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3 weeks, 3 days ago

This industry is 'ready to cash in' on one of Trump’s biggest plans: report

One of the campaign promises President-elect Donald Trump made ahead of his victory over Vice President Kamala Harris last month was to carry out the "the largest domestic deportation operation in American history." Per the report, George Zoley, who serves as executive chairman of the private prison company, GEO group, told investors soon after the election, "This is, to us, …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

America’s private prison complex gears up for Trump deportation bonanza

Live Mint

Private prisons and other companies that provide detention services are getting ready to cash in on what President-elect Donald Trump has billed as “the largest domestic deportation operation in American history." CoreCivic has also identified other sites that could be used for detaining entire families, should the Trump administration decide to do so, Hininger said. In addition to identifying already-existing …

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1 month ago

Fights at Tennessee prison kill 1 inmate and injure 5 others

Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee inmate has died and five others were injured after fights erupted at a privately run state prison, the facility’s operator said. Another of the four prisons run by CoreCivic in Tennessee, Trousdale Turner Correctional Center, is the subject of a U.S. Department of Justice investigation after years of “reports of physical assaults, sexual assaults, murders …

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'Someone's got to run the deportation camps': Prison stocks soar as Trump agenda unfolds

Raw Story

Several private prison stocks have been skyrocketing since Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election. "One HUGE winner from Trump's win: Private prison companies GEO Group Inc. and CoreCivic Inc.," observed Bloomberg News reporter Steven Dennis on Wednesday. He writes: "Private prison giant Geo Group —which already has over a billion dollars in ICE contracts to manage immigration detention facilities—sees …

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"Unprecedented opportunity": For-profit prison execs salivate at potential mass deportation camps

Salon

President-elect Donald Trump's promise to enforce a mass deportation of immigrants is exciting private prison executives, who on earnings calls Thursday salivated at the "unprecedented opportunity" that a second Trump presidency will bring for their profits. “One HUGE winner from Trump’s win: Private prison companies GEO Group Inc. and CoreCivic Inc.,” observed Bloomberg News' Steven Dennis on Wednesday. “Their stocks, …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Quicksplained: Why are prison stocks surging after Trump’s victory?

Firstpost

Following Donald Trump’s 2024 election win, private prison stocks like GEO Group and CoreCivic have soared, with shares rising by 42 per cent and 29 per cent respectively. Investors are optimistic about Trump’s expected hardline approach to immigration and crime, which could boost demand for private detention facilities A trader reacts at the New York Stock Exchange under a screen …

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3 months ago

Private prison operator under federal scrutiny spent millions settling mistreatment claims

LA Times

The leading private prison company in the U.S. has spent more than $4.4 million to settle dozens of complaints alleging mistreatment — including at least 22 inmate deaths — at its Tennessee prisons and jails since 2016. Details of nearly 80 settlements provided to the Associated Press through public records requests allege brutal beatings, medical neglect and cruelty at CoreCivic’s …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

US Justice Department to investigate violence and sexual abuse at Tennessee’s largest prison

Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into Tennessee’s largest prison where officials say violence and sexual abuse have gone unaddressed for years, federal prosecutors announced on Tuesday about the privately operated facility. Between July 2022 and June 2023, the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center in Hartsville saw at least 196 assaults, 90 incidents of sexual …

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1 year ago

Audit finds Tennessee prisons severely understaffed, officers worried about safety

Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee prisons are severely understaffed, with a vacancy rate at one prison of 61%, leading to unsafe conditions for both inmates and guards, a state audit of the prison system found. We haven’t had partners in over 2 years.” Average correctional officer vacancy rates for fiscal year 2023 were 30% for state-run facilities and 42% for CoreCivic …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Mississippi county closes jail pod plagued by fights and escapes, sends 200 inmates 2 hours away

Associated Press

— Mississippi’s largest county is no longer using a section of its jail that has been plagued by fights, escapes and other security problems. Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said Monday that 200 inmates were transferred last week from Pod A at the Raymond Detention Center to the Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility, which is nearly 150 miles to the north …

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1 year, 6 months ago

California tried and failed to ban for-profit ICE detention centers. What does that mean for other states?

LA Times

The GEO Group’s Adelanto ICE Processing Center is one of seven facilities in the state operated by private prison companies. California’s landmark ban on private prisons and immigrant detention facilities saw its fate sealed when a federal court officially repealed the 2020 law. The ruling affects a case in Washington state — which is in the 9th Circuit’s jurisdiction — …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Judge limits lawyer’s tweets about prison firm he’s suing

Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A federal magistrate judge has ordered an attorney suing a private prison firm over an inmate’s death to delete certain tweets — one of which describes the company as a “death factory” — and restrict his public commentary going forward. “While litigation is still pending attorneys should not actively seek out media attention that could disrupt judicial …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Company halts work program instead of upping detainee pay

Associated Press

SEATTLE — Brazilian Jose Soares has been locked up in one of the United States’ largest immigration detention centers for the past two years, passing much of his time cleaning bathrooms and buffing floors at a rate of $1 a day. But last week, a federal jury ruled that Soares and other detainees who cook, clean, do laundry and cut …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Company halts work program instead of upping detainee pay

The Independent

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Rather than pay the detainees minimum wage, the …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Biden and prison reforms – a soft target?

