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DHS Finalizes Prison Rape Regulation Standards

March 18, 2014 3435 Views Alexander Building Construction Co., Correctional dining, Dan Heyns, Eastern U.S., Kevin Weissenborn, Michael Flesch, Michigan DOC, Rehabilitation Center, Texas Charter School Association, Tom Tylutki, Yale University

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has finalized comprehensive Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards to detect, prevent, reduce and respond to sexual abuse and assault in DHS immigration facilities. The move to finalize standards also meets a May 2012 Presidential Directive, and builds on current DHS sexual assault safeguards, detention policies and practices.

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Joliet No Longer in Running for Private Immigrant Detention Center

June 5, 2013 2423 Views Baylor University, Dan Patrick, David Dunn, Eastern U.S., GSA, Health Care Risk Management, Texas Charter School Association

JOLIET, Ill. — The Corrections Corporation of American (CCA) announced Monday that it will no longer consider Joliet, Ill. as a potential host city for a new immigrant detention center. The Immigration and Enforcement Customs, which would contract CCA to operate the detention center, will continue its search for a Chicago-area site.

The decision comes at a time in which immigration reform is being debated upon and the local lawmakers expressed heavy opposition.