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Flurry of Escapes Emphasizes Prisoners' Desperation

Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008

Filed under: Classification, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Industries, Prison Labor, Sanctions (Disciplinary Hearings), Prison/Jail Murders, Escapes, Premises Liability, Suicides

Flurry of Escapes Emphasizes Prisoners' Desperation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Last September produced a bumper crop of prison and jail escapes around the country, including a desperate escape by two Texas prisoners that resulted in the death of a guard, a car jacking and two shootouts. Plus a …

9th Circuit Holds § 1997e(a) Applies to Private Prisons; Magazine Confiscation Is a “Prison Condition”

Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Physical Injury Rule, Prisoner Property, Mail, Publications/Books

9th Circuit Holds § 1997e(a) Applies to Private Prisons; Magazine Confiscation Is a “Prison Condition” by 9th Circuit Holds § 1997e(a) Applies to Private Prisons; Magazine Confiscation ...

Private Geo Prison in Texas Rocked By Prisoner Abuse, Disturbance and Escape

Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Rebellion, Escapes, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas

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 private prison ...

Idaho's Prison Labor Scandal

Article • March 15, 2002 • from PLN March, 2002

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Prison Industries, Prison Labor, Legal Mail

in that private prison than he's seen the whole five years he's been in. He says the brutality is horrible. It's a harsh, harsh life." In recent years, a variety of other, alarming revelations have beset ...

Work Stoppage at Idaho CCA Prison

Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Organizing, Work Strikes, Grooming Rules, Telephone Rates

Work Stoppage at Idaho CCA Prison by Five weeks after it opened, the Idaho Correctional Center (ICC), went on lockdown following a non-violent protest by prisoners there. Corrections Corporation of America operates the $50 million 1,250-bed prison. In early July 2000, CCA began moving Idaho prisoners from its New Mexico …

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