CCA 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 ArticleVermont Inmates Protest Out-of-State Incarceration at Arizona Private Prison
Twenty-eight prisoners from Vermont are being held out-of-state at the for-profit Florence Correctional Center in Arizona. At around noon on August 22nd, 13 of those 28 inmates began protesting. The...
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 ArticleBureau of Prisons and CCA Remain Silent on Evaluation After Canceling...
The Federal Bureau of Prisons has finally told officials at Corrections Corp. of America why they cancelled their contract at the private prison in Youngstown, Ohio. According to Youngstown Mayor John...
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 ArticleConflict of interest brewing as Ohio confronts prison overcrowding
Ohio’s prison system is facing a severe overcrowding crisis. With facilities hovering around 130% capacity, prison chief Gary Mohr considered declaring an overcrowding emergency for the first time in...
View ArticleCorrections Corp. of America reaches settlement in Idaho sexual harassment...
On February 23rd, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) settled a lawsuit brought by a former nurse at the Idaho Correctional Center (ICC) named Michelle Pierce, who claimed she had been fired in...
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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