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Publication • August 10, 2016
Filed under: Private Prisons
Responding to the Growth of the Private Prison Industry in the United States, NCCD, 2011 October 2011 NCCD National Council on Crime and Delinquency Responding to the Growth of the Private Prison Industry in the United States Christopher Hartney Caroline Glesmann October 21, 2011 Submitted to the Public Welfare Foundation …
New Study Details Billions of Dollars Wasted In Immigration Enforcement by Derek Gilna The National Immigration Forum, a well-respected, non-partisan organization based in Washington, D.C., has published its most recent study of national immigration enforcement policies, entitled, “The Math of Immigration Detention: Runaway Cost for Immigration Detention Do Not Add …
Article • August 9, 2016
Nevada Chief Medical Examiner Must Assure Prisoners Receive Healthful Diet by David Reutter The Nevada Supreme Court held a prisoner was entitled to the grant of a writ of mandamus to compel the Nevada's Chief Medical Officer to periodically examine and semi-annually report to the Board of State Prison Commissioners …
Article • August 9, 2016
Texas Rejects GEO Bid to Privatize State Mental Hospital by On October 3, 2012, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) announced that it had rejected a bid by the GEO Group, a private prison company, to operate the Kerrville State Hospital. GEO Care, a GEO Group subsidiary, was …
Report: Private Probation, Prisons Should Be 'Phased Out' in Georgia by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), GEO Group and other for-profit companies must be driven out of Georgia's criminal justice system for it to be fair and effective, the Atlanta-based Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR) argues in a recent …
Publication • August 9, 2016
Effects of Private Prison Confinement in MN on Offender Recidivism, MN DOC, 2013 THE EFFECTS OF PRIVATE PRISON CONFINEMENT IN MINNESOTA ON OFFENDER RECIDIVISM Authors Grant Duwe, Ph.D. Research Director Email: grant.duwe@state.mn.us Valerie Clark, Ph.D. Research Analyst Specialist Email: valerie.clark@state.mn.us 1450 Energy Park Drive, Suite 200 St. Paul, Minnesota 55108-5219 …
Publication • August 9, 2016
Filed under: Private Prisons
Hustle and Flow: Prison Privatization Fueling the Prison Industrial Complex, Fulcher, 2012 FULCHER FINAL (DO NOT DELETE) 6/10/2012 2:43 PM Hustle and Flow: Prison Privatization Fueling the Prison Industrial Complex Patrice A. Fulcher* ABSTRACT The Prison Industrial Complex (“PIC”) is a profiteering system fueled by the economic interests of private …
Publication • August 9, 2016
Alternatives for Financing Prison Facilities, Association of State Correctional Administrators, 1999 Association of State Correctional Administrators Alternatives for Financing Prison Facilities 213 Court Street • Middletown, CT 06457 • (860) 704-6410 Alternatives for Financing Prison Facilities Prepared by Brown & Wood LLP 1999 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................... iii …
Publication • August 9, 2016
Roadblocks to Reform - Perils of Georgia’s Criminal Justice System, SCHR, 2012 Roadblocks to Reform REF OR Perils for Georgia’s Criminal Justice System M Submitted to the Georgia Criminal Justice Reform Council November 2012 THE LAW OFACE OF 'HE - SOUTHERN Cllrlll F •• HUMAN RIGHTS 83 Poplar Street, NW …
Report: CCA, GEO Group Make Millions off Criminalizing Immigrants by Despite the compassionate tone on immigration during the presidential campaign, the federal government continues to prosecute and incarcerate undocumented immigrants not for violent or property offenses, but simply for entering the United States. A September 2012 report from Austin, Texas-based …
Publication • August 8, 2016
HRDC comments to Surface Transportation Board re PTS merger - Aug. 2016 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS Opposing Comment for Docket No. MCF 21067 August 8, 2016 Surface Transportation Board 395 E Street S.W. Washington, DC 20423-0001 Re: Opposing Comment for Docket No. MCF 21067 Dear …
Article • August 5, 2016
Florida City Cannot be forced to Provide CCA with Water Utility Services by A Florida Circuit Court held the City of Pembroke Pines did not waive its right to deny water to a Correction Corporation of America (CCA) facility. CCA bought a plot of land in 1988 in hopes of …
Fourth Circuit Holds Private Prison Guards to be Under Supervision of DOJ by Derek Gilna Some enterprising prison guards at the River Correctional Institution set up a profitable smuggling operation for several years, accepting bribes from prisoners to smuggle cell phones and other contraband such as tobacco products into the …
Private Corporations Rake in the Cash From DOJ and BOP by Derek Gilna Despite recent efforts to reduce federal prisoner counts and corrections expenses, private corporations continue to reap a financial windfall from other people's misfortune.  Several corporations have fattened their balance sheets as private prison operators and numerous health …
OSHA Cites Corizon for Inadequate Workplace Safety on Rikers Island by Matthew Clarke Listing numerous instances of its medical, mental health and dentistry employees being assaulted by Rikers Island prisoners, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Corizon Health, Inc. for willful violation of Section 5(a)(1) of the …
Publication • August 4, 2016
Outsourcing Responsibility – The Human Cost of Privatized Immigration Detention in Otero County, ACLU NM, 2011 OUTSOURCING RESPONSIBILITY THE HUMAN COST OF PRIVATIZED IMMIGRATION DETENTION IN OTERO COUNTY January 2011 American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico Regional Center for Border Rights OUTSOURCING RESPONSIBILITY The Human Cost of Privatized Immigration …
Publication • August 3, 2016
International Growth Trends in Prison Privatization, The Sentencing Project, 2013 International Growth Trends in Prison Privatization Cody Mason August 2013 For further information: This report was written by Cody Mason, consultant to The Sentencing Project. The Sentencing Project 1705 DeSales St. NW 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20036 The Sentencing Project …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
CCA Annual Shareholder Meeting Met by Protestors by This year, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest for-profit prison company, held its annual shareholder meeting on May 12, 2016. The meeting took place at CCA’s swank corporate office near the upscale Green Hills area of Nashville, Tennessee; the firm …
Report Reveals “Guaranteed Minimums” Drive ICE Detention by An updated report by Detention Watch Network (DWN), in cooperation with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), has exposed the practice of “guaranteed minimum” bed quotas in detention facilities operated by or for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The term refers to …
Illinois DOC Settles Lawsuit Over Mental Health Treatment by Derek Gilna It took eight years but civil rights attorneys finally prevailed in a federal lawsuit against the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC), entering into a settlement that requires prison officials to provide 11,000 mentally ill state prisoners with adequate mental …
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