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President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D) signed an executive order in January 2021 prohibiting DOJ from renewing contracts for detention facilities with privateprison operators. That order is being challenged
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San Luis Obispo County Jail Conditions Violate Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On August 31, 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division released a report detailing its investigation concerning the conditions inside San Luis Obispo County Jail. The findings of the report, conducted …
HRDC Case Sues JPay Over Fee-Heavy “Release Card” Debit Cards
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A lawsuit filed in a California federal court on September 15, 2021, accuses privateprison financier JPay, Inc. of violating
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focused on the role of activist groups, like the #FamiliesBelongTogether movement and her own investment firm, in pushing for banks to stop investing in the privateprison industry,” the court wrote
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EPA Slams GEO Over Disinfectant Use at PrivatePrison, Federal Court Issues Preliminary Injunction to Stop It
by Dale Chappell
by Dale Chappell
The Environmental Protection Agency issued
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) arrested Rudy Rivera in Los Angeles, California on a federal warrant issued in Nevada for marijuana-related charges. They took him to the Nevada Southern Detention Center, a privateprison operated
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Decapitated Prisoner Shows CDCR Safety Standards Still Headed in the Wrong Direction by Matthew Clarke California Inspector General’s office issues another reports highly critical of health care at Corcoran and statewide prison employee disciplinary process by Matt Clarke In April 2021, the California Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued a …
California AB 263 Private Detention Facilities 2021 STATE OF CALIFORNIA AUTHENTICATED ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL Assembly Bill No. 263 CHAPTER 294 An act to add Section 7321 to the Government Code, relating to private detention facilities, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. [Approved by Governor September 24, 2021. …
CoreCivic Inc. runs privateprisons and detention centers. Its role in detaining
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immigrants drew public criticism from defendant Morgan Simon and her Candide Group LLC,
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a firm that promotes socially
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) and their privateprison contractor, the GEO Group, for their lies to the court and “abominable performance” in protecting immigrant detainees from COVID-19 at the Mesa Verde Detention Center near
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Rivas v. Jennings, CA, Order, COVID Negligence, 2020 Case 3:20-cv-02731-VC Document 867 Filed 12/03/20 Page 1 of 26 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ANGEL DE JESUS ZEPEDA RIVAS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DAVID JENNINGS, et al., Case No. 20-cv-02731-VC ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR SECOND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Re: …
California Passes Bill Allowing ICE Detainees to Sue PrivateContractors
by Kevin Bliss
by Kevin Bliss
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 3228 (AB 3228) September 27, 2020
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Justice Department and GEO Group Challenge California’s Ban on PrivatePrison and Detention Facilities
by Matthew Clarke
by Matt Clarke
On January 24, 2020, the United States Department
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CoreCivic Detention Center Demanded Detainees Sign Liability Release to Receive Masks by David Reutter, Kevin Bliss by David M. Reutter Detainees at CoreCivic’s Otay Mesa Detention Center (OMDC) in California were enthusiastic when told they would be issued face masks to protect themselves from COVID-19. The mood changed quickly when …
Unsealed Documents Expose Treatment Failures at San Diego Jail by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso In response to a motion filed by the ACLU, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California unsealed documents in June 2019 related to the failures of San Diego …
California Begins Weaning Itself from PrivatePrisons – More or Less
by Edward Lyon
by Ed Lyon
California governor Gavin Newsom entered office in early 2019 vowing to end the use of private
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Federal Judge Allows 'Nationwide' Class-Action Lawsuit Against GEO Over Alleged Forced Labor on Prisoners by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A federal judge has granted class-action status in a federal lawsuit filed against GEO Group, alleging the private, for-profit company forced immigration detainees to work in order to avoid punishment. …
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Federal prisoner Gerardo Cruz-Sanchez entered the Otay Mesa Detention Center (OMDC) in San Diego, California, operated by privateprison corporation CoreCivic on February 4, 2016
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and the CaliforniaForensicMedicalGroup – the jail’s private medical provider, now part of a company called Wellpath. The suit alleged that a lack of medical care at the jail had caused Gillis&rsquo
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