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GEO Group Pulls out of Mississippi Prisons by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Last year, the GEO Group – the nation’s second-largest for-profit prison company – announced that it was pulling out of its contracts to operate three Mississippi prisons. That development came shortly after a federal court announced …
Utah Private Corrections Center Employees under Federal Indictment for Evidence Tampering by A federal investigation resulted in criminal charges against two employees of a Salt Lake City, Utah corrections center for federal prisoners. A federal probe targeted Cornell Community Corrections Center, a private corporation that contracts to house prisoners who …
Withdrawal of Approval of New Mexico Jail Class Action Settlement Not Appealable Order by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that an order withdrawing approval of a class action settlement does not qualify as a “final order” subject to appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. The appellate ruling …
Business is Booming for Prison Profiteers by James Kilgore Private corrections company The GEO Group celebrated the holiday season by opening a new 1,500-bed prison in Milledgeville, Georgia on December 12, 2011. The $80 million facility is expected to generate approximately $28 million in annual revenues. Though GEO (formerly Wackenhut …
The Failed Promise of Prison Privatization by Richard Culp, Ph.D. We have been experimenting with prison privatization in the U.S. now for over twenty-five years. The privatization idea originated out of a notion that the private sector, with its competition-driven efficiency and innovation, could operate prisons of higher quality and …
Tenth Circuit: Cornell Corrections’ Procedural Defense To Federal Prisoner’s ETS Suit Fails On Inadequate Grievance Recordkeeping by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal on summary judgment below and remanded to the U.S. District Court (D. N.Mex.) a pro per federal …
Prison Pays: Geo Corp Profits from Half-Way House Murder and Mayhem in Texas by Craig Malisow Despite a history of abuse and bad conditions, private-prison corporation GEO Group keeps getting contracts in Texas by Craig Malisow Anthony Ferrell left the Ben A. Reid halfway house in northeast Houston on October …
Fraudsters Sentenced in Cornell Prison Construction Scheme by Brandon Sample A man who bilked almost $13 million from Cornell Corrections Corp. has been convicted of federal fraud and conspiracy charges, while two co-defendants pleaded guilty. In February 2010, Robert B. Surles was convicted by a federal jury in Atlanta, Georgia …
Cornell Wins $19.5 Million Alaska Contract; CCA Protest Denied by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In September 2009, Alaskan officials denied a protest filed by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), which was the final hurdle before awarding Cornell Corrections of Alaska (a subsidiary of Cornell Corrections) a contract worth $19,446,000 …
Sexual Abuse by Prison and Jail Staff Proves Persistent, Pandemic by Gary Hunter Sexual assault, rape, indecency, deviance. These terms represent reprehensible behavior in our society. They also represent recurring themes in our nation’s prisons – not only by prisoners, but also by guards and other staff members. PLN’s August …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
Cornell Defrauded of $13 Million in Prison Construction Scam by Cornell Defrauded of $13 Million in Prison Construction Scam On August 26, 2008, indictments were filed against three men accused of defrauding private prison operator Cornell Corrections of California, Inc. out of $13 million in a prison construction scam. A …
Pennsylvania Private Prison Construction Halted For Environmental Assessment by The Pennsylvania based Citizens Advisory Committee on Private Prisons, Inc. (CACOPP), filed a complaint against the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) for bypassing environmental and administrative policies in the contracting of a private prison's construction. The construction was halted pending the …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Tenth Circuit: Procedural Defense to Federal Prisoner’s ETS Suit Fails on Inadequate Grievance Record-Keeping by John Dannenberg Tenth Circuit: Procedural Defense to Federal Prisoner’s ETS Suit Fails on Inadequate Grievance Record-Keeping by John E. Dannenberg The Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed a summary judgment order in a federal …
Doing Borrowed Time: The High Cost of Back-Door Prison Finance by Kevin Pranis Much public attention has been devoted in recent years to the “industrial” side of the prison boom, from the fortunes of private prison operators to the profits generated by telecommunications companies from lucrative phone contracts. Less attention …
Could the Fall of Lehman Brothers Signal Trouble for Private Prison Corporations? by Bob Libal Could the Fall of Lehman Brothers Signal Trouble for Private Prison Corporations? by Bob Libal and Nick Hudson While recent business news has been dominated by the bailout of some of the nation’s largest investment …
Policy Lock-Down, The Institute On Money In State Politics, 95 pp., softbound, April 2006 by John Dannenberg reviewed by John E. Dannenberg In a classic case of "follow the money," The Institute On Money In State Politics (IMSP) reviewed influence-peddling by private prison corporations (and their leaders, lobbyists, and subcontractors) …
Federal Detainee May Pursue Bivens Action Against Private Prison Guards by In a matter of first impression, the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island held that a federal pretrial detainee could pursue a Bivens action against guards employed by a privately operated detention facility. Plaintiff George …
Fifth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Suit Against Prison Contractor by The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held in an unpublished opinion that a prisoner's lawsuit against a private prison operator should not have been dismissed on Eleventh Amendment immunity grounds. While confined in a prison operated by Cornell Corrections …
Article • May 15, 2007
BOP Prisoner Can Sue Cornell Run Jail in Rhode Island under § 1983 by The plaintiff complained about events at a jail that was constructed by a municipality under state law authorization to provide the U.S. Marshals Service with space for federal pre-trial detainees. The plaintiff initially sued the Detention …
Private Prison Execs Win Big While Guards and Prisoners Lose Out by Michael Rigby Many of the problems associated with imprisonment in the U.S. high staff turnover, prisoner neglect and abuse, and the introduction of contraband by employees, for example can be attributed to the paltry salaries and few benefits …
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