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MTC Shuts Down Texas Jail by On September 30, 2024, Utah-based Management & Training Corp. (MTC) ended its contract to operate the Giles W. Dalby Correctional Facility in Garza County, Texas. The lockup is owned by the county, which confirmed that most of some 170 employees were out of work. …
MTC Returns $5.125 Million to Mississippi for “Ghost Workers” at PrivatePrisons
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Utah-based Management & TrainingCorporation (MTC) announced on September 18, 2023, that it returned
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MTC Accused of Parole Programming Scam at Texas Prisons
by Kevin Bliss
by Kevin W. Bliss
Utah-based Management and TrainingCorporation (MTC) faces allegations of breach of contract in Texas
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demand for payment of $1.9 million to Utah-based privateprison operator Management and TrainingCorporation (MTC) for violating its contractual agreement to fully staff the Marshall County Correctional
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Three Killed in Gang Activity at Mississippi PrivatePrisons Plus High-Profile Escape, But Only One MTC Guard Arrested
by Kevin Bliss
by Kevin Bliss
Though a state investigation concluded
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ABA’s PrivatePrisons Prophecy Comes to Pass
by Edward Lyon
by Ed Lyon
Prison populations exploded in every state across the country during the 1980s and ‘90s. It was during
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democracy.
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The HRDC, a nonprofit journalism and advocacy organization, brings this action under
IPRA to compel production of records maintained or controlled by Management &
TrainingCorporation
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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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Tenth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of New Mexico Prisoner’s First Amendment Claims by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Monte Whitehead was incarcerated at the Otero County Prison Facility in New Mexico, operated by for-profit contractor Management & Training Corp. (MTC). He filed suit in state court raising various claims under the …
prison to maintain control of the facility.
That was one finding of a December 2018 internal audit by Management & TrainingCorporation (MTC) at the Wilkinson County Correctional Facility (WCCF), which
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, "Find a Facility,"
http://www.corecivic.com/facilities; Management and TrainingCorporation, "U.S. Locations,"
https://www.mtctrains.com/corrections/.
Privateprisons have a questionable record
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detention per day, while the Management and TrainingCorporation (MTC) holds
close to 2,000.5 These companies run over 200 federal, state, and local corrections and detention
facilities. 6
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Florida PrivatePrisons Seek $4 Million for Employee Raises
by David Reutter
by David M. Reutter
In a show of continued support for privately-operated prisons, the Florida legislature
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Letter: Senators Schatz, Gillibrand, Harris and Murray and Congressmen Nadler and Lee address Inspector General Michael Horowitz, BOP standards of employee conduct, re: Frank Lara, 2018
Texas Towns with PrivatePrisons Experience Job Losses
by Matthew Clarke
by Matthew Clarke
Over a decade ago, with the promise of cost savings as well as stable jobs for the community, local
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) and Management & TrainingCorporation (MTC) spent at least $812,500 to lobby federal officials during the first quarter of 2018. And they’ve hired a cast of lobbyists who have passed through
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, management and sale of five specific prisons.
Management and TrainingCorporation (MTC) and Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) took advantage of the provision. MTC contracted to operate and manage North
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detention facility in New Mexico was closed once the bonds were converted to taxable status.
Otero County issued $62.3 million in tax-free revenue bonds in 2007 to finance the construction of an Immigration
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Florida Lawmaker Visits Prisons, Audits PrivatePrison Contracts
by David Reutter
by David Reutter
In prison after prison across the state, over a period of two years, Florida state
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