Topic: Private Correctional Institutions

A Fortune Look at Arizona’s Private Prisons

A tip of the hat to this Fortune story from a couple of weeks back highlighting the prison-industrial complex in Arizona, which has tried to...

Slain Man's Mom Sues Arizona Prison

The mother of a slain Tecumseh man has filed a $10 million lawsuit against the prison from the people accused of killing him escaped.. . Gary Haas...

Not ready for primetime

NOT READY FOR PRIMETIME.... We talked earlier Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's (R) remarkable opening statement in a gubernatorial debate last night, in...
It was the first debate of the Arizona governor's race, and likely the last, as there's no way incumbent Republican Gov. Jan Brewer chances another...
He's Chuck Coughlin, Brewer's campaign chairman, policy adviser and a lobbyist for the largest private prison company in the country. And he's one...
Last night's report from KPHO's Morgan Loew on the ties between private prison behemoth Corrections Corporation of America and Governor Jan Brewer...

Reward in question for ranger in escapees' capture

The U.S. Forest Service is reviewing whether an eastern Arizona ranger whose tip led to the capture of 2 of the most wanted fugitives in America...
Prison operator Corrections Corp. of America spent $240,000 lobbying federal officials in the second quarter.. . That's down slightly from the...
Idaho finds extensive problems with medical care, alcohol treatment at private prisonThe state is ordering private prison company Correction Corporation of America to pay thousands of dollars and fix problems with drug and alcohol treatment and medical ca
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is investigating allegations that a guard at a central Texas detention facility sexually assaulted female detainees on their way to being deported.Agency spokesman Brian Hale said Friday the guard has been fired and Cor