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Texas Audit of GEO Hospital Contract, TX Auditor's Office, 2015 An Audit Report on John Keel, CPA State Auditor Procurement for Terrell State Hospital Operations at the Health and Human Services Commission and the Department of State Health Services March 25, 2015 Members of the Legislative Audit Committee: The Health …
industry is CommunityEducationCenters (CEC), a New Jersey-based for-profit company that manages jails, prisons and transitional centers throughout the United States. The firm operates six large halfway
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had held that a privateprison company was required to comply with the state’s public records law, joining decisions by courts in Tennessee, Florida and Vermont. [See: PLN, July 2013, p.42; June
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Medical Neglect Killing Prisoners at CCA-Run Texas Prison? by Matthew Clarke Medical Neglect Killing Prisoners at CCA-Run Texas Prison? by Matthew Clarke Family members and former Dawson State Jail prisoners are alleging medical neglect led to the recent deaths of two prisoners at the Corrections Corporation of America …
Doe v. CCA, TX, Complaint, Jail Sexual Assault, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-00840 Document 1 Filed 09/03/14 Page 1 of 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DIVISION JOHN DOE, Plaintiff v. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, EDUARDO CARMONA, and OFFICER JOHN ROE § § § § § § § …
been fired in the wake of allegations that the chief of security sexually assaulted a female prisoner at the facility. The 285-bed jail is operated by the New Jersey-based CommunityEducationCenters
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$2.25 Million Jury Verdict against LCS in Texas Prisoner Death Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 24, 2012, a federal jury in Texas awarded $2.25 million to the estate and survivors of a prisoner who died at a facility operated by LCS Corrections Services (LCS), after finding …
. [See: PLN, June 2013, p.46]. Such records would have been made public had the jail been operated by a government agency.
“This is one of the many failings of privateprisons,” said PLN
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and Restated Facility Operation and
Management Agreement (hereinafter "Addendum") is entered into by and between KINNEY
COUNTY, TEXAS (hereinafter 11 County11) and COMMUNITYEDUCATIONCENTERS,
INC., (hereinafter
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U.S.C. § 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 corporation
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twelve guards and a cook who were employed by privateprison company CommunityEducationCenters (CEC) at the Ector County Correctional Center (ECCC) in Odessa, Texas. The ECCC holds about 235 prisoners
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CCA Warden's Title VII Claims Dismissed by When a Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) facility warden failed to establish a discriminatory practice, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the summary judgment dismissing the Title VII claims. After being promoted to warden at a new CCA facility: Red Rock Correctional …
LaSalle Corrections: A Family-Run Prison Firm
by Matthew Clarke
by Matt Clarke
Unique circumstances have combined to make northern Louisiana a prime location for privateprisons
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funding, citing potential losses of up to $3 million a month and stating, “it is our intent to cease the delivery of correctionalhealthservices.” [See: PLN, April 2012, p.24]. The Texas
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Agreement
(hereinafter "Agreement") is entered into by and between KINNEY COUNTY, TEXAS
(hereinafter "County") and COMMUNITYEDUCATIONCENTERS, INC., (hereinafter called
"Operator")
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, March 2011, p.34].
The privateprison project had a promising start. Littlefield initially contracted with CorrectionalServicesCorp. to run the facility. After the Texas Youth Commission stopped using
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facilities and the privatecontractors like CCA who run them, and tragedies like this are the unfortunate result,” said ACLU Deputy Legal Director Vanita Gupta.
“It is long past time to close the book
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Alfano v. CCA, TX, Complaint, inmate death diabetes, 2011 Case 3:11-cv-01006-P Document 1 Filed 05/16/11 Page 1 of 21 PageID 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS DALLAS DIVISION LEON ALFANO, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF PAMELA DARLENE WEATHERBY, NELDA ALFANO, DAREN C. …
