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Gov. Jerry Brown seeks new prison beds in California
Gov. Jerry Brown is pursuing a prison contract in California, too small to meet federal orders to reduce crowding, but enough to help Brown end the shipment of inmates to for-profit prisons out of state. According to bid documents, California offers...
Tags: Prisons, Jerry Brown
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California sheds light on plans for out-of-state prisoners
PolitiCalCalifornia inmates serving their sentences in private prisons out of state now have their first glimpse at whom the state intends to bring back, and when. In documents filed Wednesday with a U.S. District judge presiding over inmate mental health...... -
Judge seeks California's out-of-state prison plan
PolitiCalThis post has been updated. See below for details. Gov. Jerry Brown must explain to a federal court by the end of Wednesday how he plans to fit 9,000 inmates currently housed in out-of-state facilities back into California lockups. U.S....... -
Brown fails to produce prison plan, seeks end of court control
PolitiCalGov. Jerry Brown contends California no longer needs to reduce overcrowding in the state's prisons. Federal judges had given the state until midnight Monday to file plans showing how California would meet federal caps on prison populations. Instead, in a.... -
Plumbers, private prisons contribute to Brown tax initiative
PolitiCalGov. Jerry Brown continues to raise money for his tax measure at an aggressive clip, reporting more than $630,000 in new contributions Tuesday. Support for the initiative comes from a variety of labor, business and tribal groups, reflecting the political.... -
Joliet won't get new immigration detention center
Joliet is no longer in the running for a privately run immigration detention center, the city manager said at a standing-room-only meeting Monday night. "If (the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency) builds in the Chicago area, (the...
Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Prisons, Politics, Immigration, Pat Quinn
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Joliet will not get new immigration detention center
Special to the TribuneJoliet is no longer in the running for a privately-run immigration detention center, the city manager said at a standing-room only meeting Monday night. "If ICE builds in the Chicago area CCA has determined they would not build in Joliet," Joliet City...Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Prisons, Politics, Pat Quinn, Immigration
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The Internet likes Kanye; not such a big fan of the Tumblr purchase
Yahoo has added another major property to its portfolio, Kanye West went dark and political for his SNL gig, and France is buying military equipment. Welcome to your post-weekend trends report for May 20, 2013. With the exception of television show...
Tags: Kanye West, Lotteries, Justin Bieber, Lifestyle and Leisure, France
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Officials demand more information about proposed immigration detention center
Special to the TribuneJoliet City Councilman Jim McFarland wants to hear firsthand – and publicly – what Corrections Corp. of America plans to do if it builds an immigration detention center in Joliet. McFarland, who called for a public meeting to learn about...Tags: Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Prisons, Politics
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The separation of profit and state
Robert KoehlerSometimes what I fear most is that the disintegration of public life -- indeed, the very idea of the public good -- is complete. The vultures and profiteers swarm around the carcass and make a profit and that's all that matters. Thirty years on, the...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Personal Weapon Control, Entertainment, Geo Group Incorporated, Career and Workplace
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Prison price gouging costs us all money in the end
Mary SanchezFor two decades now, politicians and public scolds have sold America on the idea of a sterner penal system. Zero tolerance, three strikes and you're out, supermax prisons and legions of young men who have done time -- these are the hallmarks of our age....Tags: Culture, Judges, Prices, Social Sciences, Career and Workplace
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Miss. Prison Riot Kills Guard, Leaves Others Injured
CNNBRANDON, Miss. -- Authorities said early Monday they had gained control of a prison riot that claimed the life of a guard as it continued into the late evening Sunday. A 23-year-old guard died of head injuries in the disturbance at the Adams County...Tags: CNN (tv network), Injuries and Wounds, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Head Injuries
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