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GEO Group Acquires CEC in $360 Million Deal
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In an all-cash transaction that closed on April 6, 2017, privateprison firm the GEO Group, Inc. acquired New Jersey-based CommunityEducation
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announced its purchase of CommunityEducationCenters (CEC), which operates reentry and treatment facilities. GEO also owns BI, Inc., one of the largest providers of GPS monitoring.
In March 2016, Politico
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interests of CommunityEducationCenters, Inc.
("CEC") that arise under the terms of the Amended and Restated Facility Operation and
Management Agreement dated October 22, 2010, including all amendments
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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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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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are rampant in some halfway houses.
CommunityEducationCenters
The largest private influence in the halfway house system is CommunityEducationCenters (CEC), a West Caldwell, New Jersey company that manages
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at the notorious Logan Hall halfway house to run rampant, including a mass escape of fifteen prisoners.
Although designated a "halfway house," Logan Hall, which is operated by CommunityEducationCenters (CEC
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and other staff against safety and health hazards, including assaults.”
CommunityEducationCenters (CEC) operates a halfway house in Long Beach, California, where state authorities found the company
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The GEO Group
Management & Training Corp.
CommunityEducationCenters
LaSalle Corrections
Emerald Companies
Medical / Mental Health Care
Corizon Health (Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Co.)
Centurion (Centene
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are adequate and the training of their personnel is adequate,” he said.
The George W. Hill Correctional Facility is operated by CommunityEducationCenters (CEC), a private company that took over operation
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, 2012, KINNEY COUNTY, TEXAS (hereafter
"County") and COMMUNITYEDUCATIONCENTERS, INC., a Delaware Corporation d/b/a
CEC Intl., in the State of Texas (hereafter "Operator") entered into a Second Amended
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Amended and Restated Facility
Operation and Management Agreement (hereinafter "Second Addendum") is entered into by
and between KINNEY COUNTY, TEXAS (hereinafter "County") and COMMUNITYEDUCATIONCENTERS
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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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superior court held that CommunityEducationCenters (CEC), a privateprison contractor, was not required to disclose its records under the state’s Open Public Records Act (OPRA), N.J.S.A. § 47:1A
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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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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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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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Agreement
(hereinafter "Agreement") is entered into by and between KINNEY COUNTY, TEXAS
(hereinafter "County") and COMMUNITYEDUCATIONCENTERS, INC., (hereinafter called
"Operator")
to
become
effective
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CommunityEducationCenters Acquires CiviGenics
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In June, 2007, Roseland, New Jersey-based CommunityEducationCenters, Inc, (CEC), the nation’s largest private provider of re-entry
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(hereinafter
"Agreement'') is entered into by and between KINNEY COUNTY, TEXAS (hereinafter "County11)
and COMMUNITYEDUCATIONCENTERS, INC., (hereinafter called 11 0perator11) to become
effective on October 27
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