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Corizon Faces Suit for Failing to Administer Tube Feedings to Pennsylvania Prisoner
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Christopher Wallace, 30, was arrested on February 12, 2015 on charges of robbing two banks. According
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Nevada Chief Medical Examiner Must Assure Prisoners Receive Healthful Diet by David Reutter The Nevada Supreme Court held a prisoner was entitled to the grant of a writ of mandamus to compel the Nevada's Chief Medical Officer to periodically examine and semi-annually report to the Board of State Prison Commissioners …
and other staff against safety and health hazards, including assaults.”
CommunityEducationCenters (CEC) operates a halfway house in Long Beach, California, where state authorities found the company
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The GEO Group
Management & Training Corp.
CommunityEducationCenters
LaSalle Corrections
Emerald Companies
Medical / Mental Health Care
Corizon Health (Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Co.)
Centurion (Centene
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. This report describes points of tension
between the privatecontractor employees and others in the system, especially corrections officers
(CO) and inmates. Unlike problems traceable to Aramark, structural
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security rounds and inspections.
Officers even performed tasks that were the responsibility of the privatecontractor. For instance,
to remedy unsanitary kitchen conditions, officers at some facilities
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M. Garfinkle
Vice President, Finance
SIGNATURE ON FILE AT FACILITY SUPPORT CENTER
Richard P. Seiter
Executive Vice President/Chief Corrections Officer
SIGNATURE ON FILE AT FACILITY SUPPORT CENTER
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A Failed Privatization Experiment - Aramark & MI DOC, Progress Michigan, 2015
A Failed Privatization Experiment:
Aramark and the Michigan Deparbnent of Corrections
Report Prepared by:
Progress
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and prison officials have been turning to private companies to cut the cost of feeding prisoners. Leading the way in obtaining contracts to feed prisoners is Philadelphia-based Aramark Correctional Services
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Audit Report Recommends Michigan PrivatizePrisoner Food Services
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An audit report of the prisoner food service operations of the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) found
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Florida Prisons End Religious Diet Accommodation by The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has ended a four-year-long program that provided Jewish and Muslim prisoners with meals that satisfy their religious requirements. Originally, the program was aimed solely at Jewish prisoners. Costs and fairness were cited as the factors to end …
Aramark Food Contract with Kentucky under Scrutiny
by David Reutter
by David M. Reutter
An October 2010 report issued by Kentucky’s Auditor of Public Accounts concerning the $12 million food
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while helping unload supplies from an Aramark food service vehicle.
While being held at Lorton Correctional Facility on August 4, 2000, Thomas was working in the kitchen when Cpl. Knox instructed him
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Injuries Sustained From Glass in Food Net D.C. Prisoner $2,000
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On April 28, 2003, Davont Pindle settled his negligence claim against Aramark Corporation and the District of Columbia
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, Oct. 2009, p.36].
In at least one case, Aramark is the dissatisfied contract partner. The company filed suit against CommunityEducationCenters (CEC) in U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania on February
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Prison Video Visitation Expands into For-Profit Market by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Businesses seeking to profit from the exponential expansion of our nation’s prison population are now turning to visitation. Florida-based JPay is implementing its “video-conference visitation” in Indiana’s prison system, while other companies, such as einmate.com, are …
South Dakota: Prisoner May Enforce Third-Party Kosher Meal Obligation by The South Dakota Supreme Court has ruled that a state prisoner can bring a third-party beneficiary claim to enforce a settlement agreement between the South Dakota Department of Corrections (DOC) and another prisoner. Charles E. Sisney, a DOC prisoner, filed …
Florida DOC and Keefe Gouge Prisoners on Commissary Sales by David Reutter by David M. Reutter While the economic downturn has caused the price of goods and commodities to decrease in the free world, the cost of items in Florida’s prison canteens has skyrocketed under a new contract. Florida law …
is prepared.
Taking back food operations from a privatecontractor is “quite unprecedented for a department of corrections,” noted Aramark spokeswoman Sarah Jarvis. In addition to Florida, Aramark has suffered
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the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC), or seeking injunctive relief that would impede Sheriff Kocken’s ability to hire Aramark Corporation as a food service provider for the jail.
The Circuit
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