Now they are outsourcing prisoner abuse...

[phill4paul]

Woman dies during 1,000-mile extradition for violating probation on shoplifting charges

POSTED OCT 02, 2014 04:10 PM CDT

BY STEPHANIE FRANCIS WARD

The September death of a woman who was extradited from Kentucky to Florida on a shoplifting probation violation is now being investigated by the Miami-Dade Police Department.

According to the Miami Herald, a private transportation company, Prisoner Transportation Services of America, shackled Denise Isaacs in the van with 10 other inmates being transported. Family members say that authorities knew she had health problems before transporting her.

Isaacs’ cause of death is unknown. According to family members, Isaacs, 54, suffered from bipolar disorder, anxiety and chronic abdominal pain. She reportedly had hallucinations during the two-day, 1,000-mile trip, and for the most part refused food and water.

Transport officers noticed that Isaacs was unresponsive when the van stopped at a Taco Bell parking lot in West Miami-Dade, according to the article. They reportedly first called a superior, and then tried to revive Isaacs. When that failed, they called 911.

The company was contracted by the sheriff’s office in Charlotte County, Florida, which runs the jail where Isaacs was supposed to be taken. A spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office told the Herald they could not comment until the investigation is finished.

Representatives for Prisoner Transportation Services of America did not return the newspaper’s phone calls seeking comment for the article.

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/woman_picked_up_for_shoplifting_probation_violatio n_dies_during_extradition


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[SeanTX]

Sounds like they gave her a lil "diesel therapy" on the way to her new cage -- I'm sure that had nothing to do with her death though. Nothing at all.

Of course the investigation will say "all proper procedures were followed" and the autopsy will most like say death by natural causes.

[phill4paul]

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The escape of eight inmates from an unattended van in Oklahoma highlights problems with private prison transport companies that don't face the same scrutiny as state corrections systems, officials said Wednesday.


The inmates escaped Tuesday after guards employed by Prisoner Transportation Services of Nashville, Tenn., had stopped in Weatherford to deliver one or two sick inmates to a hospital.

Guards left the inmates alone in the van, with the keys inside and the motor running so the inmates could enjoy the air-conditioning, the Weatherford Daily News reported Wednesday. Two prisoners kicked out a partition and moved into the front of the van.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/25/oklahoma-prison-escape_n_3986366.html


SEEYAINCOURT
Hopkinsville, KY

Just a few of the many reasons these assholes should be locked up. These are just a few of the many incidents that have been reported. There are numerous reports of being sexually abusive to those they transport.
The Owners deserve the death penalty:Thor Catalogne,Alan Sielbeck,Kent Wood. These deserve life sentences:Ryan Whitten,Andrew Vallely,Frank Caruso. Three people were killed in a crash on Interstate 20 in Greensboro early Tuesday morning, when a van carrying prison inmates slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer, according to the Georgia State Patrol.
The van, which was carrying eight prisoners,is registered to PTS Vans Inc. out of Nashville Tenn.,and was delivering the prisoners to different locations across the state, according to the patrol.The crash happened about 1:20 a.m. and sent victims to hospitals as far away as Athens and Atlanta.The van's driver, a passenger and one of the prisoners were killed in the crash.
Prison transportation service lost a murder suspect somewhere between Florida and Pennsylvania, leading to a search for the cuffed and shackled inmate and drawing complaints that such companies are poorly regulated.
The discovery Thursday was at least the second escape in six months involving an inmate being moved by Prisoner Transportation Services of America LLC. Still, industry critics said the major issue is not escapes, but mistreatment of inmates and poor traveling conditions.
Authorities searched for the suspect who escaped late Wednesday or early Thursday while en route from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Sylvester Mitchell, 33, was being extradited to face attempted murder charges in Philadelphia, where he once lived. He was gone when the van arrived at 3 a.m. Thursday at a police station.
Authorities said it was unclear how or where Mitchell escaped. Other inmates and guards said they don't remember seeing him after the van's previous stop in Annapolis, Md.
Prisoner Transportation Services, based in Nashville, Tenn., says it is the largest U.S. firm of its type, moving more than 100,000 inmates nationwide each year. The company states on its Web site that its agents are highly trained and "most have military and/or criminal justice backgrounds."
A spokesman for Prisoner Transportation Services, who declined to identify himself before hanging up, said Thursday that the company had no comment.
A shackled inmate escaped in September at Philadelphia International Airport while in the custody of a Prisoner Transportation Services guard and was captured a week later in Elkton, Md.
Taariq Ali, 43, formerly of Wilmington, Del., was serving a life sentence for attempted murder and a weapons charge. He was transferred in 1995 to California and was being returned to Delaware when he escaped Sept. 12.
The Delaware Department of Corrections said at the time that Prisoner Transportation Services did not notify state officials until two days later. The state uses private contractors because it is not authorized to move prisoners across state lines.
Corrections spokesman John Painter said Thursday that the department is "no longer involved with Prisoner Transportation Services"
Though prisoner mistreatment appears to be more commonplace than escapes in transit, the lack of oversight and regulation of the industry makes it difficult to determine how widespread problems are, said Margaret Winter, associate director of the ACLU National Prison Project in Washington.
Because they are privately owned, prison transportation companies are not required to release data on escapes, accidents and numbers of inmates they transfer. It's also unclear exactly how many such companies exist, because many are "thinly staffed, fly-by-night operations" that quickly close up shop when they're sued, Winter said.

http://www.topix.com/forum/city/nashville-tn/T71F4C8B7FT1MF068