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Did a Private Prison Corporation's Abuse of Inmates Spark a Deadly Riot in Mississippi?

Seth Freed Wessler, Colorlines.com. May 22, 2012.

What little information has emerged from inside Adams County Correctional Center suggests that mistreatment and abuse at the hands of guards may have reached a breaking point.

Fighting the Corporate Prison Industry: Citizens of One Illinois Town Fight CCA Immigration Detention Facility

Siddhartha Mahanta, American Independent News Network. May 18, 2012.

Will CCA seal a deal to build a civil detention facility in Crete, Ill., before the legislature votes to bar it?

Who Guards Corrections Corporation of America as it Guards Our Immigration Prisons?

Travis Packer, Immigration Impact. January 5, 2011.

A federal prosecutor is likely investigating claims that CCA used inmate violence to force prisoners to snitch on one another or be moved to extremely violent units.

How Wall Street Profits from the Criminalization of Immigrants and Lobbies for More To Be Locked Up

Peter Cervantes-Gautschi, AlterNet. October 9, 2010.

Two Wall Street-backed powerhouses are making fat profits off of the private immigration detention system, and they're flexing their muscles in Congress.

Sexual Abuse of Immigration Detainees Highlights Need for Oversight

Lovisa Stannow, New America Media. July 5, 2010.

In a violation of Department Homeland Security policy, one male warden had access to female detainees without supervision. His acts are inexcusable.

More Detention Abuse Highlights the Need for Federal Immigration Oversight

Travis Packer, Immigration Impact. June 9, 2010.

Reports of prisoner abuse have prompted disciplinary action and calls for stricter regulatory policies.

How a Former Prisoner Took Down a Big Shot from the Private Prison Industry (and Cheney Pal)

Paul Wright, CounterPunch. June 9, 2009.

Gus Puryear had his judicial nomination scuttled by a former prisoner turned criminal justice advocate.

$35,000 Cash Reward Offer Helps Sink Judgeship Chances for Bush Nominee

Silja J.A. Talvi, AlterNet. June 16, 2008.

Why Gus Puryear might want to start looking for other employment.

Gus Puryear: Bush's Latest Dangerous Court Nominee

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. May 22, 2008.

An interview with author Silja Talvi about her AlterNet investigative report on Gus Puryear, a Bush court nominee with a villainous past.

Meet Gus Puryear: Bush's Latest Villainous Nominee for a Lifetime Judgeship

Silja J.A. Talvi, AlterNet. May 5, 2008.

The unsolved murder of Estelle Richardson in her prison cell haunts the nation's top private prison litigator as he vies for a judgeship.