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16 Oct 2007, 4:22 am
Interested in learning more about private prison regulation in light of the recent scandals with the GEO group at TYC and in Dickens County, I emailed the director of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, Adan Munoz, to request a copy of the testimony and handouts he submitted last week to the Senate Criminal Justice Committee. [read post]
15 Oct 2007, 11:18 pm
I'll bet that's not the only place the new regional bureaucracies have reduced accountability; if that's right, Coke may just be the tip of the iceberg, particularly among contracted programs.Far more than "corruption," though, the real failure at the Geo Group's Coke County unit derived from TYC's broken-down contract management and oversight functions, which were clearly only barely functioning, if at all. [read post]
15 Oct 2007, 12:32 am
They said they feared a private group would be beyond public accountability. [read post]
14 Oct 2007, 1:22 am
In Val Verde (Del Rio), the expansion was so the Geo Group private prison company could use the facility to house undocumented immigrants for the federal government.Nine more Texas jails were still under construction as of August 1, according to TCJS. [read post]
12 Oct 2007, 10:52 am
Noble questioned why Idaho sent its inmates to Texas and why the Florida-based GEO Group was allowed to keep prisoners in what she described as "degrading and subhuman conditions. [read post]
11 Oct 2007, 11:34 pm
As the Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee prepares to meet this morning to discuss private prison oversight and alleged mistreatment of kids at the Geo Group's Coke County juvenile facility, the mainstream media dishes up some food for thought:Risk vs. [read post]
11 Oct 2007, 2:46 pm
She filed a $500,000 negligence claim against Idaho in August in Scot Noble Payne's death...Grits says:Friday's Texas Senate hearing on private prison oversight and the Geo Group just got more interesting... [read post]
10 Oct 2007, 10:59 pm
Noble:blames Idaho and The GEO Group, Inc. [read post]
9 Oct 2007, 11:36 pm
With the Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee poised to examine the Geo Group and other private prison contractors on Friday, here's a little more detail about the Geo Group's aggressive response to the Texas Youth Commission's decision to close the Coke County facility that the company operated for 13 years. [read post]
8 Oct 2007, 11:25 pm
Specifically, there's money to be made in shares of prison companies like GEO Group, Corrections Corp. of America and Cornell Co. -- despite a recent U.S. [read post]
6 Oct 2007, 7:04 am
Pope has already closed the Coke County facility, but it should be an engaging political spectacle, in any event.Related coverage from Grits:Meet the Geo Group: Texas' largest private prison contractorScandals involving Idaho inmates in Texas Geo prisonsSuicide aftermath reveals squalor at private rural Texas prisonMother of deceased inmate sues over Texas Geo unit conditionsAG should investigate possible Geo Group fraudTYC closing Coke… [read post]
5 Oct 2007, 5:28 am
She hasn't talked to either the fired TYC employees or officials from the Geo Group, and doesn't plan to do so. [read post]
3 Oct 2007, 12:30 pm
John Whitmire defended the closure and called for an investigation of the nine other lockps operated by the Geo Group in Texas. [read post]
2 Oct 2007, 7:02 am
The Coke facility may have been too unsanitary and dangerous for TYC, but the Geo Group thinks somebody will house their prisoners there, the company said in a press release. [read post]
2 Oct 2007, 12:56 am
The EEOC last week filed suit against Geo Group, a company that operates Pennsylvania's Delaware County Prison. [read post]
1 Oct 2007, 11:32 pm
The same allegation was lodged against the Geo Group's adult facility in Dickens County by the state of Idaho, which discovered after an audit that Geo did not provide statutorily required programming they'd agreed to by contract. [read post]
25 Aug 2007, 1:08 am
Kathleen at Texas Prison Bidness has an update on the unexplained jail deaths at the Val Verde detention facility operated by the Geo Group, a private prison company. [read post]
24 Aug 2007, 5:55 am
.- based Geo Group and Houston-based Cornell Cos. [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]
10 Aug 2007, 7:28 am
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]
