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CSC: More Misery and Misfortune
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2003
by C.C. Simmons
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2003, page 12
Page 1 of the August 2002 issue of Prison Legal News carried a story about Correctional Services Corporation (CSC), the scandal-ridden private prison outfit beset with self-inflicted troubles. Since that story appeared, CSC's troubles have multiplied. Consider the following:
Filed under:
Staff-Prisoner Assault,
Private Prisons,
Esmor/CSC,
Contractor Misconduct,
State Legislation.
Locations:
Nevada,
New York,
Texas.
Ø In August 2002, a Texas court convicted a CSC Boot ...
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- Settlement Reached in Beating Death of Florida Prisoner
- Ninth Circuit Affirms Constitutionality of RLUIPA
- Habeas Hints, by Kent A. Russell
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Shoot First, Ask Questions Later: The Militarization of Law Enforcement, by Silja JA Talvi
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- Washington DOC Settles Kosher Diet Complaints, by John E Dannenberg
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- CDC Report Outlines Prevention and Control of Hepatitis in Prisons, by John E Dannenberg
- Washington State's Changes to Good Time Laws Benefit Few, by Lonnie Burton
- Military Prisoners Cannot Sue Over Conditions of Confinement
- Georgia Jury Awards $325,000 to Prisoner's Widow in Legal Malpractice Case
- Texas Magistrate Suspended for Verbally Abusing Prisoners
- Canadian Supreme Court Grants Prisoners Right to Vote, by Lonnie Burton
- Justice Department Report Decries Smuggling in Federal Prisons
- The Death Penalty in 2001
- Court Okay Needed Before Housing Mentally Ill Prisoners in California Supermax
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- Gay Visiting Rule Challenged
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- Women Prisoners in Alabama Win Preliminary Injunctive Relief
- Alabama's Women Prisoners Moved to Louisiana to Ease Overcrowding
- The Prison Index: Taking the Pulse of the Crime Control Industry
- News in Brief
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