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This site contains over 2,000 news articles, legal briefs and publications related to for-profit companies that provide correctional services. Most of the content under the "Articles" tab below is from our Prison Legal News site. PLN, a monthly print publication, has been reporting on criminal justice-related issues, including prison privatization, since 1990. If you are seeking pleadings or court rulings in lawsuits and other legal proceedings involving private prison companies, search under the "Legal Briefs" tab. For reports, audits and other publications related to the private prison industry, search using the "Publications" tab.

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Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Male Reproductive, Malpractice, Escapes, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Juvenile Prisons, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bribery/Extortion/Theft

prisoner phone use at the lockup, which is operated for the state DOC under contract by private prison giant CoreCivic. Lawson urged the state to assume control of the troubled prison. Texas: On June 6 ...

Congress of the US-Letter Private Prisons, March 2022

Publication • March 10, 2022

Filed under: Private Prisons

Congress of the US-Letter Private Prisons, March 2022 ...

AFT Ranking Asset Managers Report - Private Prisons and Investment Part Two, How Private Prison Companies Fuel Mass Incarceration - and How Public Pension Funds are at Risk, 2019

Publication • January 2, 2019

Filed under: Private Prisons, Pensions

, the Milwaukee County Jail in Wisconsin hired a private company, Armor Correctional Health Services, to provide health services at the jail, replacing the unionized registered nurses, members of the Wisconsin ...

In the Public Interest - An Examination of Private Financing for Correctional and Immigration Detention Facilities, 2018

Publication • June 1, 2018

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Staff Assault, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Industries, Workplace Injury, Work Conditions/Safety, Prison Gangs, Staffing, Security Systems, Guard Brutality/Beatings

private prison companies, CoreCivic (formerly Corrections Corporation of America, or CCA) and GEO Group, are actively pushing governments to consider the use of private financing to build new facilities ...

The Prison Industrial Complex: Mapping Private Sector Players

Publication • April 23, 2018

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, JPay, Inc., G4S/Group 4, Prison Labor, Private Contractors, Medical Records, Ambulance Service, Food, Electronic Monitoring, Arrest and Booking, Security Systems, Money/Property, Telephone Access, Guards/Staff, Staff Training, FISA-Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Correctional Health  Akima Global Services Centene/MHM  CoreCivic CMGC  Emerald Correctional Corizon  G4S Correct Care  GEO Group, The Correct Rx  LaSalle Southwest NaphCare  MTC Wexford  Sodexo ...

Senators Emanuel Cleaver and Luis Gutierrez - Letter re Private Prison Campaign Contributions, 2017

Publication • 2017

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Lobbying

Senators Emanuel Cleaver and Luis Gutierrez - Letter re Private Prison Campaign Contributions, 2017 EMANUEL CLEAVER, II http: //WWW.HOUSE.GOV/CLEAVER FIFTH DISTRICT, MISSOURI TWITIER.COMIREPCLEAVER ...

Reform Advocates Applaud Expiration of CoreCivic Contract in D.C.

Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Corizon, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

when it successfully campaigned to stop the District’s jail system from contracting with troubled for-profit medical provider Corizon. [See: PLN, Oct. 2015, p.20]. A 2015 report by the Washington ...

DC Prisoner Awarded $70,000 for ADA Violations at CCA-run Jail

Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Jail Misconduct, Deaf Prisoners, Disabled Prisoners, Hearing, Failure to Protect (General), Jail Specific, Americans with Disabilities Act, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

DC Prisoner Awarded $70,000 for ADA Violations at CCA-run Jail by Derek Gilna William Pierce, a prisoner held by the District of Columbia’s Department of Corrections (DCDOC), has won a $70,000 jury verdict for repeated violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Pierce, who suffers from severe hearing loss, …

Suicides, Poor Conditions at D.C. Jail Remain Critical Issues Despite Progress

Article • February 29, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Failure to Protect (General), Water, Sanitation, Jail Specific, Vermin, Suicides, Juveniles

Suicides, Poor Conditions at D.C. Jail Remain Critical Issues Despite Progress by Derek Gilna The February 8, 2015 suicide of a woman held at the Washington, D.C. Jail and a recent report that blasted the facility for “non-compliance with basic standards established by national corrections authorities” have once again focused …

Patel v. Bureau of Prisons, DC, Memorandum Opinion Re Summary Judgment, Noncitizen Treatment, RFRA, FOIA, 2015

Brief • August 21, 2015

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, DOC/BOP misconduct, Religious Discrimination, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Freedom of Information Act, Immigration, Religious Diet, Denial of Religious Services

, 2009, which added allegations that BOP had wrongfully assigned noncitizen inmates to private prisons where they were subjected to “significantly more onerous Case 1:09-cv-00200-RDM Document 130 Filed 08 ...

