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of Columbia. Its donations totaled $184,983.
CorrectionalServicesCorp. (CSC), which was acquired by GEO after the study period, oversaw 8,000 prisoners in six states. CSC ponied up $128,390 in seven states
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Continue While State Appeals].
At the time, NCCF was only housing 1,068 Indiana prisoners. Then a privateprison company in Texas cancelled its contract to hold 1,500 Arizona prisoners. With a prison
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“Please Rip Us Off” Florida Officials Tell PrivatePrison Companies
by David Reutter
"Please Rip Us Off" Florida Officials Tell PrivatePrison Companies
by David M. Reutter
Despite having
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day, she was raped in retaliation for complaining. She had also alleged that the privatecontractor's (GEO) guards had "physically and psychologically beat her down," causing her to relapse into a state
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Colorado Investigates Former Prison Director for Malfeasance Following State Audit
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The Colorado State Auditor completed a review of the state's privateprison contracts in November 2006
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. Reutter
Despite recent scandals and a new privatecontractor, the Florida Civil Commitment Center (FCCC) is still a facility with little direction other than as a confinement center to warehouse sex
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Armor's Chief Executive Officer, Doyle H. Moore, had founded PrisonHealthServices (PHS) in 1978. According to a 2005 New York Times article, "Prison Health proved adept at integrating itself with local
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environmental stuff. We?re mostly working on Corrections stuff.?
In 2003 Allen was chairman of the House Corrections Committee. Even then he was active in lobbying out-of-state for privateprison interests
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million captive customers, and it is a "growth industry." Privateprisontransportcompanies, medical and psychological, telephone, food and commissary services are reaping ever-increasing profits from
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PrivatePrison Companies Bilk Florida Taxpayers Out of Millions
by David Reutter
by David M. Reutter
From its inception, privatization of Florida prisons has been touted as a way to save
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PrivatePrison Corporation Not Entitled to 11th Amendment or Sovereign Immunity
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PrivatePrison Corporation Not Entitled to 11th Amendment or Sovereign
Immunity
The U.S. Northern
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several letters to government officials regarding prison mismanagement by
WCC. Elliott was suspended without pay from the privateprison where he
was employed and was never allowed to return to work
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Wackenhut is a State Actor for Section 1983 Liability by Wackenhut is a State Actor for Section 1983 Liability The Wackenhut Corporation and its employees are "state actors" under § 1983 with respect to their operation of a jail under contract with the state. The plaintiff's allegation that a nurse …
$2,500 Awarded in Pennsylvania False Arrest Claim by The plaintiff in this case alleged that Wackenhut Corrections Corporation falsely imprisoned him due to mistaken identity, and failed to immediately release him when it was informed of the mistake by a parole officer. Plaintiff was stopped for a traffic violation in …
Right-To-Sue Letter Not Required For ADEA Claims by The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York held that Title VII procedural requirements mandate that a claimant obtain a right-to-sue letter from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), but a right-to-sue letter is not necessary for actions …
the program will work and sees it as a future commodity.
?Once we put a dollar amount on it we can market it,? she said.
Dr. John E. Barnett of PrisonHealthServices Inc. (PHS) points out that prisoners
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of a prisoner who was murdered at a privateprison operated by the Geo Group (formerly Wackenhut Corrections). The Florida-based company was spun off from Wackenhut's parent corporation in 2003 [see PLN, June
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HealthServices (PHS), EMSA and CorrectionalHealthServices all of which have horrendous track records of sacrificing prisoner health and safety in pursuit of larger profits executive compensation
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Floridas Civil Commitment Center Under Funded and Out-of-Control by David Reutter Floridas Civil Commitment Center Under Funded and Out-of-Control by David M. Reutter When first created in 1999, Florida's Civil Commitment Center (FCCC) was hyped as a place to house sexually violent predators for protection of the public while providing …
Private Geo Prison in Texas Rocked By Prisoner Abuse, Disturbance and Escape
by Matthew Clarke
by Matthew T. Clarke
Recently, the Newton County Correctional Center (NCCC), a privateprison
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