Patrick Swindle
Coverage of Patrick Swindle in the Nexus archive.
- Trousdale Turner guards to wear body cameras at privately-run prison
CoreCivic, a private prison company, will pay approximately $350,000 to equip officers with body cameras at Trousdale Turner Correctional Facility, though the delayed pilot program will not start on July 1 and some footage will be exempt from public records. The prison, under a federal civil rights investigation, faces criticism over past incidents, and the state senator overseeing the legislation has extended the program's deadline to ensure compliance.
- ICE targets Plan B after backlash to mega-jails plan
ICE is in talks to buy turnkey immigration detention facilities from its vendors after facing backlash for its plan to rapidly renovate warehouses into large-scale detention spaces. The goal is to own its detention spaces and develop a nationwide network of larger facilities. ICE currently has about 200 detention facilities around the country.