CCA’s Private Immigrant Prison in Ohio on Lockdown After Protests Over Prison...
There was a prisoner protest at CCA’s private immigrant prison in Youngstown, Ohio today. WYTV reports that, “a woman who identified herself as the aunt of an inmate at the prison told WKBN that her...
View ArticleDid CCA Try to Cover Up the Inmate Protest at Youngstown’s Private Prison?
Update: WYTV reports “State Representative Bob Hagan said he is calling for a full review of the facility by the Ohio Corrections Institute Inspection Committee after he was denied access Wednesday to...
View ArticleCCA Rep. to Meet with Youngstown Mayor McNally over Prison Demonstration
A representative from CCA will meet with Mayor McNally on Friday to discuss the protest and “the prison’s obligation to the city when there is trouble at the facility.” There has been very little...
View ArticlePeaceful Inmate Protest Met with ‘Show of Force’ at Private Immigrant Prison...
The Youngstown Vindicator has more details on the August 12th inmate protest at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center — a for-profit immigrant prison operated by Corrections Corporation of America....
View ArticleState Rep. Hagan Tours Ohio Private Immigrant Prison After Nearly 250 Inmates...
Ohio State Rep. Bob Hagan continues to push Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) for answers about its handling of a recent incident at the for-profit Northeast Ohio Correctional Center (NEOCC) in...
View ArticlePeaceful Inmate Protest Highlights Dysfunction and Disservice of CCA’s Ohio...
There is rightful anger at Correction Corp. of America’s failures in response to a 14-hour, 250-inmate protest at their for-profit Northeast Ohio Correctional Center in Ohio. But any critique that does...
View ArticleAre NYPD Protests Reaching Rikers Island?
In December, the New York Times ran a story on a sadly historic event: The first Rikers Island correction officer to be tried for civil rights abuses in more than a decade was found guilty on Wednesday...
View ArticleThousands of immigrant prisoners moved to undisclosed locations after...
Nearly three thousand immigrant prisoners are being transferred to undisclosed federal facilities after a two-day demonstration against indecent living conditions and medical care left the Willacy...
View ArticleUndocumented mothers put in solitary after 78 launch hunger strike at private...
Last week, seventy-eight incarcerated mothers at GEO Group’s Karnes County Detention Center in Texas signed a letter announcing a hunger and work strike and to demand their immediate release. Now Roque...
View ArticleProtest May 2nd to #EndFamilyDetention in Dilley, Texas
If you can, please attend this protest on May 2nd to oppose the federal government’s detention of refugee and immigrant families at a CCA-operated private prison in Dilley, Texas. More on this from...
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