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Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
New Mexico Riot Raises Questions About Private Prison Company’s Competence by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The police department in Clayton, New Mexico and the state police are investigating a September 23, 2017 incident at the Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility (NENMCF), which grew into the state’s most …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
GEO Group Produces Litigation Documents After HRDC Files Public Records Suit by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis, MBA The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the parent organization of Prison Legal News, prevailed in a lawsuit seeking to force private prison contractor GEO Group to comply with Vermont’s public records law.  …
J.V. V. GEO Group, NM, Amended Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2019 Case 1:19-cv-00559-WJ-SCY Document 2 Filed 06/27/19 Page 1 of 23 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO J.V. Plaintiff, vs. Case No.: 1:19-CV-00559-WJ-SCY THE GEO GROUP, INC., WARDEN MARK BOWEN, and WILLIAM ALLEN, JURY TRIAL …
St. Clair v. GEO Group, NM, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2019 CONFIDENTIAL RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT c,('~Lf.~ 00 FOR THE SQI,,E ~ND ONLY CONSIDERATION OF o~, r USAND DOLLARS and 00/100 Dollars (!;-ffi8e'.'&f) paid to the undersigned Michael St. Clair (hereinafter referred to as "Releasor"), the receipt of …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut
Pennsylvania Town Rejects Private Prison Firm by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Regular readers of Prison Legal News are well aware of the abysmal reputations that private, for-profit prisons have earned. Apparently word travels and people on the outside eventually listen and pay attention to such matters, as the citizens …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
HRDC Files Public Records Suits, Argues GEO Group is a De Facto Public Agency by Steve Horn by Steve Horn The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the parent organization of Prison Legal News, has filed lawsuits in Texas and Vermont arguing that the GEO Group – one of the nation’s …
Letter to CoreCivic, GEO Group, and MTC Re Private Prison Accreditation, May 2019 ELIZABETH WARREN UNITED STATES SENATE WASHINGTON , DC 20510- 2105 P: 202- 224-4543 MASSACHUSETTS COMMITTEES: BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSION? tinitrd ~tatrs ~rnatr ARMED SERVICES 2400 JFK FEDERAL BUILDING 15 NEW SUDBURY …
Letter to DHS on Accreditation, May 2019 ELIZABETH WARREN UNITED STATES SENATE WASH INGTON, DC 20510-2105 P: 202- 224--4543 MASSACHUSETTS COMMITTEE S: BAN KI NG, HOUSIN G, AND URBAN AFFAIRS HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS ~nitrd ~tatt1, ~rnatr ARMED SERVICES 2400 JFK FEDERAL BUILDING 15 NEW SUDBURY STREET BOSTON, MA …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
BOP Official Who Ordered More Prisoners Sent to Private Prisons Hired by GEO Group by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Frank Lara was the Assistant Director of the Correctional Programs Division for the federal Bureau of Prisons when, on January 24, 2018, he sent a memo to all Chief Executive …
Article • May 2, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Vermont Prisoner Sexually Abused at Private Prison in Michigan Receives $750 by Steve Horn by Steve Horn Bernard Carter was incarcerated at the privately-operated North Lake Correctional Facility in Baldwin, Michigan when he alleged a prison nurse coerced him into sexually uncomfortable situations. In a federal lawsuit, Carter v. GEO …
GEO Group, CoreCivic Face Class Actions Alleging Prisoner ‘Slave Labor’ by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna GEO Group, the Florida-based private prison behemoth, and Tennessee corporation CoreCivic, are the targets of several lawsuits alleging that “voluntary” work programs at their facilities violate state minimum-wage laws, as well as the Trafficking …
Teachers’ Unions Divest Stock Holdings in Private Prisons by David Reutter by David Reutter Pension funds for teachers are abandoning their investments in private prisons. The divestures follow an appeal by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the nation’s second-largest teacher’s union, for public pension funds to liquidate their holdings …
California State Retirement Systems Split on Decision to Divest from Private Prisons by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer The Teachers’ Retirement Board of the California State Retirement System (CalSTRS) has decided to get out of private prison investments by dumping CoreCivic and GEO Group stock from its portfolio. About $12 …
Figgs v. Geo Group Inc, IN, Motion, Labor Trafficking, 2019 Case 1:18-cv-00089-TWP-MPB Document 31 Filed 03/29/19 Page 1 of 23 PageID #: 244 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION DAMARCUS FIGGS individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, and DAVID CORBIN individually and on …
Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Reports Cite Poor Leadership in U.S. Marshals Service by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon For aficionados of “U.S. Marshals” and “The Fugitive,” movies staring Tommy Lee Jones, it may come as a shock that art comes nowhere near to a true imitation of life. That was painfully evident in a …
National Consumer Law Center - Commercialized (In)Justice - Consumer Abuses in the Bail And Corrections Industry, 2019 COMMERCIALIZED (IN)JUSTICE CONSUMER ABUSES IN THE BAIL AND CORRECTIONS INDUSTRY NCLC® March 2019 NATIONAL CONSUMER LAW CENTER ® © Copyright 2019, National Consumer Law Center, Inc. All rights reserved. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Brian …
Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Protesters Rally Against Private Prison Contractor GEO Group by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Activists protesting President Trump’s immigration policies are also rallying against a company that profits from immigrant detention: The GEO Group. The activists have been protesting at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities as well …
Shareholder Resolutions Would Stop Private Prison Firms from Housing Separated Immigrant Families by In November 2018, shareholder resolutions were filed with CoreCivic, formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America, and The GEO Group – the nation’s two largest private prison companies – that would prohibit them from housing immigrant detainee …
Article • December 26, 2018
GEO Denied Summary Judgment in Suit Alleging Immigrants Are Employees Under Washington Labor Law by A Washington state federal district court held the GEO Group was not entitled to intergovernmental immunity in a lawsuit alleging it violates the Washington Minimum Wage Act (MWA) at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC). The …
Rios v. The Geo Group, TX, Notice of Removal to Federal Court, Wrongful Death, 2018 Case 7:18-cv-00233 Document 1-2 Filed 12/12/18 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS DIVISION MIDLAND Supplement to JS 44 Civil Cover Sheet Cases Removed from State …
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