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31 Dec 2013, 2:51 pm
Via Texas Prison Bidness:#1: Closure of Dawson State Jail and Mineral Wells Pre-Parole Transfer Facility#2: City of McAllen rejects GEO Group prison for immigrants#3: The campaign to expose and close the Polk Detention Center#4: Two North Texas counties stand tall, reject jail privatization#5: Troubles persist at McLennan County's speculatively built private jailRELATED: See Grits' list of the Top Ten Texas Criminal Justice Stories of 2013. [read post]
16 Nov 2012, 10:44 am
Here are links to a number of recent items from Texas Prison Bidness which deserve Grits readers' attention:Jury awards $2.25 million to family of man who died at LCS' Brooks County Detention CenterStudy: As Liberty County reduces jail population, ending privatization saves money (see a related, recent Grits post)Sexual abuse allegations at CEC's Liberty County JailDeaths at Dawson State Jail investigated by Dallas news stationSixth escape… [read post]
3 Jan 2013, 6:03 am
Check them out here:#1 - Momentum Builds To Close CCA's Dawson State Jail #2 - GEO Group Loses Bid to Expand Mental Health Care Operations, Take Over Kerrville State Hospital #3 - CCA Offers To Buy State Prisons in Return for 90% Occupancy Guarantee, Gets Rejected #4 - Conditions at Two Texas Detention Centers Highlighted In "Expose and Close" Campaign #5 - Momentum Grows Against Private Prisons Nationally #6 - The Ballad of Liberty County [read post]
