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6 Oct 2008, 12:16 pm
They also own a raft of other companies that run prisons and detention centres, including Rebound, GSL and Wackenhut. [read post]
17 Jun 2008, 8:57 am
Now it is fairly common knowledge that America's burgeoning system of privatized prisons, "super jails," and related services has been a boon for corporations such as Corrections Corporation of America, Geo Group (formerly Wackenhut Corrections Corp.) and their investors. [read post]
26 May 2008, 11:10 pm
Like the Val Verde lockup, these facilities are run by the Geo Group, formerly known as Wackenhut, which last year posted its best financial results ever, the company said.Even the largest jail for illegal immigrants, the Willacy County Jail, is too small to accommodate federal demands. [read post]
26 Mar 2008, 1:27 pm
Hill Correctional Facility.The county recently agreed to an $80 million contract extension under which GEO, formerly Wackenhut Corrections Corp., will continue operating the 1,833-bed prison through 2009 [read post]
16 Jan 2008, 12:04 am
The Wackenhut Corporation, provides us a good example of this type of stereotyping in action. [read post]
8 Jan 2008, 3:45 pm
News 4 in Nashville ran a story that Wackenhut has billed the government for security services that were not provided. [read post]
11 Dec 2007, 1:05 am
Perhaps it's all perfectly legal, but a recent hire by the Geo Group, a large private prison firm formerly known as "Wackenhut," raises questions, at least, about an appearance of serious conflicts of interest:Former Texas Department of Criminal Justice chief Gary Johnson approved contracts to lease prisons from the Geo private prison group that he will now manage in his new position as Geo regional director, reports the Statesman's Mike Ward in a blog entry, via Texas… [read post]
2 Nov 2007, 1:52 am
I'm surprised Marc didn't reference the case right here in Travis County at the state jail previously run by Wackenhut (now the Geo Group), where according to Texas Prison Bidness, "11 former guards and a case manager [were] indicted on felony charges of sexual assault and improper sexual activity and misdemeanor charges of sexual harassment. [read post]
22 Oct 2007, 7:59 am
Wackenhut Corp., 793 S.W.2d 670, 682 (Tex. 1990, the Texas Supreme Court explicitly recognized that an employer in material breach of an employment agreement could be estopped from enforcing the non-compete provisions contained therein. [read post]
22 Oct 2007, 7:59 am by Robert Wood
Wackenhut Corp., 793 S.W.2d 670, 682 (Tex. 1990, the Texas Supreme Court explicitly recognized that an employer in material breach of an employment agreement could be estopped from enforcing the non-compete provisions contained therein. [read post]
3 Oct 2007, 12:30 pm
Wackenhut settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed amount of money. [read post]
6 Jul 2007, 12:35 pm
After writing about Idaho pulling its prisoners out of a Geo Group prison unit in Texas, it hit me where else I'd seen Geo in the news recently - they run the downtown jail in Beaumont where an inmate used a paper gun to hold two people hostage last week.With Geo Group (formerly Wackenhut) twice this week in the news, I decided to take a look at their 10-K statement, which is a corporate document publicly traded companies must file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [read post]
6 Jul 2007, 10:22 am
After writing about Idaho pulling its prisoners out of a Geo Group prison unit, it hit me where else I'd seen Geo in the news recently - they run the downtown jail in Beaumont where an inmate used a paper gun to hold two people hostage last week.So with Geo Group (formerly Wackenhut) twice this week in the news, I decided to take a look at their 10-K statement, which is a corporate document publicly traded companies must file with the FCC. [read post]
6 Jul 2007, 9:12 am
The state of Idaho decided to pull the plug on a contract with GEO Group (formerly Wackenhut) after an inmate who'd previously tried to escape, citing hideous conditions, committed suicide in his cell, leaving behind a 20-page letter to his uncle full of lurid detail about the squalor he and other inmates lived in there. [read post]
3 Jul 2007, 12:58 am
The privately run facility is actually inside the Jefferson County courthouse and is operated by the GEO Group, formerly Wackenhut. [read post]