Al Jazeera

Putting a stop to private prison contracts does little to address dire conditions for inmates, especially during a pandemic. Framing his January 25 order as part of a commitment to “racial equity”, the president wants to halt the renewal of widely reviled private prison contracts by the federal government. Jacob Kang-Brown, a senior research associate at the Vera Institute – …

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4 years, 5 months ago

147 Vermont inmates in Mississippi prison test positive for Covid-19

CNN

CNN — Nearly 150 Vermont inmates housed in a private prison in Mississippi have tested positive for Covid-19, according to a release from Vermont Department of Corrections. Testing was ordered after six inmates returning from Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in Tutwiler, Mississippi tested positive when they arrived at a correctional facility in Rutland, Vermont on July 28, the release said. …

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4 years, 6 months ago

'You Can Either Be A Survivor Or Die': COVID-19 Cases Surge In ICE Detention

NPR

'You Can Either Be A Survivor Or Die': COVID-19 Cases Surge In ICE Detention Enlarge this image toggle caption Shakira Najera Chilel Shakira Najera Chilel Shakira Najera Chilel feels like she's faced death before. He said "gaping holes" in testing guidelines and ICE's failure to significantly reduce population size have made these facilities hot spots for the virus. She attributed …

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4 years, 7 months ago

Muere joven guatemalteco de coronavirus en manos de la migra, ya es el segundo

LA Times

La agencia confirmó el lunes que 51 de sus empleados que trabajan en las instalaciones han dado positivo. Santiago Baten-Oxlaj estaba detenido en el Centro de Detención Stewart, una prisión masiva para migrantes en la zona rural de Georgia, que es operada por la corporación privada de prisiones CoreCivic. ICE y CoreCivic no han podido evitar el brote de COVID-19 …

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4 years, 8 months ago

Advocates warn of more immigrant deaths without ICE action

Associated Press

HOUSTON — More people will die of the coronavirus in U.S. immigration custody unless the Trump administration rapidly improves conditions and releases more detainees, lawyers and advocates warned Thursday, following the first confirmed virus-related death of a detainee. A coalition of groups including the American Immigration Council and American Immigration Lawyers Association filed Thursday’s complaint, which underscores persistent allegations that …

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4 years, 10 months ago

New lawsuit: Mississippi prison has ‘abhorrent conditions’

Associated Press

— The Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman is a violent, rat-infested place where inmates live in “abhorrent conditions” and their medical needs are routinely ignored, attorneys say in a new lawsuit filed on behalf of 152 prisoners The suit was filed in federal court Tuesday, and attorneys are asking for class-action status to cover all current and future inmates at …

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5 years ago

Tennessee lawmakers wrestle with a scathing audit of prisons

Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s correction agency failed to provide adequate oversight to ensure the safety of the state’s inmates and public, a scathing new audit has found. “I’ve never seen a 200 page report like this,” said Rep. Mike Stewart, a Democrat from Nashville, speaking at a Monday hearing meant for a procedural vote that included hours of discussion about …

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5 years, 2 months ago

Video of transgender immigrant who died in ICE custody may have been deleted, lawyers say

CNN

CNN — Surveillance video of a transgender immigrant who died in ICE custody may have been deleted while investigations into her death were ongoing, lawyers representing her family said Wednesday. ICE has said Hernandez “received all the appropriate medical care possible” during her time in the agency’s custody. By that point, spokeswoman Amanda Gilchrist told CNN, “whatever digital images that …

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5 years, 4 months ago

Trump Wants To Detain Migrant Families Indefinitely. He Can't.

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING The White House dramatically escalated its campaign to scare Central American families away from crossing the U.S. border on Wednesday, as officials announced plans to cancel the 1997 Flores settlement. If those numbers hold as the Trump administration’s new family detention policy goes into effect, ICE will fill its family detention to capacity in about three days. …

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5 years, 6 months ago

SunTrust to stop lending to detention centers

CNN

New York CNN Business — SunTrust is the fourth major US bank to end its business relationships with owners of immigrant detention centers on the border between the United States and Mexico. Reducing exposure to prisons A spokesperson for Bank of America said last month that while the bank appreciates “steps have taken to properly execute their contractual and humanitarian …

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This industry is 'ready to cash in' on one of Trump’s biggest plans: report

America’s private prison complex gears up for Trump deportation bonanza

Fights at Tennessee prison kill 1 inmate and injure 5 others

'Someone's got to run the deportation camps': Prison stocks soar as Trump agenda unfolds

"Unprecedented opportunity": For-profit prison execs salivate at potential mass deportation camps

Quicksplained: Why are prison stocks surging after Trump’s victory?

Private prison operator under federal scrutiny spent millions settling mistreatment claims

US Justice Department to investigate violence and sexual abuse at Tennessee’s largest prison

Audit finds Tennessee prisons severely understaffed, officers worried about safety

Mississippi county closes jail pod plagued by fights and escapes, sends 200 inmates 2 hours away

California tried and failed to ban for-profit ICE detention centers. What does that mean for other states?

Judge limits lawyer’s tweets about prison firm he’s suing

Company halts work program instead of upping detainee pay

Company halts work program instead of upping detainee pay

Biden and prison reforms – a soft target?

147 Vermont inmates in Mississippi prison test positive for Covid-19

'You Can Either Be A Survivor Or Die': COVID-19 Cases Surge In ICE Detention

Muere joven guatemalteco de coronavirus en manos de la migra, ya es el segundo

Advocates warn of more immigrant deaths without ICE action

New lawsuit: Mississippi prison has ‘abhorrent conditions’

Tennessee lawmakers wrestle with a scathing audit of prisons

Video of transgender immigrant who died in ICE custody may have been deleted, lawyers say

Trump Wants To Detain Migrant Families Indefinitely. He Can't.

SunTrust to stop lending to detention centers