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State of Washington DOC Contract-JPay, Amendment No. 8
Publication • January 1, 2019
Filed under: JPay, Inc., Private Phone Contractors
, Department of Corrections, hereinafter referred to as Department, and JPay, Inc., hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, for the purpose of amending the above-referenced Contract, heretofore entered ...
GEO Denied Summary Judgment in Suit Alleging Immigrants Are Employees Under Washington Labor Law
Article • December 26, 2018
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Labor, Immigration
GEO Denied Summary Judgment in Suit Alleging Immigrants Are Employees Under Washington Labor Law by A Washington state federal district court held the GEO Group was not entitled to intergovernmental immunity in a lawsuit alleging it violates the Washington Minimum Wage Act (MWA) at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC). The …
Lawsuit by Washington AG Against GEO Group for Wage Violations Proceeds, Granted Class-Action Status
Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Labor, Class Certification, Immigration
Lawsuit by Washington AG Against GEO Group for Wage Violations Proceeds, Granted Class-Action Status by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In December 2017, a federal judge denied a motion by GEO Group, the private operator of the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Washington, to dismiss a lawsuit filed by …
Letter: Senators Schatz, Gillibrand, Harris and Murray and Congressmen Nadler and Lee address Inspector General Michael Horowitz, BOP standards of employee conduct, re: Frank Lara, 2018
Publication • October 19, 2018
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Management and Training Corporation, Conditions of Confinement, Guards/Staff
Letter: Senators Schatz, Gillibrand, Harris and Murray and Congressmen Nadler and Lee address Inspector General Michael Horowitz, BOP standards of employee conduct, re: Frank Lara, 2018
Growing Number of Local Jurisdictions Reject Correctional Privatization
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Statistics/Trends
, Washington was one of the first jurisdictions to ban privately-operated facilities; the county passed legislation in August 2017 that prohibits contracts between the county and private prison firms to house ...
On Sale Now: Prison Labor
Article • June 25, 2018
Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Retaliation, Prison Labor, Work Conditions/Safety, Hunger Strikes, Medical, Toxic Fumes/Chemicals, Overcrowding, Environmental Law, Guard Brutality/Beatings
On Sale Now: Prison Labor by Sytonia Reid by Sytonia Reid, Green American Magazine Every day, incarcerated and detained people in both US government and private prisons perform labor during ...
Lawsuits Filed Against GEO Group for Wage Violations at Detention Facilities
Article • June 7, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Labor, Money/Property, Immigration
by public officials that greeted the opening of NWDC in 2000. GEO acquired the facility in a 2005 takeover of Correctional Services Corp. (CSC), the detention center’s original private contractor ...
While in Custody: The Fight to Stop Jail Deaths in Washington State
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Filed under: CONMED, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Wrongful Death, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Accidents, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Suicides
on the allegations because of health care privacy concerns and the lawsuit.) Nathan Roberts, one of Crowell’s attorneys, says the county and Conmed (now known as Correct Care Solutions) customarily deny ...
Texas Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice--Open Roads and Overflowing Jails--Addressing High Rates of Rural Pretrial Incarceration, May 2018
Publication • May 1, 2018
Filed under: Private Prisons, War on Drugs, Overcrowding, Eighth Amendment, Jail Specific, Rural Prisons, Mental Health, Drug Treatment/Rehab, Second Amendment, Sixth Amendment
Texas Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice--Open Roads and Overflowing Jails--Addressing High Rates of Rural Pretrial Incarceration, May 2018 OPEN ROADS AND OVERFLOWING JAILS: Addressing High Rates of Rural Pretrial Incarceration by Marc Levin and Michael Haugen May 2018 May 2018 by Marc Levin Michael Haugen Center for Effective Justice …
Report Slams Takeover of Washington DOC Food Services by Correctional Industries
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Filed under: Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Food
Report Slams Takeover of Washington DOC Food Services by Correctional Industries by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton In October 2016 report by Prison Voice Washington detailed the adverse effects of a takeover of food services in Washington state prisons by Correctional Industries (CI). The report, titled “Correcting Food Policy in …
Chen v. Geo Group, Initial Disclosures, Geo Countersuit, 2017
Brief • December 20, 2017
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Labor
Chen v. Geo Group, Initial Disclosures, Geo Countersuit, 2017 THE HONORABLE ROBERT J. BRYAN 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 8 9 CHAO CHEN, individually and on behalf of all those similarly situated, 10 11 Plaintiff, 12 13 Case …
Climate Refugees in Toxic Immigrant Jails Are Victims of Environmental Racism
Article • November 6, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Filed under: Private Prisons, Immigration
in the jail is not only grounded in concerns about basic human rights – it’s also about environmental justice. The 1,500-bed immigration jail, operated by the private prison giant GEO Group, sits ...
