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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 • October 4, 2020
$47,000 Settlement in Detainee’s Overdose Death Claim by Corizon Health agreed to pay $47,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging it negligently failed to assure street drugs did not enter its Jail ...
$50,000 Settlement with Corizon in Failure to Treat Suit in Florida by Corizon Health agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging it failed to provide a Florida prisoner ...
Brief • September 8, 2020
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Jaramillo v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Amended Complaint, Medical Malpractice, 2020 Centurion 001412 FILED 1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Santa Fe County 9/8/2020 ...
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Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Maine DOC, Medical Provider, Pay $250,000 Settlement Due to Excessive Force on 11-Year-Old by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The state of Maine and medical provider CorrectCare Solutions (now Wellpath) paid a 14-year-old $250,000 after two guards at a juvenile detention center &ldquo;bashed&rdquo; his face into a metal bed frame, …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Doctor at Florida Detention Center Spread COVID-19 to Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An unnamed Armor Correctional Health Services doctor was blamed for spreading COVID-19 ...
Rodesky v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2020 1:15-cv-01002-JEH # 112 Page 1 of 17 E-FILED Wednesday, 12 August, 2020 04:58:08 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD United States District Court For the Central District of Illinois Anthony Rodesky, Plaintiff. v. Wexford Health Source, Incorporated; Dr. Marvin Powers, in his …
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Austin v. Mitchell, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case# Case# 17-5526 17-CV-5526 Plaintiffs: Opposing Counsel: Institutions: IDOC# Case Name Filed Austin, Allan #K71358 v. Mitchell, et al. Defendants: Received 3/2/18 Date Served 1/29/19 Status closed D Class Action On Appeal D Spears U Pro …
Brief • July 21, 2020
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Suarez v. The Geo Group, Inc., et al., NM, Amended Complaint, Medical Malpractice, 2020 Case 2:20-cv-00541-SMV-GBW Centurion 001365 Document 10 Filed 07/21/20 Page 1 of 18 IN THE UNITED STATES ...
OSVALDO SUAREZ, Plaintiff, v. No. 2:20-cv-00541-SMV-GBW THE GEO GROUP, INC. d/b/a LEA COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, WARDEN DWAYNE SANTISTEVAN, in his individual capacity, CENTURION CORRECTIONAL HEALTHCARE ...
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Publication • July 8, 2020
Filed under: Private Prisons, COVID-19
is the primary accreditor for federal, state, and local private prisons and detention facilities.1 According to the ACA, the purpose of accreditation is “to improve facility operations through adherence to clear ...
(hereinafter “CMS”). The Parties reserve the right to disclose such information as they deem necessary in the course of any subsequent lawsuit or legal proceeding arising out of the facts of this action ...
a private prison run by CoreCivic in Florence, Arizona, claiming that staff has failed to protect its prisoners and the community from the coronavirus, according to a story in The Appeal and court records ...
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Orleans Parish Sheriff, Wellpath, Sued Over Louisiana Jail Prisoner’s Fatal Overdose by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The mothers of three children of a prisoner who died of an overdose of fentanyl while incarcerated at the Orleans Justice Center, the Parish&rsquo;s jail, have filed a lawsuit against employees of the …
NaphCare, Oregon Jail’s Private Healthcare Provider, Required to Disclose Records in Detox Death Suit by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson An Oregon federal court in January 2020 compelled NaphCare ...
Brief • June 15, 2020
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Dunn v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2020 Centurion 002971 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS RELEASE ...
Murray v. Sood, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2020 GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS In full and complete consideration of the payment by Coverys Specialty Insurance Company of the sum of six thousand two hundred fifty Dollars ($6250.00) the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, I, Tavarus Murray, (the …
Nieves v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2020 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION HECTOR NIEVES, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ) V. Case No. 16-cv-1063 ) WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., et al., ) ) ) ) Defendants. Honorable Judge Elaine Buckle …
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