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![Eric Garner and Michael Brown Ferguson protests in Seattle on 12/6/14. (Scottlum / Flickr)](http://web.archive.org./web/20150908014516im_/http://shadowproof.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/15352220363_1fe9394f0f_k-360x240.jpg)
776 People Killed By Police So Far in 2015, 161 Of Them Unarmed
So far in 2015, U.S. police killed 776 people, 161 of whom were completely unarmed at the time of their death. The data was compiled by The Guardian for a project called “The Counted,” a continuously updated, interactive database of police killings in the United States.
![People from from around the world participate in a rally against private prisons held at the 2012 United Methodist General Conference in Tampa, Florida. (Flickr / UMWomen)](http://web.archive.org./web/20150908014516im_/http://shadowproof.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/7122532349_3af881525f_k-360x240.jpg)
Corrections Corporation of America Acquires Re-Entry Facilities As Private Prison Industry Pursues New Business
On Monday, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) announced it acquired four residential re-entry facilities from another private contractor for $13.5 million. According to a company press release, the re-entry facilities each have about 600 beds and were leased by Community Education Centers, Inc. (CEC) to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and the Philadelphia Prison System.
![File: Razor wire outside a prison in Maryland. (Flickr / Fred Dunn)](http://web.archive.org./web/20150908014516im_/http://shadowproof.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Prison-Razor-Wire-CC-NC-Flickr-Fred-Dunn-360x240.jpg)
Tennessee Department of Corrections Struggles To Keep The Lid On Prison Crisis
The Tennessee Department of Corrections is threatening and intimidating corrections officers speaking out against dangerous work conditions, according to a letter [PDF] published on August 27 by the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee. The organization asked the DOC to clearly state it will not seek to silence or retaliate against employees for their speech.
![Juan Jose Antonio Deras, an undocumented immigrant from El Salvador, sits in a wheelchair inside the entrance to Casa De Paz. Deras spent three years in a Geo Group immigrant detention center, during which time his health deteriorated rapidly. (Shadowproof / Kevin J. Beaty)](http://web.archive.org./web/20150908014516im_/http://shadowproof.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Jose-Deras-at-the-door-Shadowproof-360x240.jpg)
After Detention & Abuse, Immigrants Find Lifesaving Support In An Unexpected Place
Three years ago, Juan Jose Antonio Deras, 35, an undocumented immigrant man who arrived in the United States as an 11 year old, walked into the Denver Contract Detention Facility in Aurora, Colorado. But on July 24, 2015, he left in a wheelchair. He was all but broken, but his indomitable spirit kept him alive, along with support from an unexpected source: a volunteer volleyball league out to help more than just him.
![File: Four hospital beds in a row, each with curtains so they can be partitioned for privacy. (Flickr / StudioTempura)](http://web.archive.org./web/20150908014516im_/http://shadowproof.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Hospital-Beds-StudioTempura-CC-NC-ND-Flickr-e1440780119241-360x240.jpg)
Lawsuit: Rikers Island Officer Unpunished After Raping Transgender Inmate In Corizon Health Clinic
A transgender inmate was raped by a corrections officer in a medical clinic on Rikers Island and the New York City Department of Correction has declined to punish him for the last three years, according a federal civil rights lawsuit filed this week. The inmate, known as “MT,” claims Corrections Officer L. Galan sexually harassed her “openly and repeatedly” for months before raping her in the clinic, where security cameras could not capture the encounter.
![The exterior of the Tulsa County Jail in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Google Streetview)](http://web.archive.org./web/20150908014516im_/http://shadowproof.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Tulsa-County-Jail-Google-Streetview-360x240.png)
Two Lawsuits Show The Human Cost Of For-Profit Jailhouse Healthcare
Two ongoing federal lawsuits against for-profit jailhouse medical contractor Armor Correctional Health Services (ACHS) describe lengthy delays and negligent care that put inmate health in jeopardy. Companies like ACHS sign lucrative agreements that promise to deliver medical care to inmates at a lower cost than governments can provide themselves. In court filings, however, the company is alleged to have financial disincentives in its contracts which encourage staff not to give inmates access to emergent and off-site treatments.
