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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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Brief • October 17, 2022
Encinias v. Central New Mexico Correctional Facility, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement (Federal), Wrongful Death (Medical), 2022 Centurion 002977 RELEASKIN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS RELEASE ...
Brief • October 13, 2022
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Folsom v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2022 Centurion 002998 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS RELEASE ...
Publication • October 1, 2022
Filed under: Naphcare
| Page • Section 1.23.22 NaphCare will confirm in their BAFO that private prisons will have full access to EMR. NaphCare confirms and understands that private prisons will have full access to TechCare ...
Article • September 7, 2022
Seventh Circuit Lets Wexford Skate from “Appalling” Treatment of Illinois Prisoner With Painful Anal Abscess and Fistula by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss After an Illinois prisoner developed a painful anal abscess and fistula, his medical care was “appalling” and the prison healthcare system was “dysfunctional.” But that’s just …
, Correct Care Solutions (CCS), now known as Wellpath, had previously settled its liability in the case for $100,000. Before he was arrested and booked into the Macomb County Jail (MCJ) on July 10, 2017 ...
Fourth Circuit Says Virginia May Require Muslim Prisoner to Purchase Prayer Oil From Vendor Also Selling Pork and “Idols” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 1, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that the Virginia Department of Corrections (DOC) did not violate the …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
CoreCivic Workers Unionize and Go On Strike at Arizona Prison by Benjamin Tschirhart by Ben Tschirhart Some 20 newly unionized workers and their supporters manned a picket line at CoreCivic’s Central Arizona Florence Correctional Complex (CAFCC) on August 12, 2022, after pay negotiations broke down over a company offer the …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
sense? Apparently a $420 million, five-year contract with private prison giant CoreCivic to house up to 2,706 state prisoners dislocated by the closing at a facility the firm operates in Eloy. Before ...
Brief • September 1, 2022
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Bryan v. CoreCivic, Inc., et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2022 Centurion 002951 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ...
Article • August 30, 2022
prisoners. Shinn’s comment came in answer to questions about a proposed contract for a private prison company to operate the Florence West state prison. “There are services that this department ...
Brief • August 29, 2022
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Centurion 002700 12 Case 1:20-cv-01308-MV-LF Document 84 Filed 08/29/22 Page 13 of 57 Centurion 002701 Defendant Selvage to bear responsibility for "oversight of all adult correctional health services ...
Brief • August 25, 2022
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Aranzola v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2022 Centurion 002945 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS RELEASE ...
Three Killed in Gang Activity at Mississippi Private Prisons Plus High-Profile Escape, But Only One MTC Guard Arrested by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Though a state investigation concluded ...
Article • July 19, 2022
of the program, HiSET, on April 13, 2022. CCC, which hold 758 male prisoners, is operated for the state Department of Corrections (DOC) by private prison firm CoreCivic. The discovery, according to the state ...
, accusing DOC and its privately contracted health care provider, Correct Care Solutions (CCS)—now known as Wellpath—of inadequate medical care, in violation of his rights under the Eighth ...
were violated when private prison operator CoreCivic recorded privileged conversations with her clients at a state prison the firm manages. Bliss’ suit was sent back to the district court after ...
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
obtained documents revealing that private prison operator GEO Group, Inc., formerly known as Wackenhut Corrections Corp., paid $10 million to settle two lawsuits brought by the family of a prisoner who ...
distribution and theft. The jail, managed by Ruston-based LaSalle Management Company, was earlier the site where a handicapped detainee was allegedly neglected and mistreated by staff of previous operator ...
Brief • July 13, 2022
harms to the safety 14 and welfare of those detained in private detention facilities, . . . exploitive conditions for 15 detainees, and [private prisons’] prioritiz[ing of] profits over inmate ...
Seventh Circuit Refuses to Hold Wexford Liable for Prisoner’s Pain from Medical Transports in “Black Box” Restraint by David Reutter David M. Reutter For prison officials and healthcare providers who refused to grant an Illinois prisoner an exemption from wearing “black box restraints” during medical transport, a federal district court …
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