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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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Tennessee Prisoner in Private Prison Not "Inmate" by Statutory Definition

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, State Law Claims, Administrative Exhaustion

Tennessee Prisoner in Private Prison Not "Inmate" by Statutory Definition by Tennessee Prisoner in Private Prison Not "Inmate" by Statutory Definition The Tennessee Court ...

Private Contractors Bound by State Consent Decree

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Private Contractors, Civil Procedure, Consent Decrees

Private Contractors Bound by State Consent Decree by A consent decree between Medicaid patients and the state is binding as a matter of due process upon HMO's who were agents of the state ...

PLRA Exhaustion-of-Remedies Requirement Applies to Private Prison

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Filing Fees (PLRA), Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings

PLRA Exhaustion-of-Remedies Requirement Applies to Private Prison by by Matthew T. Clarke On September 8, 2004 the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that prisoners incarcerated ...

Sixth Circuit Holds Prisoner's Access to Court Not Violated

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Court Access, Law Library Access/Adequacy

incarcerated in a private prison suffered no violation of his right to meaningful access to courts. Danny Ray Thomas is a Tennessee prisoner held in a private prison managed by the Corrections Corporation ...

TN Prisoner States Medical Malpractice Claim Re: Failure to Provide Remedial Surgery

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Private Prisons, Prison Health Services, Skeletal Injury, Surgery, Malpractice

had committed medical malpractice. Therefore, they were not entitled to summary judgment. The case was remanded to the Circuit Court to proceed to trial. See: Proffitt v. Prison Health Services, Inc ...

Thompson v. Hamilton Co and CCA, TN, Complaint, inmate forced to assault other inmate, 2007

Brief • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Failure to Protect (General), Eighth Amendment

Thompson v. Hamilton Co and CCA, TN, Complaint, inmate forced to assault other inmate, 2007 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0019 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0020 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0021 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0022 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0023 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0024 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0025 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0026 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) …

Tennessee Prison Contracting Official Engaged to Contractor

Article • April 15, 2007 • from PLN April, 2007

Filed under: Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct

Tennessee Prison Contracting Official Engaged to Contractor by The Tennessee Department of Corrections (TDOC) is investigating whether a romance between a prison contract oversight official and a prison contractor involved any impropriety. TDOC purchasing director Nola Butler disclosed her romantic relationship with prison commissary contractor Martin Jennen, president of American …

Reese v. Corrections Corporation of America, TN, Settlement, 2007

Brief • April 10, 2007

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic

Reese v. Corrections Corporation of America, TN, Settlement, 2007 RELEASE In consideration for the payment by Corrections Corporation of America ("CCA") to James Andrew Reese ("Reese") of the amount of Six Thousand One Hundred Eighty Four Dollars and Seventy One Cents ($6,184.71), after the execution of this Release, Reese hereby …

Plunk v. CCA, TN, Complaint, failure to treat lymphona medical neglect, 2007

Brief • April 2, 2007

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat

Plunk v. CCA, TN, Complaint, failure to treat lymphona medical neglect, 2007 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0058 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0059 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0060 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0061 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0062 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0063 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0064 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0065 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0066

A Captive Audience For Salvation

Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Required Religious Programming, Proselytizing

United for the Separation of Church and State has challenged in court the Inner Change program run in an Iowa prison by Charles Colson's Prison Fellowship. In June, 2006, the court held the program ...

$500,000 CCA Escape/Hostage Damage Award Upheld

Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Escapes, Damages, Contractor Liability

contractor assuming a state function, was free from liability to Willis. The court noted that in T.C.A. § 47-24-108(b), Tennessee clearly declines to extend sovereign immunity to private prison operators ...

PHS Parent Company Fires Executives For Cause In Billing Scandal

Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006

Filed under: Private Prisons, Prison Health Services, Contractor Misconduct, Medication

PHS Parent Company Fires Executives For Cause In Billing Scandal by America Service Group, the parent company of Prison Health Services, has fired two high level employees in connection ...

Four CCA Guards Indicted in Murder of Nashville Prisoner

Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Prison/Jail Murders, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings

largest private prison company, which is based in Nashville. Estelle Richardson, 34, was incarcerated at the Metro Detention Facility. On July 5, 2004, at 5:37 a.m., she was found unresponsive on the floor ...

Incompetence, Brutality and Scandal Infest Tennessee Prisons and Jails

Article • February 15, 2006 • from PLN February, 2006

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Health Services, Staff-Staff Harassment, Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, OB/GYN, Diabetes, Prison/Common Area Searches, Drug Testing, Criminal Prosecution, Prison/Jail Murders, Escapes, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Jail Specific, Excessive Force, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides

report was released. The report confirmed what many already suspected: Douglas died at Nashville's Metro Jail because Prison Health Services (PHS), which provides medical care to prisoners at the facility ...

Hambrick v. CCA, TN, Complaint, slip fall water, 2006

Brief • December 26, 2005

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Injury -- Misc., Failure to Protect (General)

Hambrick v. CCA, TN, Complaint, slip fall water, 2006 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0011 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0012 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0013

Manning v. CCA, TN, Settlement, poor medical care pregnant infant death, 2005

Brief • October 19, 2005

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, OB/GYN, Malpractice, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Mothers in Prison, Children of Prisoners

Manning v. CCA, TN, Settlement, poor medical care pregnant infant death, 2005

Manning v. CCA, TN, Complaint, poor medical care pregnant infant death, 2005

Brief • August 31, 2005

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Systemic Medical Neglect, OB/GYN, Malpractice, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Mothers in Prison, Children of Prisoners

Manning v. CCA, TN, Complaint, poor medical care pregnant infant death, 2005 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0099 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0100 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0101 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0102 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0103 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0104 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0105 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0106 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0107 CCA-AF (6/2/14 …

Four Guards Suspended By CCA Following Their Murder of Prisoner in Tennessee Jail

Article • April 15, 2005 • from PLN April, 2005

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Prison/Jail Murders, Attorney Client, Excessive Force

Four Guards Suspended By CCA Following Their Murder of Prisoner in Tennessee Jail by Four Guards Suspended By CCA Following Their Murder of Prisoner in Tennessee Jail by Matthew T. Clarke Four male CCA Guards have been placed on paid administrative leave following their murder of a female prisoner at …

Manning v. CCA, TN, Affidavit - Hazelwood, poor medical care pregnant infant death, 2005.pdf

Brief • February 16, 2005

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Systemic Medical Neglect, OB/GYN, Malpractice, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Mothers in Prison, Children of Prisoners

Manning v. CCA, TN, Affidavit - Hazelwood, poor medical care pregnant infant death, 2005.pdf

Prisons, Profits and Prophets

Article • November 15, 2004 • from PLN November, 2004

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Rebellion, Religious Freedom, Required Religious Programming, Proselytizing

Prisons, Profits and Prophets by Bill Berkowitz The nation's largest private prison corporation is joining forces with conservative faith-based ministries by Bill Berkowitz In an era ...

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