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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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Summary Judgment Granted to a County Sheriff for a Civil Detainees Civil Violation by A California Federal District Court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit alleging violation of a civil detainee’s Fourth Amendment rights. Civil detainee John T. Sundquist was at the Atascadero State Hospital under the …
Wackenhut Corrections Corporation Paid $29,900 to Settle Sexual Harassment Lawsuit by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation paid $29,900 to settle a lawsuit claiming sexual harassment. In her complaint, Marsha Senatti claims fellow Wackenhut employee Lee Jackson did unlawfully touch, in a sexual manner, her private parts and genitalia, including “rubbing his penis …
Article • April 15, 2011
Wackenhut Pays $32,500 in Negligence Lawsuit by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation paid $32,500 to settle a negligence lawsuit filed by Florida prisoner Michael Wyzykowski. In his complain, Wyzykowski claimed he was ordered to cut “maiden cane” with a weed whacker that was altered by Wackenhut guards, replacing the original head and …
Article • April 15, 2011
Wackenhut Settles Wrongful Death Suit for $300,000 by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation paid $300,000 to settle a wrongful death suit filed by the minor children of prisoner Lisa Ann Lowdermilk. The complaint alleged that while at Broward County work release, Lowdermilk died due to the negligence of Wackenhut employees Kenneth Day, …
Prisoner’s Administrative Remedies Do Not Require Naming of Official by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated its own affirmation of the dismissal of a prisoner’s civil rights complaint after the Supreme Court found that the circuit’s imposition of the prerequisite to properly exhaust administrative remedies before filing a complaint …
Magistrate’s Recommendations Accepted in Texas Mental Health Case by On May 19, 2009, A U.S. Magistrate Judge filed his recommendations in a complaint brought by Miroslava Rodriguez-Grava (Rodriguez) and Iaias Vasquez Cisneros De Jesus (De Jesus) for their treatment while they were detained at the South Texas Detention Complex (STDC). …
by LePage, Ponte was employed as warden of CCA’s Nevada Southern Detention Center; he also previously worked for private prison firm Cornell Corrections as well as in state prison systems. Ponte said he would ...
Article • April 15, 2011 • from PLN April, 2011
, reflects a “meaningful deterioration” in GEO’s credit metrics. The BI acquisition and a previous $730 million deal to buy rival private prison operator Cornell Corrections will give GEO around $1.5 billion ...
Article • April 15, 2011
upon arrest must be taken to the nearest hospital first. Additionally, the city’s contract medical provider, Prison Health Services (PHS), is required by the agreement to provide medical triage ...
Madrid v. CoreCivic, NM, Complaint, Medical Neglect Leading to Permanent Brain Damage, 2011 Case 1: 11-cv-00,267 Document 1-1 Filed 03/28/11 1 Page 6 of 15 fi:NOQF-l~!iiD FILEDIN MYOFFICETHIS ,,.l;,tt F!F:lJil~ 2011~ STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF BERNALILLO SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT '!.l?.4.i i:(: ~~fiftl' ~~~i'.lli"tffiQ,t • . . C.lttwJtlf/v …
Group and another private prison company, Civigenics, for operation of the facilities. On October 28, 2004, 13 days after her resignation from the Schwarzenegger administration, Arduin was elected ...
concerning the July 30 escape of three prisoners from a privately-operated prison in Kingman, Arizona. The report was highly critical of Management and Training Corporation (MTC), the for-profit firm that runs ...
Prison Health Services Doctors Caught in Scandals by In a two-week period in July 2010, two doctors employed by Prison Health Services (PHS) were involved in scandals that led one to resign ...
New Mexico Corrections Secretary Lets Private Prison Firms Skate on Understaffing, Forgoes $18.6 Million in Fines by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Former New Mexico Corrections Secretary Joe ...
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
, Tennessee-based private prison transport company TransCor America for transporting prisoners more than 24 continuous hours without giving them an opportunity to rest overnight in a bed. The class action suit ...
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
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Services to operate the detention center as an Intermediate Sanction Facility. Bob Libal, the Texas coordinator of Grassroots Leadership, a non-profit advocacy organization that opposes private prisons ...
Florida: Cost Savings and Benefits of Prison Privatization Non-Existent by David Reutter by David M. Reutter “Florida’s experience with privatized prisons raises serious questions about ...
Tennessee: Private Prison Guards Considered “Public Servants” by Employees of Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest for-profit prison company, are public servants ...
while helping unload supplies from an Aramark food service vehicle. While being held at Lorton Correctional Facility on August 4, 2000, Thomas was working in the kitchen when Cpl. Knox instructed him ...
$50,000 Settlement in Suit Alleging CCA Counsel Falsified Court Documents by The District of Columbia paid $50,000 to settle a lawsuit by prisoner George Carter that claimed Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) counsel falsified court orders in his habeas corpus proceeding. While at D.C.’s Central Treatment Facility (CTF) Carter was, …
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