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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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Vermont Court Orders Centurion to Cough Up Records in HRDC Suit

Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024

Filed under: Centurion, Public Records Act, HRDC Litigation

Vermont Court Orders Centurion to Cough Up Records in HRDC Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 7, 2023, a Vermont court ruled in favor of the Human Rights Defense Center ...

See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Treat No Evil: Centurion and the Curse of For-Profit Prison Healthcare

Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024

Filed under: MHM Inc., Corizon, Centurion, Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Retaliation, Systemic Medical Neglect, Cancer, Private Contractors, Frivolous Litigation, Disclosure of Records, Declaratory Judgment, Public Records, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, PLN Litigation, Censorship, Articles About PLN, Public Records Act, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), HRDC Litigation

is far from unique in this regard. As hundreds of stories in PLN and many other media outlets over the last 20 years attest, Corizon Health, Wexford, PrimeCare and other private prison healthcare ...

After Spate of Deaths, Vermont Contracts Prisoner Healthcare to Wellpath – Again

Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023

Filed under: Private Contractors, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

VitalCore Health Strategies to provide healthcare in state prisons. Wellpath corporate predecessor Correct Care Solutions (CCS) held the contract from 2010 to 2015. Then Centurion took over until 2018, after ...

Vermont Hep-C Settlement Agreement Provides Direct-Acting Antivirals to Infected Prisoners

Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022

Filed under: Centurion, Hepatitis, Failure to Treat

’s private medical contractor, Centurion Health. In the suit, plaintiffs Richard West and Joseph Bruyette, on behalf of themselves and a class of similarly situated state prisoners, alleged that DAA ...

HRDC v. Centurion, VT, Complaint, Public Records Request, 2021

Brief • December 15, 2021

Filed under: Centurion, Public Records, Public Records Act

HRDC v. Centurion, VT, Complaint, Public Records Request, 2021 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL DIVISION Washington Unit Human Rights Defense Center, Plaintiff Case No.: __________________ v ...

HRDC Prevails Over Wellpath as Vermont Supreme Court Rules Private Contractor Must Release Public Records

Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021

Filed under: Private Contractors, Public Records, PLN Litigation

to 2015, Correct Care Solutions, now known as Wellpath LLC, held a contract with the Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC) to provide medical care to every person in DOC’s custody. The contract paid ...

HRDC v. Correct Care Solutions, LLC, VT, Opinion, Public Records, 2021

Filing • September 3, 2021

Filed under: Private Contractors, Appeals, Public Records, PLN Litigation

HRDC v. Correct Care Solutions, LLC, VT, Opinion, Public Records, 2021 ENTRY ORDER 2021 VERMONT UPREM FILED IN LEHK's (E35938? VT 63 SEP 0 3. 2021 SUPREME COURT DOCKET NO. 2020-308 JUNE ...

Vermont Prisoner’s Death Under Investigation: Did Implicit Bias Play Role?

Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021

Filed under: Centurion, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

, Centurion Managed Care, have been under investigation by the Vermont Defender General’s Prisoners’ Rights Office (PRO) and the law firm of Downs Rachlin Martin after the death of Kenneth Johnson ...

Vermont DOC Contract Summary With Centurion 2020

Publication • 2020

Filed under: Centurion

Vermont DOC Contract Summary With Centurion 2020 Note: All section mu ·t b comp! t d. Incomplete form viii be ret urned to the rlglnalini; department. I. CO~TRACT INFORMATION: Agency/Department ...

GEO Group Produces Litigation Documents After HRDC Files Public Records Suit

Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Public Records, PLN Litigation

of Prison Legal News, prevailed in a lawsuit seeking to force private prison contractor GEO Group to comply with Vermont’s public records law. The complaint, filed in a Vermont Superior Court ...

Vermont Prisoner Sexually Abused at Private Prison in Michigan Receives $750

Article • May 2, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019

Filed under: Sexual Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Sexual Harassment, Settlements

Vermont Prisoner Sexually Abused at Private Prison in Michigan Receives $750 by Steve Horn by Steve Horn Bernard Carter was incarcerated at the privately-operated North Lake Correctional ...

CoreCivic Vt 2018 Standard-contract-for-services-37036

Publication • October 1, 2018

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic

CoreCivic Vt 2018 Standard-contract-for-services-37036 STA TE OF VERMONT Contract# 37036 Page 1 of63 STANDARD CONTRACT FOR SERVICES I. Parties. This is a contract for services between the State of Vermont, Department of Corrections (hereinafter called "State"), and CoreCivic, with a principal place of business in Nashville, TN, (hereinafter called "Contractor"). …

Vermont DOC Contract Summary With Centurion 2018 - Amendment #1

Publication • 2018

Filed under: Centurion

will be required on an "as needed" basis. 15. Contractor shall submit all invoices to: AHS/Dept. of Corrections Health Services Director 280 State Drive, NOB 2 South Waterbury, VT 05671-2000 STATE OF VERMONT ...

Vermont DOC Contract Summary With Centurion 2018 - Amendment #2

Publication • 2018

Filed under: Centurion

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Vermont DOC Contract Summary With Centurion 2018

Publication • 2018

Filed under: Centurion

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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 ...

CoreCiviv Commissary Price-list

Publication • 2018

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic

CoreCiviv Commissary Price-list (K) KOSHER Item Number Description of Item Price BEVERAGE 30070 30090 30060 30160 30140 30150 30180 30200 30470 30450 30250 30390 30410 46360 30510 30780 30910 31040 31050 31110 31330 31340 31350 31730 31750 31930 31880 31910 31940 31950 31990 32110 32240 32250 32340 32370 32430 32500 …

In Re JPay Inc, VT, Assurance of Discontinuance, Jpay Day Contest, 2017

Brief • June 2, 2017

Filed under: JPay, Inc.

In Re JPay Inc, VT, Assurance of Discontinuance, Jpay Day Contest, 2017 ., T STATE OF VERMONT WASHINGTON SUPERIOR COURT Iu l1 JUN - 2 1 P 3: -\ 8 ) IN RE: JPay Inc. ) ) CIVIL DIVISION Wncv ...

Glover v. CCA, VT, Autopsy Report, wrongful death, 2007

Publication • July 26, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Wrongful Death

Glover v. CCA, VT, Autopsy Report, wrongful death, 2007 GLOVER, LATASHA DORllAN /lfE-C 200'7-500 CO:MMONWEAJ,UJ OF KENTt1CKY Jl1~tice Ca.bil'et OFFICE OF THE ASSOCIATE CI,UEF M.EDICAI, EXAMINER Ce.ntralized L~bor~tory Facility 100 Sower Boulevard - Suite 202 Frankfort, Kentucky 4060 I (502) 564-4545 J!JNAL r. flypertensive Cardiovascular Disease (Heart Weight: 480 gm). …

Patient A v. Vermont Agency of Human Services, VT, Amended Complaint, CCS Medical Malpractice, 2016

Brief • May 4, 2016

Filed under: Correct Care Solutions, Medication, Failure to Treat, Malpractice, Americans with Disabilities Act

, COMMISSIONER OF DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, ) in his individual and official capacity, ) ) CORRECT CARE SOLUTIONS, ) DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ANDREW PALLITO, COMMISSIONER ) OF DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ...

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