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11 Jan 2021, 12:40 pm by Paul Rosenzweig
A group of hackers were then able to use this vulnerability to identify which Parler users had “ADMIN” privileges. [read post]
18 Aug 2014, 1:18 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
The Montgomery County Commissioners Court's on-again off-again love affair with private corrections just took an odd turn.Now, after recently selling a facility next door to their own jail to the GEO Group because they couldn't maintain the terms of the phony "nonprofit" created to facilitate the deal, word comes down the county supposedly must build a new jail or spend nearly as much (around $200 million) to renovate the old one, reported the Houston Chronicle… [read post]
That “convict lease” system was the historical antecedent to the modern private prison industry – and to the ICE detainee labor program profiled in the Times this week, which helps make immigration detention profitable for the private prison companies that run most detention facilities, like the Corrections Corporation of America and GEO Group. [read post]
9 May 2019, 6:22 am
More broadly, and whatever the source of motivation, it amounts to a denial of values and principles intrinsic to the generalized (because generalizable) praxes of welfare, well-being, and human flourishing irrespective of geo-political or nation-state borders. [read post]
18 Apr 2016, 9:39 am by Chris Yook
By Chris Yook As Co-Chair of the Antitrust Practice Group, it is my pleasure to bring you a series of articles summarizing some of the seminars presented at the recent ABA Antitrust Section Spring Meeting. [read post]
23 Oct 2012, 4:32 pm by Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz
Guoyu Wang, Deputy Dean, Institute of Space Law of Beijing Institute of Technology (invited) UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Tare Brisibe, Chair UNCOPUOS Legal Subcommittee (confirmed) 11:00 – 11:20 Break 11:20 – 12:20 Legal Aspects of Organizations with a Space Component Moderator: Tanja Masson-Zwaan Panelists: The Group on Earth Observations (GEO), Barb Ryan, Director General, GEO (confirmed) From Outer Space to Cyberspace: the Evolution… [read post]
9 Aug 2012, 2:03 am
A competitor Geo, inconveniently traded under the name "Geolab". [read post]
9 Aug 2012, 2:01 am
A competitor Geo, inconveniently traded under the name "Geolab". [read post]
17 Feb 2011, 9:21 am by Gritsforbreakfast
.'Deaths, lawsuits don’t stop expansion of GEO immigration prisons'At the San Antonio Current, Michael Barajas has a critical feature cataloging recent victories and defeats for the private prison company, the Geo Group, particularly its aggressive expansion into the immigration detention market. [read post]
22 Nov 2011, 9:13 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The "bearish technicals" identified at CCA and the GEO Group may just indicate that, at this particular point in history, those long odds could be getting shorter. [read post]
25 Jun 2011, 11:25 am by Gritsforbreakfast
That's gotta be helpful when preparing CCA's next bid.See related Grits posts:Obama shouldn't spend stimulus money on Byrne grants  Byrne grants: The anti-stimulusPurchasing access: Examining the Geo Group's political expendituresLege sends savings from closed prison to private prisons instead of diversion programmingPrivatizing Harris County Jail would save money by cutting guard pay, benefitsPrivate prison bubble bursting? [read post]
22 Jan 2019, 4:36 am by Cyrus Farivar
Similarly, the lawsuit claims that these companies are creating these hazards in the first place by creating geo-fencing within the services and have chosen not to attempt to solve this problem. [read post]
29 Nov 2007, 6:28 pm
District Court in western Texas, Shirley Noble says prison operator The GEO Group abused and neglected Scot Noble Payne before he slashed his throat on March 4th.Scot Noble Payne, a convicted sex offender from Idaho, had been moved to Texas along with more than 400 Idaho inmates to relieve overcrowding at prisons in their home state.Idaho officials who investigated at the Dickens County Correctional Facility in Spur, Texas, said the physical environment of his solitary cell could… [read post]
17 May 2011, 5:22 am by Gritsforbreakfast
  Furthermore, some of the largest immigrant detention centers in the country are in Texas, including MTC's Willacy County Processing Center and GEO Group's South Texas Detention Center. [read post]
12 Aug 2007, 3:19 pm
By e-mail from Grits for Breakfast, your Texas-based source for Idaho corrections news: "Mysterious illness" afflicting inmates at private Del Rio prison that Idaho corrections director called a "pleasant surprise"So let's get this straight: Just a week ago the Director of the Idaho Department of Corrections visited the Geo Group private prison facility in Del Rio and pronounced it a "pleasant surprise" compared to what he'd expected. [read post]
5 Apr 2013, 12:34 pm by Stanley Radtke
He also is the recipient of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from the GEO Group and the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). [read post]
10 Mar 2020, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
According to recent reports from the New York Times, two state prison facilities, which had been privately operated by a company called the GEO group, are now closing, threatening the community with substantial economic harm. [read post]
16 Dec 2013, 6:11 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In May, county commissioners unanimously agreed to sell the Corley Center for $65 million in cash to Florida-based The GEO Group Inc.In June, commissioners decided to sell the MCMHTF for a minimum bid of $38.5 [million]. [read post]