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Cornell Companies: Cashing in on crime
Shares of Cornell Companies are on a six-month prison break, and investors aren't about to issue an all-points bulletin.
Zacks Releases Four Powerful ''Buy'' Stocks: Tetra Tech, Suncor...
Zacks Releases Four Powerful ''Buy'' Stocks: Tetra Tech, Suncor Energy, Cornell Companies and Unit Corp.
Cornell Companies Files $75 Million Shelf Registration Statement
Cornell Companies, Inc. today announced the filing of a shelf registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Crime Pays for U.S. Prison Companies
In light of the Jose Alonso Compean decision I wanted to share this with you all.
U.S. government report recommends improvements in reporting deaths of immigrant detainees
The U.S. government immigration agency should report all deaths in detention promptly, not only to the inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security, but also to state authorities where required by ...
Pops funding tops midpoint of $40,000 goal
Cornell Companies Inc. is a sponsor of the 75th annual Cowboy Reunion and Rodeo for the first time this year.
New county jail firm points to changes
Before Lincoln County commissioners filed over to the county detention center in Carrizozo for a semi-annual tour and lunch, an official with Emerald Correctional Management Inc.
Cornell Companies Inc. is a sponsor of the 75th annual Cowboy Reunion and Rodeo for the first time this year.
Big Spring Senior Center to offer two-step lessons
Cornell Companies Inc. is a sponsor of the 75th annual Cowboy Reunion and Rodeo for the first time this year.
Catching a Summer Blockbuster? Verizon Wireless Customers Can...
Scheduled to debut in mid-June in 10 markets across the U.S. and during 3,500 show times, the interactive text message polling program asks moviegoers questions related to their music preferences and gives them ...
Avondale Partners to Host Behavioral Healthcare Conference June 12, 2008 in New York
The conference will be held Thursday, June 12 at the Millennium Broadway Hotel, and it is designed to bring together institutional investors and industry executives from public and private companies in the ...
Immigrant Detainees Beaten, Lawsuit Claims
CBS News Investigative Producer Laura Strickler wrote this for cbsnews.com. A new lawsuit filed against a private contractor who runs an immigrant child detention center claims nine teenagers were beaten and ...
Mixed results for Houston companies
Cheniere Energy Inc. posted a net loss of $49.9 million, or $1.06 per share, on revenue of $1.5 million, for the first quarter of 2008. via Houston Business Journal
Texas: Unaccompanied Minors Allege Beatings at Immigrant Detention Center
“You try to understand that every organization has one rogue cop, or one bad apple, but the breadth of involvement [at Garza] is worse than it was at Nixon”
Thu May 08, 2008 The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services is busy determining what to do with all the kids from the FLDS, but meanwhile, another group of children under TDFPS care is alleging ... via Seattle Indymedia Center
Detention facility for immigrant kids sued for abuse
“We vociferously dispute the charges in the lawsuit, and we'll make our case in court”
Eight immigrant teenagers held at a facility for unaccompanied minors filed a federal lawsuit Thursday claiming they were abused and denied access to attorneys. via KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi
ICE won't use Albuquerque jail for detainees
“At present, we expect to continue to operate and market the facility”
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has decided against using a downtown Albuquerque jail to hold its detainees, an agency spokeswoman says. via Las Cruces Sun-News
Federal Inmates Locked Down In Private Folkston Prison
Federal prisoners at the D. Ray James Prison near Folkston, Ga., were locked down on Monday after prisoners resisted orders to return to their cells, Channel 4 learned. via WJXT
Sale of juvenile detention center waiting
“We've put the bid and have the contract in place now (with the county) to purchase it in order to operate a bid for a contract with the U.S. Bureau of Prisons”
The United States Bureau of Prisons will play a large part in determining whether Webb County and Cornell Companies finalize a $1.3 million contract for the sale of the county's juvenile detention center ... via South Texas Chisme
Cornell Companies, Inc. Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Kevin Campbell - ' Avondale Partners [Jeffrey Ignow] - ' J.P. Morgan [Chuck Ruff] - Inside Investments [Brett Buckley] - ' Dolphin Partners Presentation Operator Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. via Seeking Alpha
Laredo ISD not happy about new detention center
A private prison company is stirring up debate in Webb County, and this time it's not affiliated with the GEO Group.Laredo Independent School District trustee Jose A. Valdez has expressed his concern about Webb ... via South Texas Chisme