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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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Sexual Abuse by Prison and Jail Staff Proves Persistent, Pandemic
Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Cornell Corrections, GRW Corp., Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution
and Jacqueline Overturf, were being held at the Brush Correctional Facility, a private prison operated by GRW Corp., when they were sexually assaulted by prison guard Russell E. Rollison. They filed a lawsuit ...
Ingram v. Turner et al, TN, Deposition - Turner, CCA warden prisoner abuse, 2009
Brief • April 16, 2009
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Eighth Amendment
Ingram v. Turner et al, TN, Deposition - Turner, CCA warden prisoner abuse, 2009 1 1 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE WESTERN DIVISION _________________________________________________________ 3 4 JAMES INGRAM, 5 PLAINTIFF, 6 vs. NO: 2:07-CV-02798-JDB-STA 7 GLEN TURNER, ET AL., 8 DEFENDANTS. _________________________________________________________ …
Ingram v. Turner et al, TN, Deposition - Turner, reporting misconduct, 2009
Brief • April 16, 2009
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Guard Misconduct, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings
Ingram v. Turner et al, TN, Deposition - Turner, reporting misconduct, 2009 1 1 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE WESTERN DIVISION _________________________________________________________ 3 4 JAMES INGRAM, 5 PLAINTIFF, 6 vs. NO: 2:07-CV-02798-JDB-STA 7 GLEN TURNER, ET AL., 8 DEFENDANTS. _________________________________________________________ 9 10 …
Deconstructing Gus: A Former CCA Prisoner Takes On, and Takes Down, CCA’s Top Lawyer
Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009
Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Racial Discrimination, Retaliation for Media Contact, Whistleblowing, Lobbying, Attorney Client, Excessive Force, Judiciary, Contractor Liability, Prisoner Media, Federal Legislation
general counsel – its top attorney. Puryear’s judicial nomination did not go unnoticed; it drew the attention of a former CCA prisoner turned criminal justice advocate who opposes private prisons ...
Prison Legal News Prevails in Tennessee Public Records Suit Against CCA
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Civil Procedure, Disclosure of Records
, et seq. See: Memphis Publishing Company v. Cherokee Children & Family Services, Inc., 87 S.W.3d 67 (Tenn. 2002). This ruling was not tested against the nation’s largest private prison ...
Horton v. CCA, TN, Deposition - Perry, whistleblower mentally ill segregation negligence,2008
Brief • September 17, 2008
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Whistleblowing, Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Train/Supervise, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
Horton v. CCA, TN, Deposition - Perry, whistleblower mentally ill segregation negligence,2008 BRASWELL,HORTONV. CCA / DEPOOF PATRICKPERRY IN FOR - .-. I U PAGE 3 PAGE 1 SHEET 1 J IVHKI a of FRANK D. indiwidually, THE THE COURT DISTRTCT STATES DlSTRICT OF TENNESSEE UNITED MIDD]-E APPEARANCE 2 For the …
Prison Legal News Attends CCA Shareholder Meeting
Article • September 15, 2008 • from PLN September, 2008
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Financing, Eulogies, Organizing, Judiciary
Correctional Center in Wayne County, Tennessee, which is operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest private prison firm. On May 16, 2008 I attended CCA’s annual ...
