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Justice Department to End Use of Private Prisons

August 24, 2016September 17, 2016 Correctional News 5504 Views Atlanta Hawks Basketball Club, CRNA, Eastern U.S., Fentress Architects, Green Building Alliance, PUC

WASHINGTON — Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates instructed in a memo last week for Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) officials to either decline to renew the contracts for private prison operators…

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CCA to Finance, Build Tennessee Prison

July 9, 2014 2819 Views Eastern U.S., FCC prison call decision, Green Building Alliance, GSA, prison telephone service providers, Stephen Rankin & Associates, What Keeps me up at Night?

TROUSDALE COUNTY, Tenn. — The Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest owner of partnership correctional and detention facilities, has agreed to finance, design, build and operate a 2,552-bed correctional facility in Trousdale County, Tenn. According to a release issued by CCA, the facility will meet the responsibilities of a separate intergovernmental service agreement (IGSA) between Trousdale County and the State of Tennessee regarding correctional services.

Kentucky Ends CCA Contract

July 17, 2013July 23, 2013 4629 Views Eastern U.S., Fremont Police Department, Green Building Alliance, Pay to Stay, Rebecca Fleming, Stanislaus County Courthouse

ST. MARY, Ky.

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Unique Private Prison Deal Leads to Backlash

March 6, 2013 2616 Views Eastern U.S., Green Building Alliance, GSA, security automation systems, Trespa

CONNEAUT, Ohio — A private prison in Ohio has been making headlines in all the wrong ways since the state sold the facility in 2011. Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid the state $72.7 million for the Lake Erie Correctional Institution in an unprecedented move that the company’s representatives predicted would serve as a model for other states at the time. The private prison company sent correspondence to leaders in 48 other states, trying to encourage them to make similar deals.

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Judges OK Prison Operator Suit

May 4, 2011 2237 Views correctional facility audit, Green Building Alliance, What Keeps me up at Night?

NASHVILLE, Tenn.

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Texas May Privatize All State Jails

April 5, 2011 2244 Views Green Building Alliance, North Carolina

AUSTIN, Texas — House lawmakers are considering a plan to privatize all state prisons housing low-level felony offenders, a move they say could save the state up to $40 million.

“Government is not always the efficient provider,” said state Rep.

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Fla. May Privatize Prisons

April 1, 2011 2073 Views Green Building Alliance, Norment Security Group, Washington County Jail

TALLAHASEE, Fla.

The Case for Private Prisons

December 30, 2009January 12, 2010 2251 Views Green Building Alliance, Product of the Month

Over the next decade, the private sector’s share of inmates within the U.S. could increase to 11 percent from its current level of 8 percent. This equates to roughly 5 percent to 7 percent annual inmate growth over that time.

There are a confluence of events driving what should be a multi-year acceleration of private sector inmate growth: