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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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Wexford Faces Liability for Indiana Prisoner’s Delayed Specialist Referral
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Failure to Treat, Malpractice, Contractor Liability
Wexford Faces Liability for Indiana Prisoner’s Delayed Specialist Referral by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 3, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana only partly granted a motion for summary judgment filed by prison medical profiteer Wexford Health Sources, Inc. and its employees …
Prisoners, Guards, Students Protest Aramark
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Aramark
that is six times the rate of the general population. Critics of privatized prison food services point to an obvious motive for cutting corners: profit. In a September 2019 blog post, Indiana prisoner Kevin ...
Mentally Ill Prisoners’ Suit Against GEO Group Survives Motion to Dismiss
Article • October 3, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Mental Health
denied in part a motion filed by private prison company The GEO Group, seeking to dismiss a class-action suit filed on behalf of prisoners in the Mental Health Unit (MHU) at the New Castle Correctional ...
Figgs v. Geo Group Inc, IN, Motion, Labor Trafficking, 2019
Brief • March 29, 2019
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, False Imprisonment, Negligence/Reckless Endangerment
Figgs v. Geo Group Inc, IN, Motion, Labor Trafficking, 2019 Case 1:18-cv-00089-TWP-MPB Document 31 Filed 03/29/19 Page 1 of 23 PageID #: 244 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION DAMARCUS FIGGS individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, and DAVID CORBIN individually and on …
Growing Number of Local Jurisdictions Reject Correctional Privatization
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Statistics/Trends
, Washington was one of the first jurisdictions to ban privately-operated facilities; the county passed legislation in August 2017 that prohibits contracts between the county and private prison firms to house ...
Seventh Circuit: Corizon May be Liable for Failure to Coordinate Medical Care
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Filed under: Corizon, Medical, Failure to Treat, Malpractice, Conditions of Confinement
Seventh Circuit: Corizon May be Liable for Failure to Coordinate Medical Care by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 21, 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in an en banc ruling ...
Corizon Loses Indiana DOC Medical Contract Amid Lawsuits
Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Filed under: Corizon, Medical Misconduct, Private Contractors
) awarded a contract to privatize medical care for prisoners. The winning bidder, Prison Health Services, merged in 2011 with Correctional Medical Services to form Corizon Health, which later won renewal ...
Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Indiana Prison Counselor's Retaliation, Sex and Age Discrimination Lawsuit
Article • August 31, 2017
Filed under: Corizon, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Retaliation for Litigating, Employee Litigation, Age Discrimination
out its substance abuse counseling program to a private company, Corizon, Incorporated. Ripberger sued Corizon alleging she lost her job because of her support for Connie Orton-Bell, a fellow counselor ...
Corporate Cash Helps Fill Indiana Politicians’ Coffers
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Lobbying, Money/Property
prison firm, is a good exemplar of the issues surrounding the regulation and reporting of corporate campaign contributions in Indiana. The company, which is the largest private prison operator in the world ...
Advanced Correctional Healthcare’s Brutal Brand of Jailhouse Medicine
Article • January 12, 2017
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Medication, Cardiovascular, Private Contractors, Skin, Kidney, Hernias, Failure to Treat, Malpractice, Infections, Overcrowding, Jail Specific, Collateral consequences of prison
is provided by another private prisoner health care firm, Southern Health Partners). Strayer was then transferred to Dearborn County Detention Center in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. The jail was severely ...
Letter re CCA IN Jail Litigation re Canceled Pill Call due to Staffing, Roberts and Bishop, 2008
Publication • February 24, 2016
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, DOC/BOP misconduct, Medical Misconduct
Letter re CCA IN Jail Litigation re Canceled Pill Call due to Staffing, Roberts and Bishop, 2008
PLN Settles Censorship Suit against GEO Group at Indiana Prison
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Censorship
PLN Settles Censorship Suit against GEO Group at Indiana Prison by PLN Settles Censorship Suit against GEO Group at Indiana Prison In August 2015, Prison Legal News settled a federal lawsuit against The GEO Group, the nation’s second-largest for-profit prison company, over First Amendment violations at the New Castle Correctional …
PLN v. GEO Group, IN, Settlement, censorship, 2015
Filing • August 14, 2015
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, PLN Litigation, Censorship
PLN v. GEO Group, IN, Settlement, censorship, 2015 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document 50-3 Filed 08/14/15 Page 1 of 5 PageID #: 186 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document 50-3 Filed 08/14/15 Page 2 of 5 PageID #: 187 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document 50-3 Filed 08/14/15 Page 3 of 5 PageID #: 188 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document …
PLN v. GEO Group, IN, Settlement, censorship, 2015
Brief • August 14, 2015
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, PLN Litigation, Censorship
PLN v. GEO Group, IN, Settlement, censorship, 2015 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document 50-3 Filed 08/14/15 Page 1 of 5 PageID #: 186 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document 50-3 Filed 08/14/15 Page 2 of 5 PageID #: 187 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document 50-3 Filed 08/14/15 Page 3 of 5 PageID #: 188 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document …
Failure to State Rationale in Denying Appointment of Counsel was Abuse of Discretion
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Filed under: Corizon, Vision, Appointment of Counsel
indifference to his serious medical needs against private medical contractor Corizon. He alleged that in 2007 while at the Wabash Correctional Facility, he submitted a Request for Healthcare to Corizon staff ...
Doctor of Death: Former Jail Physician Leaves Trail of Prisoner Deaths, Injuries
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Filed under: Health Professionals, Ltd., Medication, Malpractice, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
that Dr. Cullinan and Health Professionals, Ltd., a company co-founded by Cullinan and hired by Sangamon County to provide medical care at the jail, failed to adequately treat Burris’ condition beyond ...
Buford v. IN DOC, IN, Complaint, family member banned from J-Pay video social media, 2015
Brief • February 5, 2015
Filed under: JPay, Inc., Retaliation for Media Contact, Video Visitation, Censorship, Family
Buford v. IN DOC, IN, Complaint, family member banned from J-Pay video social media, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00157-SEB-TAB Document 1 Filed 02/05/15 Page 1 of 7 PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION VALERIE BUFORD, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER, INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, in his official …
PLN v. GEO Group, IN, Consent Injunction, censorship, 2015
Filing • January 22, 2015
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, PLN Litigation, Censorship
PLN v. GEO Group, IN, Consent Injunction, censorship, 2015 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document 23 Filed 01/22/15 Page 1 of 2 PageID #: 86 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. THE GEO GROUP, INC., et …
PLN v. GEO Group, IN, Consent Injunction, censorship, 2015
Brief • January 22, 2015
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, PLN Litigation, Censorship
PLN v. GEO Group, IN, Consent Injunction, censorship, 2015 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document 23 Filed 01/22/15 Page 1 of 2 PageID #: 86 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. THE GEO GROUP, INC., et …
PLN v. GEO Group, IN, Complaint, censorship, 2014
Filing • November 26, 2014
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, PLN Litigation, Censorship
PLN v. GEO Group, IN, Complaint, censorship, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document 1 Filed 11/26/14 Page 1 of 12 PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Case No.: 1:14-cv-1957 Plaintiff, COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND …
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