Townsend v. CCA, TN, Complaint, inmate murder in double cell segregation, 2008
Brief • July 17, 2008
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Guard Misconduct, Overcrowding, Security Systems, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement
Townsend v. CCA, TN, Complaint, inmate murder in double cell segregation, 2008 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0201 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0202 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0203 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0204
CCA Attempts Cover-Up of Assault by Warden at Tennessee Prison
Article • June 15, 2008 • from PLN June, 2008
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Disclosure of Records
CCA Attempts Cover-Up of Assault by Warden at Tennessee Prison by Alex Friedmann Late last year, a prisoner at the CCA-operated Hardeman County Correctional Facility (HCCF) in Tennessee notified PLN that the prison’s warden, assistant warden and internal affairs officer had either resigned or been fired or transferred. The staff …
$2 Million Confidential Settlement In CCA Prisoner’s 2004 Beating Death Revealed
Article • May 15, 2008 • from PLN May, 2008
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Prison/Jail Murders, Attorney Fee Awards, Attorney Misconduct, Excessive Force, Court Access, Judiciary, Settlements, Disclosure of Records, Contractor Liability
$2 Million Confidential Settlement In CCA Prisoner’s 2004 Beating Death Revealed by Alex Friedmann $2 Million Confidential Settlement In CCA Prisoner's 2004 Beating Death Revealed by Alex Friedmann PLN has previously reported on the death of Estelle Richardson, a mentally ill prisoner who died at the CCA-operated Metro-Davidson County Detention …
Littles v. CCA, TN, Complaint, transport dental injury, 2008
Brief • May 3, 2008
Filed under: Transfers, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Transport Companies, Injury -- Misc., Dental Care, Transportation
Littles v. CCA, TN, Complaint, transport dental injury, 2008 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0067 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0068 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0069 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0070
Flurry of Escapes Emphasizes Prisoners' Desperation
Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008
Filed under: Classification, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Industries, Prison Labor, Sanctions (Disciplinary Hearings), Prison/Jail Murders, Escapes, Premises Liability, Suicides
Flurry of Escapes Emphasizes Prisoners' Desperation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Last September produced a bumper crop of prison and jail escapes around the country, including a desperate escape by two Texas prisoners that resulted in the death of a guard, a car jacking and two shootouts. Plus a …
Meet Gus Puryear: Bush's Latest Villainous Nominee for a Lifetime Judgeship
Article • April 15, 2008
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Judicial Misconduct, Attorneys, Attorney Misconduct, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings
of a Corrections Corp. of America prison cell. Four years later, that unsolved homicide has come back to haunt Republican stalwart "Gus" Puryear, the nation's top private prison litigator and Bush nominee for U.S ...
Plunk v. CCA, TN, Settlement, failure to treat lymphona medical neglect, 2008
Brief • February 21, 2008
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat
Plunk v. CCA, TN, Settlement, failure to treat lymphona medical neglect, 2008 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0052 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0053 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0054 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0055 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0056 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0057
Tennessee Public Records Act Requires Fees For Copying, Production
Article • December 15, 2007
Filed under: Prison Health Services, Medical Records, Court Access, Photocopies, Disclosure of Records, Discovery
and requiring fees for others. Dean had brought an action to compel the production of documents from various Tennessee Department of Corrections personnel, Prison Health Services, Inc. (PHS), and their employees ...
Hambrick v. CCA, TN, Settlement, slip fall water, 2007
Brief • October 17, 2007
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Injury -- Misc., Failure to Protect (General)
Hambrick v. CCA, TN, Settlement, slip fall water, 2007 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0006 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0007 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0008 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0009 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0010
$1.6 Million Settlements by PHS and Hillsborough County in Death of Baby Born in Florida Jail
Article • October 15, 2007 • from PLN October, 2007
Filed under: Prison Health Services, OB/GYN, Immunity/Liability, Municipal Liability, Contractor Liability
$1.6 Million Settlements by PHS and Hillsborough County in Death of Baby Born in Florida Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Inadequate medical care by Prison Health Services (PHS) has ...
Littles v. CCA, TN, Complaint, transport dental injury, 2007
Brief • August 13, 2007
Filed under: Transfers, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Transport Companies, Injury -- Misc., Dental Care, Transportation
Littles v. CCA, TN, Complaint, transport dental injury, 2007 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0071 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0072
Tennessee DOC’s Double Standard
Article • July 15, 2007 • from PLN July, 2007
Filed under: Work Release, Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Staff-Staff Harassment, Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Prison Labor, Military, Military Prisons
Tennessee DOC’s Double Standard by G.A. Bowers Tennessee DOC's Double Standard by Greg Bowers The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) applies a double standard to ethical violations committed by its employees and those committed by prisoners. TDOC staff who commit ethical violations are typically reassigned. Even when fired, they have …
PLRA Applies to Private Prisons
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, PLRA, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Filing Fees (PLRA), Frivolous Litigation (PLRA)
PLRA Applies to Private Prisons by Upholding a Tennessee federal district court, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled as meritless and frivolous a Wisconsin prisoner's suit ...
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