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Article • April 15, 2011
$250,000 Settlement in Florida Auto Accident Claim Against Geo by The Geo Group paid $250,000 to settle an auto accident claim. The settlement came in a lawsuit filed by Elsworth Noel Seals. In her complaint, Seals alleged that on March 1, 2006. While approaching an intersection in her vehicle in …
Florida Department of Corrections and Wackenhut Corrections Corporation Paid $35,000 Settlement in Discrimination Lawsuit by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation and the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) paid $35,000 to settle a discrimination and retaliatory practices lawsuit. In his civil complaint, ex-FDOC senior psychologist Majid A. Shams, who is of Iranian descent, …
Article • April 15, 2011
GEO Group Car Accident Settlement by The GEO Group Inc. paid $20,000 to settle a car accident suit with injuries. In his complaint, plaintiff Keven Freeze claimed on May 1, 2006, that Harold Eades, an employee of the GEO Group, was operating a motor vehicle in a reckless manner causing …
Wackenhut Corrections Corporation Paid $29,900 to Settle Sexual Harassment Lawsuit by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation paid $29,900 to settle a lawsuit claiming sexual harassment. In her complaint, Marsha Senatti claims fellow Wackenhut employee Lee Jackson did unlawfully touch, in a sexual manner, her private parts and genitalia, including “rubbing his penis …
Article • April 15, 2011
Wackenhut Pays $32,500 in Negligence Lawsuit by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation paid $32,500 to settle a negligence lawsuit filed by Florida prisoner Michael Wyzykowski. In his complain, Wyzykowski claimed he was ordered to cut “maiden cane” with a weed whacker that was altered by Wackenhut guards, replacing the original head and …
Article • April 15, 2011
Wackenhut Settles Wrongful Death Suit for $300,000 by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation paid $300,000 to settle a wrongful death suit filed by the minor children of prisoner Lisa Ann Lowdermilk. The complaint alleged that while at Broward County work release, Lowdermilk died due to the negligence of Wackenhut employees Kenneth Day, …
Magistrate’s Recommendations Accepted in Texas Mental Health Case by On May 19, 2009, A U.S. Magistrate Judge filed his recommendations in a complaint brought by Miroslava Rodriguez-Grava (Rodriguez) and Iaias Vasquez Cisneros De Jesus (De Jesus) for their treatment while they were detained at the South Texas Detention Complex (STDC). …
Article • April 15, 2011 • from PLN April, 2011
GEO Group Acquires Electronic Monitoring Firm for $415 Million by David Reutter by David M. Ruetter The GEO Group, the nation’s second-largest private prison company, announced on December 21, 2010 that it will pay $415 million in an all-cash deal to acquire Behavioral Interventions, Inc. (BI). The purchase allows GEO …
Legacy of Corruption: GEO Buys Off the Florida Political Establishment by Beau Hodai U.S. Senator Marco Rubio’s unsettling history of extremely close ties to private prison operator GEO Group and the possible federal investigation into Florida’s private prison giveaway of more than $120 million Newly minted U.S. Senator Marco Rubio …
New Mexico Corrections Secretary Lets Private Prison Firms Skate on Understaffing, Forgoes $18.6 Million in Fines by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Former New Mexico Corrections Secretary Joe R. Williams did not pursue contractual penalties against Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) or GEO Group despite chronic understaffing by the two …
Florida: Cost Savings and Benefits of Prison Privatization Non-Existent by David Reutter by David M. Reutter “Florida’s experience with privatized prisons raises serious questions about whether the taxpayers are getting their money’s worth,” concludes an April 2010 policy brief report released by the Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy. …
Publication • March 1, 2011
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut
Progressive Discipline - Policy Manual, GEO Group, 2011 POLICY and PROCEDURE MANUAL NUMBER: 3.2.8 CHAPTER: Human Resources SUPERSEDES: TITLE: Progressive Discipline NEW EFFECTIVE: ACA STANDARDS: 03/01/11 PURPOSE Progressive Discipline is a process by which employees are made aware that an opportunity for improvement exists, and supervisors follow a course of …
Is Operation Streamline a Billion Dollar Give-away to the Private Prison Industry? by Bob Libal A new “green paper” released on July 19, 2010, entitled Operation Streamline: Drowning Justice and Draining Dollars along the Rio Grande, takes a look at the impact of Operation Streamline on the private prison industry. …
New U.S. Marshals Director Confirmed Despite Conflict of Interest with Private Prison Companies by On December 21, 2010, just days before recessing for the holidays, the U.S. Senate confirmed Stacia Hylton as director of the U.S. Marshals Service in spite of opposition by a coalition of human rights, citizens’ advocacy …
Ninth Circuit Holds Private Prison Companies Can Be Sued Under Bivens for Violating Federal Prisoner’s Rights by Derek Gilna On June 7, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that Richard Lee Pollard, a prisoner in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at …
Private Prison Companies Behind the Scenes of Arizona’s Immigration Law by Beau Hodai “Beside my brothers and my sisters, I’ll proudly take a stand. When liberty’s in jeopardy, I’ll always do what’s right. I’m out here on the frontline, sleep in peace tonight. American soldier, I’m an American soldier...” So …
Article • November 15, 2010
Take Action to Oppose the Nomination of Stacia Hylton to Direct the U.S. Marshals! by Alex Friedmann TIME SENSITIVE! Call to Action on opposing the Hylton nomination! On November 9, 2010, a coalition of organizations -- including the Alliance for Justice, Human Rights Defense Center, Private Corrections Working Group, Grassroots …
Publication • October 27, 2010
Kinney County, Amended Agreement (GEO, CEC), 2010 (__ AMENDED AND RESTATED FACILITY OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT This Amended and Restated Facility Operation and Management Agreement (hereinafter "Agreement'') is entered into by and between KINNEY COUNTY, TEXAS (hereinafter "County11) and COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTERS, INC., (hereinafter called 11 0perator11) to become effective …
Brief • October 22, 2010
Allison v. GEO Group, PA, Order granting Settlement, strip search, 2010 10/20/2010 18:08 2158511420 REED SMITH 26 S Case 2:08-cv-00467-JD Document 74 Filed 10/22/10 Page 1 of 2 PAGE IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA PENNY ALLISON and ZORAN HOCEVAR, individually and on behalf …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
$2.9 Million Settlement in Suit against GEO over Suspicionless Strip Searches by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 20, 2010, a $2.9 million settlement was reached in a Pennsylvania federal civil rights lawsuit against GEO Group for performing suspicionless strip searches of people arrested for minor, non-violent, non-drug offenses. …
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