Joint letter to DC Council re Corizon contract April 2015

Publication • April 7, 2015

Filed under: Corizon, Private Contractors, HRDC Sign on Letters

Joint letter to DC Council re Corizon contract April 2015 March 31, 2015 Via electronic Mail Chairman Phil Mendelson Council of the District of Columbia 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Ste. 504 ...

HRDC letter to D.C. Council concerning Corizon contract April 2015

Publication • April 2, 2015

Filed under: Corizon, Private Contractors, HRDC Publications

to provide testimony to the Council concerning our coverage of Corizon and its predecessor companies, Prison Health Services and Correctional Medical Services. HRDC has reported on privatized medical care ...

When Halfway Houses Pose Full-Time Problems

Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015

Filed under: Classification, Work Release, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Community Education Centers, Contractor Misconduct, Prison Rebellion, Escapes, Failure to Protect (General), Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Alternative Sentencing

industry is Community Education Centers (CEC), a New Jersey-based for-profit company that manages jails, prisons and transitional centers throughout the United States. The firm operates six large halfway ...

HRDC letter of correction to DC Council Jan 2015

Publication • January 5, 2015

Filed under: Corizon, Private Contractors, HRDC Publications

care at the jail (Allegheny Correctional Health Services), similar to the arrangement the District has with Unity. Specifically, with respect to the county’s contract with Corizon, the Controller found ...

HRDC comment to DC Council re Corizon contract Dec. 2014

Publication • December 13, 2014

Filed under: Corizon, Private Contractors, HRDC Publications

. [See: PLN, May 2012, p.22]. Only a few major companies dominate the industry. Corizon’s competitors include Wexford Health Sources, Armor Correctional Health Services, NaphCare, Correct Care Solutions ...

$943,000 Settlement for Family of Man Who Died in Courtroom

Article • May 15, 2011

Filed under: Medical, Respiratory, Private Contractors, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

$943,000 Settlement for Family of Man Who Died in Courtroom by The family of a man who died in 2001 from an asthma attack has settled a 42 U.S.C. §1983 suit for $943,000. Robert L. Waters, Jr. collapsed in the well of D.C. Superior Court Judge Tim Murphy’s courtroom on …

$25,000 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Slip and Fall Lawsuit

Article • March 15, 2011

Filed under: Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Workplace Injury, Immunity/Liability, Premises Liability

while helping unload supplies from an Aramark food service vehicle. While being held at Lorton Correctional Facility on August 4, 2000, Thomas was working in the kitchen when Cpl. Knox instructed him ...

$50,000 Settlement in Suit Alleging CCA Counsel Falsified Court Documents

Article • March 15, 2011

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Malicious Prosecution, False Charges (Disciplinary Hearings), Attorney Misconduct, Habeas Corpus

$50,000 Settlement in Suit Alleging CCA Counsel Falsified Court Documents by The District of Columbia paid $50,000 to settle a lawsuit by prisoner George Carter that claimed Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) counsel falsified court orders in his habeas corpus proceeding. While at D.C.’s Central Treatment Facility (CTF) Carter was, …

$10,000 Settlement for Failure to Protect DC Prisoner and Deliberate Indifference to His Medical Needs

Article • March 15, 2011

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Health Services, Muscular, Failure to Protect (General)

was not provided care for the torn bicep by the medical provider, Prison Health Services, until four months later. His complaint alleged civil rights violations for the failure to protect and deliberate ...

Drill Bit Left in Jaw Nets D.C. Prisoner $15,000 Settlement

Article • March 15, 2011

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Dental Care

Drill Bit Left in Jaw Nets D.C. Prisoner $15,000 Settlement by On March 22, 2005, a prisoner of the District of Columbia and Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) settled for $15,000 his suit alleging medical negligence for a botched dental procedure. James Moore was admitted to a D.C. hospital on …

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