitutional Strip Search

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Management and Training Corporation, Retaliation, Retaliation for Organizing, Strip Searches, Arrestee Searches, Body Cavity Searches, Wrongful Imprisonment, False Arrest

. Sanchez then reportedly followed Ellison to the McKinley County Adult Detention Center, which is operated by Management and Training Corporation (MTC), a private company. At the jail Sanchez allegedly told ...

Illegal Strip Searches Cost MTC, New Mexico County $8.5 Million

Article • January 15, 2007 • from PLN January, 2007

Filed under: Private Prisons, Management and Training Corporation, Strip Searches, Arrestee Searches, Municipal Liability

Illegal Strip Searches Cost MTC, New Mexico County $8.5 Million by Michael Rigby Management and Training Corporation (MTC) and Santa Fe County, New Mexico, will pay $8.5 million to settle ...

Beyond the God Pod

Article • October 15, 2005

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Religious Freedom, Required Religious Programming, Proselytizing

convinced of the power of the IBLP residential program that the company now plans to institute similar pods in every one of its owned prisons. (As the nation's biggest private prison corporation, CCA now ...

Sanchez v. MTC, NM, Amended Complaint, PNA neglect misconduct drug withdrawal jail inmate suicide, 2005

Brief • August 22, 2005

Filed under: Management and Training Corporation, Physicians Network Association, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides

, Individually and as Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF JUAN IGNACIO SANCHEZ, Deceased, and FELIMON SANCHEZ, Plaintiffs, vs. No. CV 05-784 JB/WDS MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING CORPORATION, a Delaware ...

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