Yana Kunichoff | 11.02.11 | The American Independent The inmate population in the United States has grown steadily over the past fifteen years, increasing by 49.6 percent, while the proportion of those prisoners in private prisons has exploded -– according to the Justice Policy Institute’s analysis of federal statistics; the number of people in privately-run
The excellent blog called Texas Prison Bidness… http://www.texasprisonbidness.org/ now has an interactive map which has color-coded pins to show exactly which county jails and prisons and immigration prisons are run by private prison companies like CCA and Geo, Inc. Click on a pin and you get the basic info, for example, clicking on Del Rio
from Texas Prison Bidness, Mon, 12/22/2008 – 19:32 — Nicole Earlier this month a riot broke out at the Reeves County Detention Center. The GEO Group manages the west Texas prison through contracts with Reeves County and the Federal Bureau of Prisons; the facility has a 2,400-bed capacity. During the riot, two recreational specialists, aged
Jail Commission meeting --- Thursday, February 24, 2022 Despite the current wave of Omicron, the next TCJS quarterly meeting will be held in-person on Thursday, February 24, 2022 at
If you want to speak, read info below carefully. The only time you can make comments at this meeting is JUST PAST 9 AM DURING PUBLIC INPUT.
There no longer appears to be any access to the meeting through a phone line. More details are on their meetings page. Remember to check back closer to meeting date for possible changes in venue and agenda.
Jail Commission meeting -- Thursday, February 24, 2022
