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California Plans to End Out-of-State Prisoner Transfers
Loaded on July 15, 2012
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2012, page 28
by David M. Reutter
Filed under:
Out of State Transfers,
Private Prisons,
Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic,
Overcrowding.
Location:
California.
On November 8, 2010, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) issued a press release announcing that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) intended to award a new contract to the company, “to manage up to 3,256 offenders at CCA’s Crowley County Correctional Facility in Olney …
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- Audits Identify Problems with Michigan Prisoner ReEntry Initiative, by David Reutter
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- California U.S. District Court Holds that Prop. 9 Does Not Supersede Previously-Issued Injunction Regarding Parole Revocation Procedures, by John Dannenberg
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- PLN Lawsuit Ends No-Publication Policy at Washington Jail, Results in $180,000 Settlement
- California Plans to End Out-of-State Prisoner Transfers, by David Reutter
- Texas Prison System Increases Prisoners’ Monthly Phone Minutes, by Matthew Clarke
- Oklahoma Taxpayers Foot $13.5 Million Settlement Bill for Sexual Abuse by Jailers, by David Reutter
- California Prisoners Seek End to Long-Term Segregation, Oppressive SHU Conditions
- Maryland DOC Rescinds Ban on Prisoner’s Book
- Missouri Court Finds Prisoner Phone Contract Bidding Process Unfair
- Alabama Prison Guards Charged in Prisoner’s Murder
- Another Oregon Prison Food Manager Accused of Misconduct
- Michigan Introduces Tasers to Prison System, by David Reutter
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- Video Shows Guards Watched as Oklahoma Detainee Died in Cell, July 1, 2026. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death).
- After Spoliation Sanction, CoreCivic Settles Suit Over Suicide in New Mexico ICE Lockup, July 1, 2026. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Discovery, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides.
- Wisconsin State Prison Population Approaches Record High, July 1, 2026. Statistics/Trends, Overcrowding, Staffing, Pardons/Clemency, Reduction of Prison Population.
- CoreCivic’s Long Record of Abuse and Neglect in Tennessee, June 1, 2026. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Systemic Medical Neglect, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
- Alabama Prison Warden Reportedly Arrested and Walked Off Job, June 1, 2026. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Government Misconduct.
- $5 Million Paid by Colorado County for Jail Detainee’s “Gruesome” Death from Untreated Ulcer; Claims Proceeding Against Southern Health Partners, June 1, 2026. Private Prisons, Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors, Failure to Treat, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights.
- Colorado DOC Allows Some Prisoners Convicted of Sex Crimes to be Released While Delaying Parole Consideration for Others, June 1, 2026. DOC/BOP misconduct, Overcrowding, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Sex Offender Treatment, De Facto Life Sentence.
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