Peaceful Inmate Protest Met with ‘Show of Force’ at Private Immigrant Prison...
The Youngstown Vindicator has more details on the August 12th inmate protest at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center — a for-profit immigrant prison operated by Corrections Corporation of America....
View ArticleState Rep. Hagan Tours Ohio Private Immigrant Prison After Nearly 250 Inmates...
Ohio State Rep. Bob Hagan continues to push Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) for answers about its handling of a recent incident at the for-profit Northeast Ohio Correctional Center (NEOCC) in...
View ArticlePeaceful Inmate Protest Highlights Dysfunction and Disservice of CCA’s Ohio...
There is rightful anger at Correction Corp. of America’s failures in response to a 14-hour, 250-inmate protest at their for-profit Northeast Ohio Correctional Center in Ohio. But any critique that does...
View ArticleCCA is on Both Sides of the Arizona Attorney General Race
I knew Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) had a strong presence in Arizona, but until last night’s Attorney General debate, I didn’t know the extent to which it was involved in this year’s...
View ArticlePrison News Round-up for Oct. 28, 2014
There are far too many stories out there that I want to write about, but I just don’t have the time to fully cover them. So occasionally I’ll be posting a collection of important stories from around...
View ArticleFederal Government Drops CCA Contract in Ohio, But Remains Committed to...
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has decided not to renew Correction Corporation of America’s (CCA) contract to hold around 1,400 low-level federal inmates at the North East Ohio Correctional Center...
View ArticleEmergency early release taken off table as Ohio considers options for prison...
As prisoners, advocates and journalists warned of deteriorating conditions in Ohio’s prisons over the past year, the inmate population slowly crept back up to around 30% over capacity. During that...
View ArticleThousands of immigrant prisoners moved to undisclosed locations after...
Nearly three thousand immigrant prisoners are being transferred to undisclosed federal facilities after a two-day demonstration against indecent living conditions and medical care left the Willacy...
View ArticleUndocumented mothers put in solitary after 78 launch hunger strike at private...
Last week, seventy-eight incarcerated mothers at GEO Group’s Karnes County Detention Center in Texas signed a letter announcing a hunger and work strike and to demand their immediate release. Now Roque...
View ArticleProtest May 2nd to #EndFamilyDetention in Dilley, Texas
If you can, please attend this protest on May 2nd to oppose the federal government’s detention of refugee and immigrant families at a CCA-operated private prison in Dilley, Texas. More on this from...
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