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) and their privateprison contractor, the GEO Group, for their lies to the court and “abominable performance” in protecting immigrant detainees from COVID-19 at the Mesa Verde Detention Center near
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Rivas v. Jennings, CA, Order, COVID Negligence, 2020 Case 3:20-cv-02731-VC Document 867 Filed 12/03/20 Page 1 of 26 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ANGEL DE JESUS ZEPEDA RIVAS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DAVID JENNINGS, et al., Case No. 20-cv-02731-VC ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR SECOND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Re: …
for the Third Circuit reinstated some of the claims brought by a couple seeking permission to marry, one of whom is an immigration detainee being held in a privateprison operated by GEO, under contract
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, spawning a number of wrongful death lawsuits that claimed rampant understaffing had created a dangerous environment for prisoners and guards. In 2008, CommunityEducationCenters (CEC) took over the GWH
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Suarez v. GEO Group, NM, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2020 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE ("Agreement") is enteted into by Osvaldo Suatez, DOB 02/15/1983, SSN 429 .. 53~4354 ("Plaintiff' or "Releasor") and The GEO Group; Inc,, (hereinafter "GEO" or "Releasee" or "Defendant"). ''GEO," "Releasee" and …
– just over 8 percent of the people incarcerated in America.
GEO Group and CoreCivic responded by teaming with Management and TrainingCorporation (MTC), another company that operates correctional
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under 42 U.S.C § 1395y, as well
as the entitlement of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") to subrogation
and intervention, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1395y(b)(2) to recover any overpayment
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Justice Department and GEO Group Challenge California’s Ban on PrivatePrison and Detention Facilities
by Matthew Clarke
by Matt Clarke
On January 24, 2020, the United States Department
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OSVALDO SUAREZ,
Plaintiff,
v.
No. 2:20-cv-00541-SMV-GBW
THE GEO GROUP, INC. d/b/a LEA COUNTY
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, WARDEN DWAYNE
SANTISTEVAN, in his individual capacity,
CENTURION CORRECTIONAL HEALTHCARE
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facility
that GEO Group, Management & TrainingCorporation, CoreCivic, Corizon, or Centurion, or
any of their subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively "private New Mexico corrections companies"
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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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not
ensure that all of GEO’s transportation officers had
completed training courses as required by federal law
for employees of privateprisonertransportcompanies.
Consequently, transportation officers were
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GEO Jail in New York City Sees Rapid Spread of Coronavirus by A GEO Group-run jail in Queens, New York City, saw coronavirus cases surge in the facility in May 2020. The 222-bed medium/minimum-security federal Queens Detention Facility, New York City’s only privately run jail, reported 25 prisoners and 10 …
of consequences.”
Kowalkowski continued to work with DOC prisoners after the DOC replaced Corizon with Centurion in 2016 because he subcontracted with both companies. In 2019, the DOC awarded its prisoner
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Exhibit C: Response from Management & TrainingCorporation; Exhibit D: Response from GEO Group.
For example, some of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in the country happened in communities with privateprison
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, and reentry facilities. The GEO Group,
Inc. has built a reputation and goodwill on its commitment to respecting the human rights of
Pursuant to this Court’s CM/ECF Administrative Procedures and the Office
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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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GEO Group, Largest PrivatePrison Contractor, Cranks Up Political Contributions During Trump Years
by Michael Fortino, Ph.D
by Michael Fortino, Ph.D.
In August 2016, just after an Obama
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hereto Plaintiff Jeremy D. Smith was an in mate incarcerated under the
authority of the New Mexico Department of Corrections.
4. De fendant The GEO Group, Inc. is the privatecontractor which provides all
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