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Naked City
News Story September 19, 2008
Description: News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
"...The publication has video footage of Salinas directing staff to remove the papers. The cover story, written by Editor María Eugenia "Meg" Guerra, addressed the close relationship between Salinas and private prison firm Geo Group..."
Another TYC Prison in Trouble
News Story October 26, 2007
by Richard Whittaker
Description: What happened to Coke County Juvenile Justice Center?
"...On paper, the privately run Coke County Juvenile Justice Center was one of the better facilities used by the Texas Youth Commission. Owned and operated by private-prison firm GEO Group, the 200-bed juvenile center was TYC's Contract Facility of the Year in 2005..."
TYC Ombudsman Meets With House Corrections Committee
News Story October 26, 2007
by Richard Whittaker
Description: What happened to Coke County Juvenile Justice Center?
TYC: Getting Better, Not Better
News Blog October 19, 2007
by Richard Whittaker
Description: Texas Youth Commission ombudsman tells legislators: having the tools to fix TYC is not the same as it being fixed.
"...In fact, he was actually supposed to be visiting Coke County back in May when he met with the committee. He singled out facility's operators GEO Group for criticism, saying "They didn't cut corners, they didn't bother building the corners to cut."
He warned the committee there were serious problems at Victory Field Correctional Academy, but there were problems at every facility...."
The Privatized Government
News Blog October 10, 2007
by Richard Whittaker
Description: Sen. Hinojosa draws comparisons between private prisons and private wars - and why both are doomed to fail the state.
"...Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, who lead the TYC reform drive earlier this year, this was bound to happen when public responsibilities are left to the market.
The big problem this time was that the reports they were getting from their quality assurance staff, which TYC is now calling unreliable: so unreliable that TYC has now sacked all four on-site quality assessors, and three of their superiors. But for Hinojosa, the real issue lay with Geo Group, the private prison company that ran Coke County for TYC, who let the facility collapse into grime and squalor, and failed to curb a rising gang violence problem.
Hinojosa made a point about Geo, and why it failed to live up to the standards expected: because it is in its very nature..."
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