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After-Action Report - Willacy Co Correctional Facility TX, fBOP, 2015

Publication • December 29, 2016

Filed under: Private Prisons, Management and Training Corporation, Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Corrections Audits, Prison Rebellion, Guard Brutality/Beatings

After-Action Report - Willacy Co Correctional Facility TX, fBOP, 2015 e Th st ve In e tiv ig a Fu nd e Th st ve In e tiv ig a Fu nd e Th st ve In e tiv ig a Fu nd e Th st ve In e tiv …

“This Man Will Almost Certainly Die”

Article • December 8, 2016 • from PLN December, 2016

Filed under: Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Seizures, Private Contractors, War on Drugs, Cost of Prison Systems, Failure to Protect (General), Collateral consequences of prison, Immigration, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Suicides

the Management & Training Corporation. (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 ...

Private Jail Contractor’s Insurance Excludes Coverage of Detainee’s Death

Article • December 8, 2016 • from PLN December, 2016

Filed under: Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Medication, Failure to Treat, Immunity/Liability, Contractor Liability, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Medical Neglect/Malpractice

a private prison 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 ...

Former Warden, Sheriff, Justice of the Peace Charged in Texas Corruption Scandal

Article • December 8, 2016 • from PLN December, 2016

Filed under: Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Judicial Misconduct, Bond Fees

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 …

Private Prison in Texas Closes after Riot Renders it Uninhabitable

Article • December 7, 2016 • from PLN December, 2016

Filed under: Private Prisons, Management and Training Corporation, Prison Rebellion, Conditions of Confinement, Immigration

prison located in Raymondville, Texas that was operated by Utah-based Management and Training Corporation (MTC). The facility primarily housed criminal immigrant prisoners for the federal Bureau of Prisons ...

Willacy V. Management & Training Corp., prison mismanagement complaint, 2016

Brief • December 7, 2016

Filed under: Private Prisons, Totality of Conditions, Overcrowding, Plumbing, Sanitation

COMPLAINT Plaintiff Willacy County Local Government Corporation (the “County” or “Plaintiff”) files this Original Complaint against Management & Training Corporation (“MTC”) and complains and alleges ...

Grassroots Leadership Inc. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, TX, Judgment, Denying MSJ, 2016

Brief • December 2, 2016

Filed under: Private Prisons, Misconduct/Corruption, Government Misconduct, Attorney Fee Awards

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, § § § § …

GEO Texas Immigration Facility Hit for Substandard Health Care and Understaffing

Article • September 6, 2016

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Malpractice, Staffing, Immigration, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

. Medical care at the facility was provided by Tennessee-based Correct Care Solutions, LLC, which was also criticized by the BOP OIG report for its persistent short-staffing, which raised Correct-Cares ...

Private Prisons Are a Risky Business for Local Governments

Article • August 25, 2016

Filed under: Private Prisons

Private Prisons Are a Risky Business for Local Governments by Matthew Clarke Local governments in Texas and across the nation are bearing high costs for building private prisons that are now ...

Texas Federal Jury Awards $2.25 Million in Private Prison Medical Neglect Case

Article • August 24, 2016

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Medication, Seizures, Failure to Treat, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Texas Federal Jury Awards $2.25 Million in Private Prison Medical Neglect Case by On October 24, 2012, a Texas federal jury awarded $2.25 million to the survivors of a federal prisoner who ...

Texas Contracts with Huntsville Hospital for Prisoner Health Care

Article • August 23, 2016

Filed under: Private Contractors

that it want out of its contract for prisoner health services due to escalating costs and mounting losses. In response, the Texas Legislature authorized the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to explore ...

Sale of Texas Private Prison Falls Through

Article • August 22, 2016

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Cost of Prison Systems

Sale of Texas Private Prison Falls Through by 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 ...

Fifth Circuit Says Private Prisons Liable Under § 1983

Article • August 22, 2016

Filed under: Management and Training Corporation, Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings

. § 1983. “Billy Rosborough is a prisoner of the Bradford State Jail, a Texas prison owned and operated by…Management and Training Corporation (MTC), a private prison-management ...

Avalon Demands Texas Remove Civilly Committed From Halfway Houses

Article • August 10, 2016

Filed under: Avalon, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Sex Offender Residence

Avalon Demands Texas Remove Civilly Committed From Halfway Houses by In the latest controversy surrounding the beleaguered Texas Office of Violent Sex Offender Management (OVSOM), the agency ...

Texas Rejects GEO Bid to Privatize State Mental Hospital

Article • August 9, 2016

Filed under: Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Private Contractors

, a private prison 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 ...

Warehoused and Forgotten - Immigrants Trapped in Our Private Prison System, ACLU , 2014

Publication • July 26, 2016

Filed under: Private Prisons, Immigration

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 Training Corporation (MTC), the private prison ...

ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - Bexar County, GEO Central Texas Detention Facility, San Antonio, TX, ICE, 2007

Publication • June 2, 2016

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Corrections Audits, Immigration

ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - Bexar County, GEO Central Texas Detention Facility, San Antonio, TX, ICE, 2007 • _rS. .ffice afDetention and Removal Operations Department of Homeland Security 4'25 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20536 u.s. Immigration and Customs Enforcement September 26, 2007 MEMORANDUM FOR: FROM: John P. Torres …

ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - GEO Karnes County Correctional Center, Karnes City, TX, ICE, 2008

Publication • June 2, 2016

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Corrections Audits, Immigration

ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - GEO Karnes County Correctional Center, Karnes City, TX, ICE, 2008 ICE Detention Standards Compliance Review GEO Karnes County Correctional Center April 8-10 2008 REPORT DATE - April 15, 2008 reative corrections Contract Number: ODT-6-D-000 1 Order Number: HSCEOP-07-F-OIOI6 b6 Executive Vice President Creative Corrections …

ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - GEO Karnes County Correctional Center, Karnes City, TX, ICE, 2009

Publication • June 2, 2016

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Corrections Audits, Immigration

ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - GEO Karnes County Correctional Center, Karnes City, TX, ICE, 2009 ICE Detention Startdards . Compliance eVlew , GEO Karnes County Correctional Center April 7-9, 2009 REPORT DATE-April 14,2009 rea t i v corrections Contract Number: ODT-6-D-OOO I Order Number: HSCEOP-07-F-OI016 Executive Vice President Creative …

ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - GEO Karnes County Correctional Center, Karnes City, TX, ICE, 2007

Publication • June 2, 2016

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Corrections Audits, Immigration

ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - GEO Karnes County Correctional Center, Karnes City, TX, ICE, 2007 a / e (~r.D.etention and Removal Operatiolls .~. Department of Homeland Security 5 I Street, l\'W W'ishington, DC 20536 _k u.s. Immigration and Customs Enforcement April 18, 2007 MEMORANDUM FOR: John P. Torres Director …

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