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. Greg Abbott (R), relies on privatecontractors to run the treatment centers. But as noted by KLBK in Lubbock, the “treatment program is not clearly defined by legislators, and it leaves room
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obtained documents revealing that privateprison operator GEO Group, Inc., formerly known as Wackenhut Corrections Corp., paid $10 million to settle two lawsuits brought by the family of a prisoner who
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) paid more than $15 million to privateprison operator GEO Group for deportation flights to repatriate thousands of Haitian migrants. The contract covered 44 charter flights from Texas to Haiti over a two
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Dallas County Prisoner Trust Fund Bilked of $700,000 With Faked Debit Release Cards by Jail Employee by On October 19, 2021, auditors for Dallas County, Texas, reported to commissioners that lax oversight allowed an employee in the county Sheriff’s Department (DCSD) to use hundreds of damaged debit-release cards to draw …
Fifth Circuit Holds Private Immigration Detention Facilities Are Subject to Trafficking Victims Protection Act’s Prohibition Against Coerced Labor by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke After a trio of federal court rulings in 2021 regarding the labor of immigrant detainees, the first one remained the clearest victory so far for plaintiffs. …
Seven Former GEO Employees Plead Guilty in Federal Texas Private Jail Bribery Scheme by On July 6, 2021, Veronica Ortega, 45, a former medical assistant at the GEO-owned and -operated East Hidalgo Detention Center pleaded guilty to bribery after admitting she received cash to smuggle marijuana into the jail. She …
records related to a privateprison contractor’s operations in the state were public information subject to the Texas Public Information Act (TPIA). The opinion bars an effort by the GEO Group
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Letter from TX Attorney General re GEO contracts disclosure, 5-1-20 KEN rA.t'CTO N ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEX:\S May 01, 2020 Mr. Michael Shaunessy Counsel for Geo Group, Inc. McGinnis & Lochridge 600 Congress Avenue, Suite 2100 Austin, Texas 78701 OR2020-12334 Dear Mr. Shaunessy: You ask whether certain information is subject …
to publicly laud the firm, which with $2.33 billion in 2018 revenues is the nation’s largest privateprison operator.
Soon after it passed inspection, however, the jail lost its top two GEO Group
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to the contrary as to another privateprison
contractor, order attached, and that question is now being litigated as to GEO in Bexar County District Court. See
Prison Legal News v. Corrections Corporation
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at Eagle Pass that caused us to be concerned about the quality of health care” prior to Taylor’s death. In January, IDOC announced it was looking for a privateprison company to run an in-state
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detention facility located in
Taylor, Texas and operated by CoreCivic, a for-profit privateprison company. The Hutto
detention center, which opened in 2006, holds approximately 500 women who have pending
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have received notification from JPay of the proposed settlement with instructions for filing a claim form or opting-out of the case. See: Salim v. JPay, Inc., U.S.D.C. (E.D. Tex.), Case No. 4:18-cv-00730
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Lawsuit Proceeds Over Death of Prisoner at Privately-Run Jail by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Michael Todd Sabbie, 35, died on July 22, 2015 at the Bi-State Jail, which sits astraddle the border between Texas and Arkansas. He left behind four children. U.S. Magistrate Judge Caroline Craven, in a 169-page …
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
SHERMAN DIVISION
OUMER SALIM, on behalf of himself
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JPAY, INC.
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Civil Action No.: 4:18-cv-00730
Judge Mazzant/Judge Johnson
MEMORANDUM
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that Louisiana-based privateprison company LaSalle Corrections, which operates eight jails in Texas, employs a former Texas Ranger whose son oversees that law enforcement agency. The Texas Rangers are responsible
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A spokesperson with CoreCivic, the privateprison company that contracts with ICE and employed the alleged abuser, said MALDEF’s claim is “patently false.”
“The facility’s camera
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, a female guard at the facility befriended her, asking her questions about her immigration case. The guard worked for CoreCivic, the largest privateprison company in the United States, previously named
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, creating a network of facilities that are often run by privateprison companies. [See: PLN, June 2018, p.44]. However, the legal liability and public criticism faced by counties and cities that participate
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