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GEO Group Fined More Than $100,000 (by OSHA)

Article • September 9, 2016

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Contractor Misconduct, Work Conditions/Safety, Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Staff)

GEO Group Fined More Than $100,000 (by OSHA) by Prison profiteer GEO Group was cited by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) in a June 2012 report with six safety and health violations—totaling $104,000 in fines—at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility, which the company formerly managed. OSHA said that, …

One Guard killed, Sixteen Staff and Three Prisoners Injured in Mississippi Private Prison Riot

Article • September 9, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Rebellion, Failure to Protect (General), Immigration, Failure to Protect (Staff)

One Guard killed, Sixteen Staff and Three Prisoners Injured in Mississippi Private Prison Riot by Matthew Clarke On May 20, 2012, violence erupted at a 2,567-bed private prison near Natchez ...

Federal Consent Decree Bans Isolation at Mississippi Youth Prison

Article • August 23, 2016

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Juveniles, Failure to Protect (Juveniles), Juvenile Prisons

Federal Consent Decree Bans Isolation at Mississippi Youth Prison by Matthew Clarke In February 2012, the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) agreed to stop housing juveniles at a privately-run prison in Leake County, Mississippi and enact multiple reforms to protect both the juveniles and the adult prisoners who will remain …

Mississippi Private Prison Closes

Article • August 22, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic

Mississippi Private Prison Closes by On November 10, 2011, Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps announced the closure of the privately-operated 1,172-bed Delta Correctional ...

USA v. Reddix, MS, Grand Jury Charges - Health Assurance, DOC Epps corruption indictment, 2016

Brief • July 13, 2016

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Government Misconduct, Private Contractors

USA v. Reddix, MS, Grand Jury Charges - Health Assurance, DOC Epps corruption indictment, 2016

Mississippi: More Contraband Found at Private Prisons

Article • February 29, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016

Filed under: Private Prisons

and remove knives from prisoners, and they are sending those tax dollars instead to their corporate headquarters.” For-profit prison company Management and Training Corporation (MTC), which operates ...

USA v. Simmons, MS, Plea Offer, MDOC Sentinel corruption, 2016

Brief • February 18, 2016

Filed under: Sentinel, Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct

USA v. Simmons, MS, Plea Offer, MDOC Sentinel corruption, 2016 Case 1:16-cr-00010-HSO-RHW Document 10 Filed 02/18/16 Page 1 of 6 Case 1:16-cr-00010-HSO-RHW Document 10 Filed 02/18/16 Page 2 of 6 ...

USA v. Simmons, MS, Indictment, MDOC Sentinel corruption, 2016

Brief • February 11, 2016

Filed under: Sentinel, Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct

USA v. Simmons, MS, Indictment, MDOC Sentinel corruption, 2016 Case 1:16-cr-00010-HSO-RHW Document 1 Filed 02/11/16 Page 1 of 4 Case 1:16-cr-00010-HSO-RHW Document 1 Filed 02/11/16 Page 2 of 4 Case ...

Study Finds Private Prisons Keep Prisoners Longer, Without Reducing Future Crime

Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016

Filed under: Private Prisons, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Overdetention

Study Finds Private Prisons Keep Prisoners Longer, Without Reducing Future Crime by Peter Kerwin Study Finds Private Prisons Keep Prisoners Longer, Without Reducing Future Crime by Peter ...

Mississippi Private Prisons Have High Prisoner Assault Rates

Article • October 27, 2015

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Management and Training Corporation, Work Conditions/Safety, Statistics/Trends, Totality of Conditions, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing

until it left the state in 2012. Management and Training Corporation (MTC), which currently runs WGCF and Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) continue to operate private prisons in Mississippi ...

Federal Court Denies Former Prisoner Right to Catholic Television

Article • October 15, 2015

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Religious Discrimination

Federal Court Denies Former Prisoner Right to Catholic Television by Federal Court Denies Former Prisoner Right to Catholic Television The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s equal protection suit as frivolous. Raymond Gutierrez, a California prisoner housed at …

CCA Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility Water Pollution Alert, 2015

Publication • April 10, 2015

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Water

CCA Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility Water Pollution Alert, 2015 cc~ Corrections Corporation of Arrerica Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility To: All Concerned ~a From: tJct· TCCF Subject: Local Area Water Alert Date: April, 10, 2015 The local area is under a boil water alert, this alert is expected to last until …

CCA Guard Killed During Riot was on Prisoners’ “Hit List”

Article • June 7, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Rebellion, Prison Gangs, Prison/Jail Murders, Employee Litigation

. See: Carithers v. CCA, U.S.D.C. (S.D. Miss.), Case No. 5:13-cv-00066-DCB-MTP. CCA is not the only for-profit prison company that has experienced problems in Mississippi. Private prison firm GEO Group ...

East Mississippi Prison Nightmare

Article • January 15, 2014 • from PLN January, 2014

Filed under: Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Management and Training Corporation, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Failure to Treat, Totality of Conditions, Ventilation, Sanitation, Lighting, Vermin, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

). The facility holds up to 1,500 prisoners and has been operated by a series of for-profit companies since it opened. The current contractor is Utah-based Management & Training Corporation (MTC), which has run ...

Gun Found in Segregation Cell at Privately-operated Mississippi Prison

Article • November 15, 2013 • from PLN November, 2013

Filed under: Private Prisons, Management and Training Corporation

, a semi-automatic pistol and other contraband was found at the Wilkinson County Correctional Facility in Woodville on September 13, 2013. The prison is operated by Management & Training Corporation (MTC ...

GEO Group Pulls out of Mississippi Prisons

Article • November 15, 2013 • from PLN November, 2013

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Cornell Corrections, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Juvenile Prisons

, and another private contractor, Management & Training Corporation (MTC), took over operations at the three facilities. MTC also manages the Wilkinson County Correctional Center in Woodville, Mississippi ...

Former Mississippi Mayor Sent to Prison

Article • July 15, 2013 • from PLN July, 2013

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Contractor Misconduct

to a charge of witness intimidation also resulted in the dismissal of a sexual assault charge stemming from when Sims was employed as warden of the Walnut Grove Transition Center, which was operated by private ...

Carithers v. CCA, MS, Complaint, wrongful death riot guard hit list, 2013

Brief • May 8, 2013

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Jail Misconduct, Prison Rebellion, Staffing, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Protect (Staff)

Carithers v. CCA, MS, Complaint, wrongful death riot guard hit list, 2013 Case 5:13-cv-00066-DCB-MTP Document 1 Filed 05/08/13 Page 1 of 7 Case 5:13-cv-00066-DCB-MTP Document 1 Filed 05/08/13 Page 2 of 7 Case 5:13-cv-00066-DCB-MTP Document 1 Filed 05/08/13 Page 3 of 7 Case 5:13-cv-00066-DCB-MTP Document 1 Filed 05/08/13 Page 4 …

CCA Ceases Operations at Mississippi Prison, County Jail

Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Crime/Demographics, Escapes

per prisoner per day to manage the Delta facility when it reportedly had daily costs of $34.15 for each medium-security prisoner. State law requires private prisons to operate for 10 percent less than ...

Former Mississippi Mayor Charged with Sexually Assaulting Prisoner

Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Government Misconduct

of Walnut Grove in 1981. He was accused of sexually assaulting a female prisoner held at the Walnut Grove Transition Center (WGTC) operated by GEO Group, the nation’s second-largest private prison company ...

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