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Authorities try to control inmates in fatal Mississippi prison riot - CNN


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Authorities try to control inmates in fatal Mississippi prison riot
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It is owned by the Tennessee-based Corrections Corporation of America. Warden Vance Laughlin described the facility as quiet and with "few problems" in a March 2010 article in The Natchez Democrat, a few months after it opened to incarcerate illegal ...
Inmates riot in Mississippi prison, one guard killed Chicago Tribune
Natchez prison riot leaves one worker dead Magnoliareporter

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Authorities attempting to calm prison riot in Natchez - KSLA-TV

Authorities attempting to calm prison riot in Natchez
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Updates will be provided as they become available. The Adams County Correctional Facility is a 2567-bed prison owned and operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). The facility houses adult male criminal aliens for the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

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New warden talks helm at USP - Leavenworth Times

New warden talks helm at USP
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Maye is the new warden of the US Penitentiary in Leavenworth. He met Hininger during an event at the Corrections Corporation of America's Leavenworth Detention Center. Hininger is president and CEO of CCA. Also pictured is Connie Parish, who works for ...

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Fighting the Corporate Prison Industry: Citizens of One Illinois Town Fight ... - AlterNet

Fighting the Corporate Prison Industry: Citizens of One Illinois Town Fight ...
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Since late last year, the Corrections Corporation of America has been embroiled in a stand-off over the proposed center, slated for construction just outside of Chicago in the small, relatively affluent village of Crete.
Kadner: Crete detention hearing to include ICE officials SouthtownStar

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Inmates riot in Mississippi prison, one guard killed - Reuters India

Inmates riot in Mississippi prison, one guard killed
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The disturbance in the 2567-bed prison began on Sunday afternoon inside the facility in Natchez, Mississippi, the Corrections Corporation of America, which owns the prison, said in a statement. Photographs of the scene showed white smoke lingering ...

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Authorities attempting to calm prison riot in Natchez - WLBT-TV

Authorities attempting to calm prison riot in Natchez
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Updates will be provided as they become available. The Adams County Correctional Facility is a 2567-bed prison owned and operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). The facility houses adult male criminal aliens for the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

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'It's going to hurt': Rural eastern Kentucky town readies for impact of ... - Washington Post

'It's going to hurt': Rural eastern Kentucky town readies for impact of ...
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based Corrections Corporation of America, is set to close by this summer as Kentucky pulls its inmates out of the facility that was at the center of a sex scandal. It broke in 2009 when inmates accused prison staff of forcing them to trade sexual ...

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CCA fires back at ACLU over prisons report - Access North Georgia


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CCA fires back at ACLU over prisons report
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By BJ Williams Editor Gainesville - Officials with the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) have responded to claims in an ACLU report that illegal immigrant inmates are mistreated at two of their Georgia facilities, including the North Georgia ...
ACLU releases study on the state of immigrant detention in Georgia Creative Loafing Atlanta

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An activist fights to make CCA more transparent — by joining the ranks of its ... - Nashville Scene


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An activist fights to make CCA more transparent — by joining the ranks of its ...
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That might have happened here, but for one important caveat: Alex Friedmann owns 191 shares of stock in Corrections Corporation of America. For the first time, Friedmann — a former CCA prisoner jailed in the 1990s for armed robbery, now associate ...
CCA Prison Rape Shareholder Resolution Gains Almost 20% of Voting Shares PR Web (press release)

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Unlikely coalition targets prison phone call rates - FierceEnterpriseCommunications

Unlikely coalition targets prison phone call rates
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based private prison operator Corrections Corporation of America (NYSE: CXW) asked the US district court to recoup damages to inmates and families and to nullify phone-service contracts entered into by CCA and several carriers, among other prayers.

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