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Detention Center in Tacoma, one of the nation’s largest privateprison contractors prepared to sell it.
By July 2005, CorrectionalServicesCorp. had agreed to sell all of its facilities and contracts
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Model Immigrant Detention Center Dehumanizing and Wasteful by Model Immigrant Detention Center Dehumanizing and Wasteful Americans for Immigrant Justice (AI Justice) released a report that details the stories of persons detained at the Broward Transition Center (BTC) to exhibit how that facility needlessly detains immigrants in inhumane conditions, wasting millions …
outside the GEO Group’s annual shareholder meeting at the Boca Resort and Club in Boca Raton, Florida. GEO, a privateprison firm that trades on the New York Stock Exchange, bills itself as the &ldquo
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Wilson v. GEO Group, NM, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2015 FILED IN 4th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT 5/20/2015 4:02:22 PM HJT STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF GUADALUPE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT TERRY WILSON, Plaintiff, vs. Case No.: D-424-CV-2015-00021 GEO GROUP, INC., WARDEN E. BRAYO, and SERGEANT GOLD and JOHN DOE UNKNOWN …
corporate players in the electronic monitoring industry prompt further concern. BI, which controls about a third of the national market, is a totally-owned subsidiary of notorious privateprison operator
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Amended and Restated Facility
Operation and Management Agreement (hereinafter "Second Addendum") is entered into by
and between KINNEY COUNTY, TEXAS (hereinafter "County") and COMMUNITYEDUCATIONCENTERS
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Texas Audit of GEO Hospital Contract, TX Auditor's Office, 2015 An Audit Report on John Keel, CPA State Auditor Procurement for Terrell State Hospital Operations at the Health and Human Services Commission and the Department of State Health Services March 25, 2015 Members of the Legislative Audit Committee: The Health …
and secure environment to detainees” at BTC for more than a decade, the company wrote in a letter to the Sun-Sentinel when asked to comment on the lawmakers’ remarks.
Yet a federal inspection found
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PrivatePrison Information Act Reintroduced in Congress with PLN’s Help
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PrivatePrison Information Act Reintroduced in Congress with PLN’s Help
On December 10, 2014, U.S
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protections and a culture that
allowed this pervasive abuse to continue.
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Prisonhealthservices administrators are policy makers and supervisors at the
facilities where they oversee medical treatment
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A student-led coalition against naming the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) football stadium after privateprison firm GEO Group claimed victory in April 2013, when the company withdrew its $6 million
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PrivatePrison Companies Reject Resolutions to Fund Rehabilitative, Reentry Programs
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PrivatePrison Companies Reject Resolutions to Fund Rehabilitative, Reentry Programs
On December 23
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PLN v. GEO Group, IN, Consent Injunction, censorship, 2015 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document 23 Filed 01/22/15 Page 1 of 2 PageID #: 86 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. THE GEO GROUP, INC., et …
PLN v. GEO Group, IN, Consent Injunction, censorship, 2015 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document 23 Filed 01/22/15 Page 1 of 2 PageID #: 86 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. THE GEO GROUP, INC., et …
GEO Group Agrees to End Sexual Harassment; Pays $140,000 Settlement and Implements New Policies by GEO Group Agrees to End Sexual Harassment; Pays $140,000 Settlement and Implements New Policies The nation’s second-largest for profit prison company, the GEO Group, agreed to pay $140,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought …
than it should pay for privateprison costs,” concluded the 100-page report from a Legislative Finance Committee audit team.
As of March 2007, New Mexico housed 6,574 prisoners. Of those, 2,790
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PLN v. GEO Group, IN, Complaint, censorship, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document 1 Filed 11/26/14 Page 1 of 12 PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Case No.: 1:14-cv-1957 Plaintiff, COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND …
PLN v. GEO Group, IN, Complaint, censorship, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document 1 Filed 11/26/14 Page 1 of 12 PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Case No.: 1:14-cv-1957 Plaintiff, COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND …
Menocal et al v. GEO Group, CO, Order on Mot for Interlocutory Apppeal, DHS ICE immigration forced labor minimum wage, 2015 Case 1:14-cv-02887-JLK Document 11-1 Filed 11/14/14 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 13 EXHIBIT A Case 1:14-cv-02887-JLK Document 11-1 Filed 11/14/14 USDC Colorado Page 2 of 13 5.8 Voluntary Work …
Menocal et al v. GEO Group, CO, Exhibits, DHS ICE immigration forced labor minimum wage, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-02887-JLK Document 11-1 Filed 11/14/14 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 13 EXHIBIT A Case 1:14-cv-02887-JLK Document 11-1 Filed 11/14/14 USDC Colorado Page 2 of 13 5.8 Voluntary Work Program I. Purpose and Scope …