State of Washington v. The Geo Group, WA, Complaint, Wage Theft, 2017
Brief • September 20, 2017
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Labor, Money/Property, Immigration
State of Washington v. The Geo Group, WA, Complaint, Wage Theft, 2017 E-FILED IN COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE PIERCE COUNTY, WASHINGTON September 20 2017 9:34 AM KEVIN STOCK COUNTY CLERK 1 NO: 17-2-11422-2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR PIERCE …
State of WA v. The GEO Group, WA, Complaint, Immigrant Detainee Wages, 2017
Brief • September 20, 2017
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Labor, Money/Property, Immigration
State of WA v. The GEO Group, WA, Complaint, Immigrant Detainee Wages, 2017 E-FILED IN COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE PIERCE COUNTY, WASHINGTON September 20 2017 9:34 AM KEVIN STOCK COUNTY CLERK 1 NO: 17-2-11422-2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR …
No Private Prisons in King County, Washington
Article • August 30, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017
Filed under: Private Prisons, Advocacy
No Private Prisons in King County, Washington by On August 14, 2017, the King County Council in Washington State voted 8-1 to pass an ordinance prohibiting the county from contracting ...
State of Washington DOC Contract-JPay, Amendment No. 5
Publication • July 13, 2017
Filed under: JPay, Inc., Private Phone Contractors
, Department of Corrections, hereinafter referred to as “Department,” and JPay, Inc., hereinafter referred to as the “Contractor,” for the purpose of amending the above-referenced Contract, heretofore entered ...
State of Washington DOC Contract-JPay, Amendment No. 6
Publication • July 1, 2017
Filed under: JPay, Inc., Private Phone Contractors
State of Washington DOC Contract-JPay, Amendment No. 6 State of Washington Department of Corrections This Amendment Contract No. K8262 Amendment No. 6 is made by the state of Washington, Department of Corrections, hereinafter referred to as Department, for the purpose of unilaterally amending the abovereferenced Contract, heretofore entered into between …
Vera Institute of Justice - Closing the Distance The Impact of Video Visits in Washington State Prisons, 2017
Publication • 2017
Filed under: JPay, Inc., Visiting, Video Visitation
Vera Institute of Justice - Closing the Distance The Impact of Video Visits in Washington State Prisons, 2017 August 2017 Closing the Distance The Impact of Video Visits in Washington State Prisons Léon Digard, Jessi LaChance, and Jennifer Hill This study was supported by Award Number 2012-IJ-CX-0035, awarded by the …
DOC v. Muul et al, WA, Order granting Plf Mot for PI, inmates FOIA requests to JPay denied, 2016
Brief • April 15, 2016
Filed under: JPay, Inc., Disclosure of Records, Public Records, Freedom of Information Act, Public Records Act
DOC v. Muul et al, WA, Order granting Plf Mot for PI, inmates FOIA requests to JPay denied, 2016
Medication Discontinuation by Private Medical Vendor Affects Administration of Justice
Article • March 7, 2016
Filed under: CONMED, Government Misconduct, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Private Contractors
non-psychotropic medications. He then went into the care of KCJ’s medical contractor, Conmed. It had a “bridge” policy that allowed continuation of psychotropic medications for 14 days ...
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