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Florida's Treatment Industrial Complex a Disaster

November 20, 2015 by Cate Graziani

Last month, the Tampa Bay Times and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune shed light on horrific conditions in Florida’s state-funded mental health facilities in a recent joint investigation - with an offensive headline - Ins [node:read-more:link]

Private Company, Corizon Health Services, Supports New House Bill to Privatize Medical Care In TDCJ Facilities: Say No To Corizon in Texas!

May 11, 2015 by Eshe Cole

HB 1211, a bil

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Humpday Hall of Shame: Terry Stewart Strikes Back

April 10, 2013 by Piper Madison

A year and a half after his induction, Terry Stewart is making a return appearance on the Humpday Hall of Shame. Stewart has a checkered past in corrections, dating back to his time as the Arizona Department of Corrections director from 1995 to 2002 and, most recently, in a questionable deal between Arizona and private prison health care provider Corizon.

Since he left his post as ADOC director, Stewart has made a healthy career in the prison industrial complex. In 2003, he started his own prison privatization consulting firm, Advanced Correctional Management, and began hawking for-profit private prisons to his own former co-workers as a consultant for companies like MTC (Management and Training Corporation) and Corizon Correctional Healthcare.

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A Double Dose of Privatization Pitfalls

March 20, 2013 by Holly Kirby

A prison physician – Dr. Mark E. Walden - has been accused of sexually abusing at least 25 men incarcerated at two separate private prisons in New Mexico. Alleged abuses began in 2010 and include excessive and inappropriate digital anal penetration and probing during examinations, according to lawsuits.

The allegations against Walden point to a double dose of privatization gone amuck. [node:read-more:link]