As many as 2,800 inmates to be moved from Texas prison
Source: AP-Excite
RAYMONDVILLE, Texas (AP) As many as 2,800 federal prisoners will be moved to other institutions after inmates seized control of part of a prison in South Texas, causing damage that made the facility "uninhabitable," an official said Saturday.
Ed Ross, a spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, said the inmates who had taken control are "now compliant" but that negotiations were ongoing Saturday in an effort for staff to "regain complete control" of Willacy County Correctional Center.
"The situation is not resolved, though we're moving toward a peaceful resolution," FBI spokesman Erik Vasys said Saturday evening.
It wasn't immediately clear what progress had been made through the negotiations, but Sheriff Larry Spence said there were no hostages involved in the standoff and only minor injuries reported. Spence said the inmates "have pipes they can use as weapons."
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Law enforcement officials from a wide variety of agencies converge on the Willacy County Correctional Center in Raymondville, Texas on Friday, Feb. 20, 2015 in response to a prisoner uprising at the private immigration detention center. A statement from prison owner Management and Training Corp. said several inmates refused to participate in regular work duties early Friday. Inmates told center officials of their dissatisfaction with medical services. (AP Photo/Valley Morning Star, David Pike)
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Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Management & Training Corporation or MTC is a Centerville, Utah-based contractor that manages private prisons and provides education and vocational training. MTC is the largest operator of the U.S. Department of Labor Job Corps program in the country. MTC operates or partners in operating 22 Job Corps centers across the country. MTC also operates 25 correctional facilities in eight states.[1]
MTC is made up of four divisions: Education & Training, Corrections, MTC Medical, Economic & Social Development.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_and_Training_Corporation
Our Gov. "Jobs Corps" has been privatized.
cynzke
(1,254 posts)where we hold illegals immigrants for (how long?) while they perform free slave labor for whom? SWEET!