![File: A rainbow Pride flag blows in the wind. (Flickr / torbakhopper)](http://web.archive.org./web/20150908014516im_/http://shadowproof.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Pride-Flag-torbakhopper-CC-ND-Flickr-360x240.jpg)
Chicago LGBTQ Inmates Speak Out Against Solitary Confinement, Homophobia
LGBTQ prison abolition group Black & Pink began publishing letters from inmates in solitary confinement last month in an effort to shed light on the abuse and harassment they suffer. Black & Pink explained that last summer, their Chicago chapter contacted to over 100 inmates in isolation to ask for their experiences.
![A glimpse through the entryway of the Santa Rita Jail, photographed on February 15, 2013. (Flickr / Daniel Arauz)](http://web.archive.org./web/20150908014516im_/http://shadowproof.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Santa-Rita-Jail-Daniel-Arauz-CC-SA-Flickr-360x240.jpg)
Inmate Claims Epilepsy Went Untreated At Santa Rita Jail
An inmate suffered a Grand Mal seizure after deputies at the Santa Rita jail in Alameda County, California denied his repeated requests for epilepsy medication, according to a federal lawsuit [PDF] filed against the county and various sheriff’s deputies at the end of July.
![File: A stylized image of Bradley Ballard against the backdrop of a prison yard. (Prison Protest / Brian Sonenstein)](http://web.archive.org./web/20150908014516im_/http://shadowproof.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Bradley-Ballard--360x240.png)
New York City Distancing Itself From Corizon Health Services
New York City left private jail medical contractor Corizon Health Services to defend itself against a federal lawsuit brought by the mother of a deceased inmate named Bradley Ballard. Ballard’s death was one of the motivating cases behind the wave of reforms currently aimed at the city’s jail system.
![File: Close-up of a hand hovering above a smartphone in a dark room. (Flickr / Japanexperterna.se)](http://web.archive.org./web/20150908014516im_/http://shadowproof.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Smartphone-with-hand-Japanexperterna.se-CC-SA-Flickr-360x240.jpg)
High-Tech Youth Surveillance, Rikers Island And The Pitfalls Of Jail ‘Reform’
New York City will begin a surveillance pilot program aimed at keeping juvenile defendants accused of committing certain felonies off of Rikers Island. As The New York Times reported on August 14, eligible youth between the ages of sixteen and eighteen will be outfitted with lightweight bracelets tethered electronically to smartphones that are to be carried with them at all times and cannot be turned off.
![File: A prisoner transport van, photographed on August 2, 2011. (Flickr / C Holmes)](http://web.archive.org./web/20150908014516im_/http://shadowproof.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Prison-Van-C-Holmes-CC-NC-Flickr-360x240.jpg)
Did Advanced Correctional Healthcare Staff Falsify Records After Inmate Death?
In a federal lawsuit filed in April, the relative of a deceased inmate blames his wrongful death on a private inmate healthcare company and a for-profit inmate transportation company. The lawsuit accuses Advanced Correctional Healthcare and Prisoner Transport Services of neglecting and even mocking the serious medical needs of William Weintraub, PhD, as he died a slow and painful death from a perforated ulcer, shackled in the back of a crowded van.
![A detailed aerial view of Rikers Island. (Wikimedia Commons / United States Geological Survey)](http://web.archive.org./web/20150908014516im_/http://shadowproof.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Rikers_Island-USGS-PD-Wikimedia-360x240.png)
Rikers Island Visitor Beaten By Guards For Being Gay
A lawsuit filed in federal court last week alleges guards on Rikers Island brutally beat a man visiting his longtime partner at the Eric M. Taylor Center because he is gay. Thomas Hamm argues he was “denied access to public accommodations and services on the basis of his actual and/or perceived sexual orientation, suffered serious physical injuries, and was deprived of his liberty.”
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of course, if they don’t cooperate, they’ll be subject to extraordinary rendition and torture.