The American Civil Liberties Union sued state prison officials and a private company Thursday, claiming violence is so rampant at the Idaho Correctional Center that it's known as "gladiator school" among inmates. The ACLU filed the lawsuit against Nashville, Tenn.-based Corrections Corporation ...
<div id="subtitle">Texas appeals court upholds $42.5M judgment against Fla. prison company in inmate's death</div><div><p>A Texas appeals court has upheld a multimillion dollar civil verdict against a Florida private prison company in the beating death of an inmate.</p><p>The ...
<div id="subtitle">With budgets in crisis, many states move to reduce number of prison inmates and parolees</div><div><p>Their budgets in crisis, governors, legislators and prison officials across the nation are making or considering policy changes that will likely remove tens of thousands of offenders ...
<div id="subtitle">Texas federal prison has 'significant' damage from weekend riot, can't operate normally</div><div><p>A weekend riot at a federal prison in Texas caused "significant" damage that won't allow it to resume normal operations, the prison's operator said Tuesday.</p><p> ...
<div id="subtitle">Privately run prison keeps jobs in western Texas town, but 2 inmate riots bring scrutiny</div><div><p>A remote western Texas county secured its finances and kept jobs at home by turning over its sprawling prison to private management, but two inmate riots in ...
<div id="subtitle">Judge in southern Texas dismisses indictments against Cheney, Gonzales, other officials</div><div><p>A judge dismissed indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Monday and told the southern Texas prosecutor who brought the case to exercise caution as ...
<div id="subtitle">Considering past failures with private prisons, state shouldn’t consider Rachel plan</div><div><p> Nevada’s prison overcrowding problem could be eased with a private prison in the tiny town of Rachel, a developer says.</p><p>As Mike Trask reported in last Sunday ...
<div id="subtitle">Fla. private prison company charged with murder of Texas inmate who died days before release</div><div><p>A private prison company based in Florida has been indicted in the death of a Texas prisoner just days before his release.</p><p>The indictment released ...
<div id="subtitle">Costs cited as Ala. decides to pull inmates from private prison where 2 escaped</div><div><p>Alabama will remove its 250 inmates from a privately run prison where two convicts escaped last month and were only recaptured after a shootout with police in North ...
<div id="subtitle">ACLU sues operator of private NM prison alleging violation of 7 inmates' rights</div><div><p>The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the operator of New Mexico's newest private prison on behalf of seven inmates who claim they were taunted by guards and videotaped ...
