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Questions On Public-Private
Prisons For Immigrants This is
FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. GEO: SEC
excludes shareholder resolution: PCI Press Release
February 2014
Vermont: CCA has to turn
over public records: PCI Press Release January 2014 Private Prison Awards January 2014: PCI Press Release
January 2014uary 2014 PLN press release re CCA resolution filing 2013: Shareholder Resolution Seeks to Lower Prison Phone Rates at Corrections Corporation of America Facilities.
Revised CCA Resolution 2013 WHEREAS: Excessive phone rates for calls made by prisoners (Inmate Telephone Services or “ITS”) constitute a significant social policy issue.
PLN press release re GEO resolution filing 2013 Shareholder Resolution Seeks to Lower Prison Phone Rates at GEO Group Facilities.
Revised GEO Resolution 2013 Excessive phone rates for calls made by prisoners (Inmate Telephone Services or “ITS”) constitute a significant social policy issue. Gun
Found in Segregation Cell at Privately-operated Mississippi Prison: January 17, 2012 Today, the Private Corrections Institute,
a Florida-based non-profit watchdog organization that opposes the
privatization of correctional services, sharply condemned a pair of bills. Justice Policy Institute and Grassroots Leadership letter
to Virginia Governor McDonnell: July 30, 2012, 2 pages. Eleven
organizations signed on to urge Governor McDonnell not to privatize the
state's civil commitment facility. Corrections
Corporation of America to Lose 9,588 Contract Beds, Misses Out on Two Federal
Detention Contracts: July 5, 2012, 2 pages. PCI press release. CCA is
expected to lose 9,588 California contract beds within the next four years;
company misses out on federal immigration detention contracts in Illinois and
Florida. Groundbreaking
Anti-Prison Rape Shareholder Resolution to be Presented at Annual Meeting of
Corrections Corp. of America: May 6, 2012, 2 pages. Human Rights Defense
Center press release on CCA shareholder rape resolution. Coalition of Policy
and Religious Groups Call Selling Off State Prisons “a Tragic Mistake”:
March 1, 2012, 5 pages. Letter sent to all Governors in response to CCA's
prison buying letter. State
and National Groups Oppose SD 2036 and 2038: January 31, 2012, 4 pages.
Letter sent to the Florida Senate President by a number of groups, including
PCI, opposing plans to privatize public prisons in south Florida. Wall Street and the Criminalization of
Immigration: October 6, 2010, 5 pages. Details profit making off
immigration by the private prison vendors. Federal
communications about CCA immigrant deaths: 11 pages. Series of emails
memos and documents about immigrant deaths at CCA facilities. Kentucky Justice and
Public Safety letter to CCA re: Otter Creek: July 24, 2009, 3 pages.
Letter outlining multiple issues at CCA's Otter Creek including suicide of
CCA employee within the walls of the prison, rapes, and violence. CCA General Counsel Gus
Puryear's response to Sen. Diane Feinstein: Puryear's attempt to obfuscate CCA's attempt to withhold
damaging information from the public during his failed federal judgeship
nomination process. 26 pages. Puryear's
response to Sen. Feinstein excerpts: 7 pages. PCI
Vice President Alex Friedmann's follow-up Statement
on HR 1889 before the US House Sub-Committee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland
Security: July 1, 2008, 7 pages. PCI Vice
President Alex Friedmann's Statement on HR 1889
before the US House Sub-Committee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security:
June 26, 2008, 41 pages. Alan Lenkowsky
letter to Jonathan Mayes, Chief Litigation Counsel: May 1, 2008, 1 page.
Request to immediately order CCA to restore a pill round that they eliminated
due to staffing shortages at Marion County (Indiana) Jail #2. Congressman Bobby Scott's opening
statement on H.R. 1889: November 8, 2007, 2 pages. Great opening
statement on requiring private prison vendor's to FIOA requests. Congressman Tim Holden's testimony on H.R.
1889: November 8, 2007, 2 pages. Great piece on opening up the private
prison vendor's records to FIOA requests. Panel discussion on Challenging Conditions of
Confinement in Privately-Run Immigration Detention Centers, Alex Friedmann, PLN associate editor and PCI VP: November 4,
2007, 5 pages. Discussion on the rise of the use private
immigration detention centers. California Legislative Counsel's Office:
October 25, 2006, 7 pages. Outlines unconstitutionality of privatized
corrections. ICE letter to
Williamson County Judge Gattis on CCA Performance
Deficiencies at the Hutto Detention Center: May
23, 2007, 2 pages. Scathing rebuff on lack of oversight by the County
regarding sexual misconduct by a CCA guard. Written testimony
from PCI Field Organizer Frank Smith, to the Commission on Safety and
Abuse in America's Prisons. November 2, 2005; 25 pages. Davidson
County Sheriff's Office Memo regarding the death of Estelle Richardson:
August 5, 2005, 11 pages. Damning memo exposing the contradictions in CCA
guard's testimony regarding the murder of CCA inmate Estelle Richardson. Letter to Alaska Department of Health from Dee Hubbard,
President, Private Corrections Institute, about Cornell: Lists a number of
horror stories related to Cornell operations. November 19, 2004. Letter
to Cornell Board of Directors from Pirate Capital LLC: A number of
demands for changes at Cornell from one of its largest shareholders 13%).
Ouch! November 12, 2004; 3 pages. Letters to Cornell Board of Directors from Pirate Capital
LLC: A series of letters demanding changes at Cornell from one of its
largest shareholders. July - September 2004. Cornell
August 5, 2004 conference call: Hard hitting questions and a lot of
dodging by Cornell. Worth a look at. Private prisons
opposition letter; November 17, 2003; A letter by Barbara A.
Mikulski and Paul Sarbanes, both United States Senators, to John Ashcroft
opposing privatization in the Maryland area. Two letters from Cornell Companies for consulting work; April 15, 2002; Two letters, one to Art Trujillo and the other to Joe Lang concerning Cornell's attempt to lease or purchase , with authority to manage and operate, the Bernadillo County Jail (Downtown Jail Facility). |