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U.S. Department of Justice Finds Fault with Privatized Federal Prisons
Privately-operated federal prisons, also known as contract prisons, have more violence, use-of-force incidents and contraband seizures than facilities run by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), among other findings in an August 2016 report by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG).
The 86-page report examined ...
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More from this issue:
- Apples-to-Fish: Public and Private Prison Cost Comparisons, by Alex Friedmann
- U.S. Department of Justice Finds Fault with Privatized Federal Prisons, by Christopher Zoukis
- Alabama Public Service Commission Enacts Prison, Jail Phone Reforms, by David Reutter
- Supreme Court: Sixth Amendment Prevents Pretrial Seizure of Untainted Assets, by Derek Gilna
- New York Prisoner Exonerated after Serving 25 Years
- Oregon Federal Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Release Debit Card Suit, by Derek Gilna
- DOJ Gives $179.7 Million to State Law Enforcement in FY 2016 Grant Funding, by Derek Gilna
- Studies Suggest Parental Incarceration is More Damaging to Children than Death of a Parent, by Christopher Zoukis
- Book Review: The Habeas Citebook: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel (2nd Edition), by Christopher Zoukis
- CCA Prison Not Reporting Valley Fever Cases among Hawaii Prisoners
- Merger of Prisoner Transport Companies Delayed after Objections Filed, by Derek Gilna
- Oregon Post-conviction Judgment Violates State Law, by Mark Wilson
- Sixth Circuit Vacates Denial of Qualified Immunity; Each Defendant’s Conduct Must be Individually Evaluated, by Mark Wilson
- U.S. Office of Special Counsel Assists BOP Whistleblowers, by Derek Gilna
- Chicago Police Detective Accused of Brutality Used Similar Techniques at Guantanamo, by Derek Gilna
- Conservatives Try to Co-opt Criminal Justice Reform, by Matthew Clarke
- There is Talk of Prison Reform, but for the 150,000 People in Prison for Life, There is No Reform on the Horizon
- Presidential Candidates’ Current and Past Positions on Criminal Justice Issues, by Joe Watson
- First Unconditional Release from Minnesota’s Sex Offender Program
- Federal Court Finally Ends Oversight at Fulton County Jail, by David Reutter
- Corporations, Colleges and Cities Dump Private Prison Stock, by Joe Watson
- Eleventh Circuit Upholds Alabama DOC Short Hair Policy Following Remand from Supreme Court
- Federal Judge Clears Way for Civil Rights Suit in Oklahoma Jail Death
- Seventh Circuit: Jailhouse Lawyer’s Help No Reason to Deny Appointment of Counsel, by Gary Hunter
- Second Chance Pell Pilot Program Will Bring College to 12,000 Prisoners
- Class-action Suit Filed Against GEO Group for Violation of Job Applicants’ Rights
- Judge Orders End to Recording of Attorney-Client Meetings at CCA’s Leavenworth Detention Center, by Derek Gilna
- South Carolina Sheriff Fires Whistleblower Instead of Jailer Who Assaulted Prisoner, by Matthew Clarke
- Third Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in Restraint Chair Case, by Mark Wilson
- Exonerated Prisoner Appointed to Connecticut’s Parole Board, by Christopher Zoukis
- Los Angeles County Settles Jail Suicide Suit for $1.6 Million
- Federal Civil Procedure Rule 15 is Substantive, Not Chronological in Application
- Drastic Sentence Reduction for Mentally Ill Former Tamms Prisoner, by Matthew Clarke
- Private Medical Contractors in Kentucky Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity
- Wisconsin: Wrongfully Convicted Former Prisoner Receives $6.5 Million
- Ninth Circuit: Congress Can Criminalize Federal Sex Crimes Committed in State Facilities, by Mark Wilson
- Illinois: Exonerated Prisoner Calls $80,000 Award a Travesty, Retrial Ordered, by Gary Hunter
- New Orleans Sheriff Ends Oversight of Electronic Monitoring Program, by David Reutter
- Wisconsin Prison Enters into Consent Decree to Correct Tainted Water, by Derek Gilna
- Oregon Habeas Cognizable to Challenge Confinement in Florida and Colorado under Interstate Compact
- Massachusetts’ Anti-shackling Law Limits Restraints on Pregnant Prisoners but Problems Persist, by Joe Watson
- GEO Group Still Invests in Florida Politics
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- News in Brief
More from Christopher Zoukis:
- The Contraband Wars Prison authorities target books and mail, miss the goods coming through the staff door, July 1, 2021
- Trump v. Biden on Criminal Justice, Oct. 1, 2020
- Coronavirus in Prison: The Cruel Reality, Aug. 1, 2020
- With Lives of Immigrant Detainees at Risk to COVID-19, Federal Judge Forces ICE’s Hand, July 1, 2020
- A Nation on the Brink, June 15, 2020
- Federal Court Slams Michigan Jail for Bungling COVID-19 Pandemic, Demands Names of Vulnerable Prisoners for Release, June 1, 2020
- Silence: The Bureau of Prisons’ Pathetic Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, June 1, 2020
- New York Judge Orders Release of 18 Rikers Island Detainees Due to COVID-19 Risk, June 1, 2020
- Coronavirus: A Nationwide Survey of the Push for Early Release as Pandemic Fears Grow, May 1, 2020
- California Three-Judge Court Denies Emergency Motion to Reduce Prison Population During Pandemic, May 1, 2020
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- Prison Profiteers Ready to Help Trump Make Good on Deportation Threats, Feb. 15, 2025. GEO Group/Wackenhut, Government Misconduct, Deportation/Removal/Exclusion, Police/Govt Misconduct.
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