Incarcerated Women in California Pen Open Letter Against GEO Group’s New...
In April, The Bakersfield Californian reported that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) signed a contract with private prison company GEO Group to re-open and operate a...
View ArticleDozens of Inmates Assaulted in ‘Ass to the Glass’ Hazing Tradition at Texas...
In Texas, a lawsuit filed against Corrections Corporation of America sheds another sliver of light on the notorious culture of violence at private prisons. An unnamed prisoner alleges he and over 50...
View ArticleFormer Louisiana Corrections Officer Argues 14 Year Old Prisoner ‘Consented’...
The age of consent in the state of Louisiana is 17. The girl was 14 at the time of the incident. This is textbook statutory rape. Read the whole report if you can stomach it. But I think this quote...
View ArticleHomophobia, Fear of AIDS Allegedly Drove San Bernadino County to Skip Safety...
In a white male supremacist society, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ) prisoners face the compounded misery of discrimination based on their race, income, and/or sexual orientation...
View ArticleFormer Corizon doctor accused of molesting scores of prisoners served with...
With the filing of two new lawsuits in New Mexico this week, Dr. Mark E. Walden stands accused of sexually assaulting scores of prisoners while working for inmate healthcare contractor Corizon Health...
View ArticleCorrections Corp. of America reaches settlement in Idaho sexual harassment...
On February 23rd, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) settled a lawsuit brought by a former nurse at the Idaho Correctional Center (ICC) named Michelle Pierce, who claimed she had been fired in...
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