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was recaptured living in a wooded area in Arkansas in late January 2016. His escape was the latest in a slew of problems at the 281-bed facility, which is operated by New Jersey-based CommunityEducationCenters
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ICE Bans Crayons in Family Detention Center Visiting Area by Prisoners who cause property damage in correctional facilities often receive swift punishment. It was no different for the very young prisoners held in one of the United States’ most controversial detention centers. Housed with their immigrant mothers in the GEO …
Amended and Restated Facility Operation and Management Agreement
(hereinafter "Addendum") is entered into by anµ between KINNEY COUNTY, TEXAS (hereinafter
"County") arid COMMUNITYEDUCATIONCENTERS, INC
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the Management & TrainingCorporation. (A third MTC prison was recently shut down after prisoners ransacked it in a protest.) Except for a prison largely used to house prisoners from Washington, DC, these 11
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a privateprison contractor in the death of a pretrial detainee at a Texas jail.
Mario Garcia was confined at the Brooks County Detention Center, operated by LCS Corrections Services, Inc. (LCS). He
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Former Warden, Sheriff, Justice of the Peace Charged in Texas Corruption Scandal by Matthew Clarke Elberto Esquiel Bravo, 55, the former warden at the East Hidalgo County Detention Center, was arrested in January 2015 and charged with acting as an accessory after the fact in a conspiracy to bribe Hidalgo …
prison located in Raymondville, Texas that was operated by Utah-based Management and TrainingCorporation (MTC). The facility primarily housed criminal immigrant prisoners for the federal Bureau of Prisons
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COMPLAINT
Plaintiff Willacy County Local Government Corporation (the “County” or “Plaintiff”) files
this Original Complaint against Management & TrainingCorporation (“MTC”) and complains and
alleges
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Grassroots Leadership Inc. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, TX, Judgment, Denying MSJ, 2016 ;::•cc-' in Th; District Court cf Travis County, Texas ('(j ·f?r DEC 2 2016 No. D-1-GN-15-004336 At M. Velva L. P ce, District Clerk GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, § § § § …
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Medical care at the facility was provided by Tennessee-based CorrectCareSolutions, LLC, which was also criticized by the BOP OIG report for its persistent short-staffing, which raised Correct-Cares
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PrivatePrisons Are a Risky Business for Local Governments
by Matthew Clarke
Local governments in Texas and across the nation are bearing high costs for building privateprisons that are now
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Texas Federal Jury Awards $2.25 Million in PrivatePrison Medical Neglect Case
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On October 24, 2012, a Texas federal jury awarded $2.25 million to the survivors of a federal prisoner who
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that it want out of its contract for prisonerhealthservices due to escalating costs and mounting losses. In response, the Texas Legislature authorized the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to explore
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Sale of Texas PrivatePrison Falls Through
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The City of Littlefield, Texas sold the Bill Clayton Detention Center (BCDC) at an auction, but the deal fell through. The BCDC is a 363-bed
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. § 1983.
“Billy Rosborough is a prisoner of the Bradford State Jail, a Texas prison owned and operated by…Management and TrainingCorporation (MTC), a privateprison-management
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Avalon Demands Texas Remove Civilly Committed From Halfway Houses
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In the latest controversy surrounding the beleaguered Texas Office of Violent Sex Offender Management (OVSOM), the agency
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, a privateprison company, to operate the Kerrville State Hospital. GEO Care, a GEO Group subsidiary, was the only company to submit a bid after bid proposals for privatizing state hospitals were requested
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by ten 200-foot-long Kevlar tents. Three flags fly near the front gate: the
Texas flag, the U.S. flag, and a flag emblazoned with the logo of Management and
TrainingCorporation (MTC), the privateprison
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