MuckRock’s “Private Prison Project” and the Need for Transparency
MuckRock announces “Private Prison Project.” Here’s why it’s so badly needed. Last week, Muckrock.com announced it was launching the Private Prison Project: a long-term investigation of the use of...
View ArticleCCA Settles Overtime Lawsuit in Kentucky; Pays $260,000 to Shift Supervisors
Before we begin, let me say I love Prison Legal News. They have excellent news reporting AND tireless, intelligent activism that undermines the secrecy surrounding the prison industrial complex. You...
View ArticleMichigan Gov. Rick Snyder Shuts Press and Public Out of Aramark Prison Food...
In both Michigan and Ohio, Aramark stands accused of unsanitary food service conditions and meal shortages. Ohio announced it is developing plans to invite health inspectors into its prison kitchens to...
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 ArticleMontana legislature debuts bill prohibiting solitary confinement for minors,...
A bill introduced in the Montana House of Representatives this week would curb the use of isolation in state prisons. The Montana Solitary Confinement Reform Act (or House Bill 490) was introduced by...
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 ArticleNew solitary confinement unit plagued by old problems on Rikers Island
At the beginning of March, New York City’s Board of Correction released a preliminary report on Rikers Island’s controversial new isolation facility, the Enhanced Supervision Housing Unit (ESHU). The...
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