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California DOC Officials Enjoy Absolute Immunity From Tort Liability Under Civil Code

Article • September 15, 2011

Filed under: Private Prisons, Marantha Private Corrections, Telephone Rates, Judicial Immunity

California DOC Officials Enjoy Absolute Immunity From Tort Liability Under Civil Code by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg When a private prison corporation sued Director Jeanne Woodford of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) for alleged defamatory statements made against the corporation's performance on a CDCR contract, ...

California County’s 2005 Purchase  of Private Prison Still Clouded in  Conflict of Interest Questions

Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009

Filed under: Financing, Marantha Private Corrections, Government Misconduct, News, State Legislation

California County’s 2005 Purchase  of Private Prison Still Clouded in  Conflict of Interest Questions by Marvin Mentor California County’s 2005 Purchase ?of Private Prison Still Clouded in ?Conflict of Interest Questions by Marvin Mentor Investigative journalism by the San Bernardino Daily Bulletin has revealed that the April 2005, $31.2 million ...

Policy Lock-Down, The Institute On Money In State Politics, 95 pp., softbound, April 2006

Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America, Wackenhut/Geo Group, Financing, Cornell Corrections, Marantha Private Corrections, Louisiana Correctional Services, Correctional Services Corp., Reviews, Elections, Lobbying

Policy Lock-Down, The Institute On Money In State Politics, 95 pp., softbound, April 2006 by John Dannenberg reviewed by John E. Dannenberg In a classic case of ?follow the money,? The Institute On Money In State Politics (IMSP) reviewed influence-peddling by private prison corporations (and their leaders, lobbyists, and subcontractors) ...

Problematic California Private Prison Sold to San Bernardino County

Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007

Filed under: Marantha Private Corrections, Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Government Misconduct

Problematic California Private Prison Sold to San Bernardino County by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg In the continuing saga of a troubled private prison in Adelanto, California, the facility was sold to the County of San Bernardino for $31.2 million in February 2006. However, controversies haunted the county for ...

Private Prison Contractor Who Allegedly Diverted $1.6 Million in Telephone Revenues Sues California DOC

Article • February 15, 2006 • from PLN February, 2006

Filed under: Private Prisons, Marantha Private Corrections, Telephone Rates

Private Prison Contractor Who Allegedly Diverted $1.6 Million in Telephone Revenues Sues California DOC by Private Prison Contractor Who Allegedly Diverted $1.6 Million in Telephone Revenues Sues California DOC A Bakersfield, California businessman, who lost a contract for his private prison housing California Department of Corrections (CDC) prisoners due to ...

Private Prison Firms Stumble; Hire Former California Officials to Lobby for For-Profit Facilities

Article • January 15, 2006 • from PLN January, 2006

Filed under: Wackenhut/Geo Group, Financing, Marantha Private Corrections, Contractor Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Overcrowding, Employee Litigation, News, State Legislation

Private Prison Firms Stumble; Hire Former California Officials to Lobby for For-Profit Facilities by Private prison companies, which presently house only 2,550 of California's 165,000 prisoners, have hired a former county lawmaker, former CDC employees and the former state Finance Director in an attempt to expand into the $7 billion ...

California Demands $1.6 Million In Diverted Telephone Revenues From Private Prison Contractor

Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005

Filed under: Marantha Private Corrections, Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Telephone Rates

California Demands $1.6 Million In Diverted Telephone Revenues From Private Prison Contractor by John E Dannenberg California Demands $1.6 Million In Diverted Telephone Revenues From Private Prison Contractor by John E. Dannenberg The California Department of Corrections (CDC) has charged private prison contractor Marantha Corrections LLC with "misappropriating" more than ...

California Private Prison Riot

Article • October 15, 2000 • from PLN October, 2000

Filed under: Private Prisons, Marantha Private Corrections, Prison Rebellion

California Private Prison Riot by Willie Wisely By W. Wisely Racial brawling broke out between black and Latino prisoners at Victor Valley Community Correctional Facility March 1, 2000. Six prisoners were sent to hospitals near the Adelanto, California, medium security private prison operated by Marantha Private Corrections LLC. Fighting began ...