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GEO buys Correctional Services Corporation

Deal closes for prison company

GEO pays $62 million for Correctional Services.

STAFF REPORT

SARASOTA -- Correctional Services Corp. is no more.

November 8, 2005

Best practices to reduce county jail overcrowding

What can be done to reduce overcrowding at county jails? Quite a lot, if counties are willing to get as smart on crime as they have been tough.

November 7, 2005

Hidalgo County gets first public defender's office

Victoria Hirschberg: The Monitor

EDINBURG - Meet Hidalgo County's first public defender, Jaime Gonzalez.

November 6, 2005

Ku Klux Klan: Out of the closet to back discriminatory Prop 2 amendment

You know the Texas Legislature has come up with a truly bad idea for amending the state constitution when the Ku Klux Klan turns out to be the proposal's highest-profile backer come election time.

November 5, 2005

Gay Ex-Inmate Who Lost Gang Rape Suit Arrested

by The Associated Press

(Fort Worth, Texas) A former inmate who last month lost his federal civil rights lawsuit against six Texas prison employees was arrested Friday, authorities said.

November 4, 2005

Prison labor a boon to Fannin environment

By Vicki Graves: Herald Democrat

BONHAM - City and county officials never miss a chance to point out that Choice Moore Institutional Division and Buster Cole State Jail have been the best neighbors Fannin County could have.

November 3, 2005