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From the Editor by Paul Wright Over the years PLN has reported extensively on the ACA and NCCHC, and the “accreditation” scams they run using taxpayer money to promote mass incarceration and the prison industry. They are not alone; many other groups like the American Jail Association and National Sheriffs’ …
Publication • June 28, 2016
FCC Fee Reduction Adjustments - Grayson County, Securus, 2016 FCC Fee Reduction Adjustments Grayson County Agenda 1. Review of FCC Order which was partially stayed 2. Explanation of revenue and commission structure and rebalance proposal 3. Review of Grayson Counties current Transactions, Commissions and Proposed Options 4. Next Steps; Commissioners …
Private Prison Firms Reap Large Profits from Immigration Detention by Gary Hunter Federal immigrant detention has long been a boon to private prison companies Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and the GEO Group, the nation’s two largest private prison firms, both of which trade on the New York Stock Exchange. …
Company Owes Nevada Prison Industries $428,000 by Bob Sloan Nevada’s state-run prison industry program, Silver State Industries, came under attack from citizens and business owners in 2014. One criticism of the program involved the loss of jobs to non-incarcerated workers and fewer jobs available to the unemployed. Another complaint was …
Louisiana Parish Saddled With Large Jail, Large Costs by Matthew Clarke Before he pleaded guilty to taking bribes and illegally spending around $150,000 of his campaign money, resulting in a 46-month federal prison sentence in 2013, former Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana Sheriff Jiff Hingle may have started his parish on a …
Publication • May 26, 2016
Settlements reached with GEO Facilities, GEO, 2008
Publication • May 26, 2016
Cutting Corners in America's Criminal Justice System - How Corrections Companies Harm Prisoners and the Public in Pursuit of Profit, ITPI, 2016 APRIL 2016 CUTTING CORNERS IN AMERICA’S CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM How Corrections Companies Harm Prisoners and the Public in Pursuit of Profit CUT TING CORNERS IN AMERIC A'S CRIMINAL …
Incident Rates at CCA-run Prisons Higher than at Public Prisons in Tennessee, Private Corrections Institute, 2011 PRESS RELEASE Incident Rates at CCA-run Prisons Higher than at Public Prisons in Tennessee Private Corrections Institute October 18, 2011 For Immediate Release Nashville, TN – According to an analysis of incidents involving assaults …
Letter to Judge re Performance Deficiencies CCA run Hutto Facility, ICE, 2007
Making a Killing - How Prison Corporations Are Profiting From Campaign Contributions and Putting Taxpayers at Risk, AFSCME, 2011 Making a Killing: Killing: How Prison Corporations Are Profiting From Campaign Contributions and Putting Taxpayers at Risk An in-depth look at the private prison industry: violence, escapes, cash flow and some …
Publication • May 26, 2016
Management and Training Corporation Tort and Civil Rights Lawsuits Since 1995, MTC, 2008 ----------�---- - -I / ------- ---- ------------ \ \___/I 0 -- - ----- - - ---- - - ------ - - ------------� Management & Training Corporation Tort and Civil Rights Lawsuits, Since 1995 Settled, lost or by …
L.A. County Audit Recommends More Contract Oversight for Probation Department by Derek Gilna The County of Los Angeles, like most governmental agencies, receives funding from a variety of sources and relies on outside contractors to perform many services – including correctional services. L.A. County’s Probation Department was the subject of …
Rice v. Montgomery County, KY, Order, Wrongful Death Seizure, 2016 Rice v. Montgomery County, Kentucky et al Doc. 103 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION AT LEXINGTON DIANA RICE, Administratrix of the Estate of Ronald Calvin Gaunce and Next Friend of S.C.G. CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:14-181-KKC …
Jailhouse Medicine - A Private Contractor Flourishes Despite Controversy Over Prisoner Deaths by Jailhouse Medicine - A Private Contractor Flourishes Despite Controversy Over Prisoner Deaths by Brian Joseph, FairWarning In July 2011, a jailhouse nurse in Imperial County, California found prisoner Marsha Dau lying naked and dazed on the concrete …
Federal Lawsuit Claims Negligence Caused Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Heroin Overdose Death by Christopher Zoukis A federal lawsuit alleges that officials at the Schuylkill County Prison in Pennsylvania were negligent in the 2013 death of a prisoner from an accidental drug overdose. The suit, filed on March 24, 2015, came almost a …
Article • March 31, 2016
Bids for Florida DOC Video Visitation Technology Result in Lawsuit by On March 7, 2014, the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) released a request for proposal (RFP) seeking a five-year contract with a vendor to install telecommunications services in its prisons. Proposals were submitted by Century Link to Public Communications, …
Probation Department - Budget, Juvenile Halls and Camps Operating Costs, and Contracting Procedures, Los Angels Co DAC, 2015 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF AU DITOR.CONTROLLER KENNETH HAHN HALL OF ADMINISTRATION 5OO WEST TEMPLE STREET, ROOM 525 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 9OO1 2.3873 PHONE: (213) 974-8301 FAX: (213) 626-5427 JOHN NAIMO …
Publication • March 8, 2016
How to End Impunity for Private Security and Other Contractors, HRF, 2008 How to End Impunity for Private Security and Other Contractors Blueprint for the Next Administration November 2008 About Us Human Rights First believes that building respect for human rights and the rule of law will help ensure the …
Texas State Jails: Private Drug Counselors Ordered to Downplay Mental Illness by Matthew Clarke Former employees of Houston-based Turning Point, Inc., a private, for-profit company which contracted with Texas to provide substance abuse treatment in its state jail system, are revealing how supervisors pressured them to falsify Addiction Severity Index …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Tennessee: Theft, Misconduct Charges Pending Against Former Jail Supervisor, Son by David Reutter A father and son have been charged with misconduct and theft for inappropriate conduct with prisoners and double-billing supervision over a work crew from a Tennessee jail. According to Police Chief Mark Sirois, the Johnson City Police …
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