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Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
MTC Shuts Down Texas Jail by On September 30, 2024, Utah-based Management & Training Corp. (MTC) ended its contract to operate the Giles W. Dalby Correctional Facility in Garza County, Texas. The lockup is owned by the county, which confirmed that most of some 170 employees were out of work. …
MTC Returns $5.125 Million to Mississippi for “Ghost Workers” at Private Prisons by Utah-based Management & Training Corporation (MTC) announced on September 18, 2023, that it returned $5.125 million to the Mississippi Department of Corrections (DOC), after a state investigation found the private prison operator understaffed lockups operated for DOC. …
MTC Accused of Parole Programming Scam at Texas Prisons by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Utah-based Management and Training Corporation (MTC) faces allegations of breach of contract in Texas, where the private prison firm allegedly forced prisoners to sign for parole-required treatment and program time they were not in …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Mississippi Demands $1.9 Million From MTC For Short-Staffing Private State Prison by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On November 14, 2022, Mississippi State Auditor Shad White submitted a civil demand for payment of $1.9 million to Utah-based private prison operator Management and Training Corporation (MTC) for violating its contractual …
Three Killed in Gang Activity at Mississippi Private Prisons Plus High-Profile Escape, But Only One MTC Guard Arrested by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Though a state investigation concluded a Mississippi prisoner had inside help making a short-lived escape in September 2021, no charges have ever been announced for officials …
ABA’s Private Prisons Prophecy Comes to Pass by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Prison populations exploded in every state across the country during the 1980s and ‘90s. It was during that massive expansion that the modern private prison industry was born as a “way to ease the burden on taxpayers …
HRDC v. MTC, NM, Complaint, Public Records, 2020 FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE Human Rights Defense Center, Plaintift Cause No. --------- v. Management & Training Corporation, The NewMexico Corrections Department, BrianFitzgerald, in his official capacity records custodian for the New Mexico Corrections Department, …
The Accreditation Con - a Broken Prison and Detention Facility Accreditation System That Puts Profits Over People, December 2020 THE ACCREDITATION CON: A Broken Prison and Detention Facility Accreditation System That Puts Profits Over People Prepared by the Office of Senator Elizabeth Warren December 2020 I. Executive Summary The criminal …
Youngers v. MTC, NM, Complaint, Wrongful Death Trans Asylum Seeker, 2020 IN UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO Joleen K. Youngers, as the Personal Representative of the Wrongful Death Estate of Roxsana Hernandez, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Tenth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of New Mexico Prisoner’s First Amendment Claims by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Monte Whitehead was incarcerated at the Otero County Prison Facility in New Mexico, operated by for-profit contractor Management & Training Corp. (MTC). He filed suit in state court raising various claims under the …
Article • October 4, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Audit Finds Mississippi Private Prison Plagued by Violence, Run by Gangs by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Former warden Jody Bradley depended on gang leaders at a privately-run Mississippi prison to maintain control of the facility. That was one finding of a December 2018 internal audit by Management & Training …
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 …
Florida Private Prisons Seek $4 Million for Employee Raises by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In a show of continued support for privately-operated prisons, the Florida legislature considered giving the state’s for-profit prison contractors a $4 million raise. The GEO Group, MTC and CoreCivic, formerly Corrections Corporation of America, …
Letter: Senators Schatz, Gillibrand, Harris and Murray and Congressmen Nadler and Lee address Inspector General Michael Horowitz, BOP standards of employee conduct, re: Frank Lara, 2018
Texas Towns with Private Prisons Experience Job Losses by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke Over a decade ago, with the promise of cost savings as well as stable jobs for the community, local governments in Texas agreed to issue bonds to finance the construction of prisons and jails operated by …
Private Prison Firms Use Revolving Door Lobbying, Generous Campaign Donations by Steve Horn by Steve Horn It’s an even-numbered year, which makes sense because, as is the norm, what’s going on in our nation’s capital is anything but odd. That is, big money once again is flowing into Congressional campaign …
Ohio Supreme Court Rejects Union's Challenge to Prison Privatization by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 11, 2016, the Ohio Supreme Court rejected the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association's (OCSEA) challenge to the statute allowing for the private operation or sale of certain Ohio state prisons. In doing so, …
Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
IRS Audit Prompts New Mexico County to Convert Bonds Used for ICE Facility by Joe Watson by Joe Watson An Internal Revenue Service audit of tax-free bonds used to develop an immigrant detention facility in New Mexico was closed once the bonds were converted to taxable status. Otero County issued …
Florida Lawmaker Visits Prisons, Audits Private Prison Contracts by David Reutter by David Reutter In prison after prison across the state, over a period of two years, Florida state Representative David Richardson found that toilet paper, toothbrushes, toothpaste, pillows, sheets, shirts and soap were often withheld from prisoners, especially those in …
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