http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/ Copyright 2009 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:45:54 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.11 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Food caused Northpoint riot, guard says By Valarie Honeycutt Spears November 7, 2009 FRANKFORT — A corrections officer at Northpoint Training Center told lawmakers Friday that an August riot at the prison near Danville was caused by inmate anger over... http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/11/ky_disgusting_i.html http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/11/ky_disgusting_i.html Financing and Siting Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:45:54 -0500 Allied Sister and Brothers!! I really hope you can come out and support! And, remember - if you can't attend the event, you can still help us reach our goal of raising $5,000 to distribute this unique Survival Guide! Imagine... http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/11/ny_families_ral.html http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/11/ny_families_ral.html Organizing Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:08:44 -0500 Community works to keep women’s prison open By Donald Jaramillo Beacon publisher/managing editor November 5, 2009 GRANTS - An emergency community relations meeting organized by the New Mexico Women's Correction Facility and supported by the Grants/Cibola County Chamber of Commerce... http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/11/grants_nm_chamb.html http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/11/grants_nm_chamb.html Women and Children Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:09:28 -0500 What the census will get wrong By MARY SANCHEZ McClatchy Newspapers Published: Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 - 7:56 am The 2010 U.S. Census will soon be upon us, and by now you may have heard one of the patriotic pitches... http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/11/what_the_census.html http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/11/what_the_census.html Disenfranchisement/Census Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:05:10 -0500 Hearing on Lake County prison set Contract with U.S. could bring 327 jobs to Baldwin Kevin Braciszeski - Daily News Staff Writer Friday, November 6, 2009 BALDWIN — The closed — and recently expanded — prison near Baldwin is being... http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/11/mi_former_youth.html http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/11/mi_former_youth.html Financing and Siting Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:53:52 -0500 Focus on “Criminal Aliens” Increases Demand for Private Immigrant Detention Business – According to New Profit Reports 5 November 2009 From the Business of Detention http://www.businessofdetention.com/ In earnings reports released this week the nation’s two largest private prison operators cited... http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/11/focus_on_acrimi.html http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/11/focus_on_acrimi.html Immigration Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:06:09 -0500 3 women arrested on prostitution charges as police raid 8 massage parlors in Hampden, Hampshire counties By Patrick Johnson November 04, 2009, 8:10PM Springfield Republican SPRINGFIELD – State and local police and federal officials Wednesday afternoon arrested three women on... http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/11/western_ma_wome.html http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/11/western_ma_wome.html Immigration Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:56:47 -0500 Corrections Corporation of America Announces Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results Marketwire Third Quarter EPS of $0.39, or $0.33 Excluding Special Items November 04, 2009: 04:05 PM ET Corrections Corporation of America (NYSE: CXW) (the "Company" or "CCA"), the nation's largest... http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/11/corrections_cor_1.html http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/11/corrections_cor_1.html Financing and Siting Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:43:01 -0500 California sending inmates to Oklahoma OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov 04, 2009 (Tulsa World - McClatchy-Tribune California officials plan to send more than 1,300 inmates to a private prison in Sayre. Corrections Corporation of America, which runs the North Fork Correctional Facility... http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/11/ca_to_send_1300.html http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/11/ca_to_send_1300.html Financing and Siting Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:23:25 -0500 Missouri Department of Corrections calls prison population boom no problem Tuesday, November 3, 2009 | 12:01 a.m. CST BY Cheston McGuire JEFFERSON CITY — An all-time high number of inmates in Missouri prisons has officials searching for the reasons. Corrections... http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/11/_missouri_depar.html http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/11/_missouri_depar.html Financing and Siting Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:12:21 -0500 Immigrant Jail Tests U.S. View of Legal Access By NINA BERNSTEIN Published: November 1, 2009- NY Times A startling petition arrived at the New York City Bar Association in October 2008, signed by 100 men, all locked up without criminal... http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/11/nyc_varick_stre.html http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/11/nyc_varick_stre.html Immigration Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:01:14 -0500 Peter Shellem, Investigative Reporter Who Wrote About Wrongful Convictions, Dies at 49 By DENNIS HEVESI Published: October 31, 2009 New York Times Peter Shellem, whose relentless digging into dusty court records, erroneous crime-lab reports and coerced confessions during his 23... http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/11/peter_shellem_i.html http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/11/peter_shellem_i.html Outrageous but True Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:15:01 -0500 Michigan to Close Prison Considered for Gitmo Detainees By ALEX P. KELLOGG Wall Street Journal- Oct 31, 2009 A state prison in Michigan that is being considered as a potential location for holding terror detainees from Guantanamo Bay is expected... http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/10/standish_mi_pri.html http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/10/standish_mi_pri.html Financing and Siting Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:07:15 -0500 Navajo hope stimulus cash closes a revolving prison door Criminals at Navajo holding facilities like this one in Kayenta, Ariz., are usually released within a day of being booked. Kayenta and two other towns will get new jails next year,... http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/10/navajo_reservat.html http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/10/navajo_reservat.html Financing and Siting Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:58:41 -0500 Possible layoffs unsettle prison officers, workers Posted By William Petroski On October 30, 2009 Newton, Ia. — The mood was tense and somber at the Newton Correctional Facility during Thursday’s first shift change, as rank-and-file prison workers await the outcome... http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/10/ia_possible_lay.html http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2009/10/ia_possible_lay.html Financing and Siting Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:49:09 -0500