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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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Third Circuit Reverses $642,398.57 Attorney Fee Award for RFRA Claim by Immigration Prisoner by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed an immigration detainee’s $642,398.57 attorney fee award, finding that “the District Court’s degree of success inquiry under § 1988 was based on an impermissible reconstruction of the jury verdict.” …
Fraudsters Sentenced in Cornell Prison Construction Scheme by Brandon Sample A man who bilked almost $13 million from Cornell Corrections Corp. has been convicted of federal fraud ...
Brief • September 22, 2010
____________________________________________________________________________________________ I HEREBY CERTIFY that a copy of this Motion was filed electronically with the Clerk of Court and all counsel of record, using the CM/ECF system. Furthermore I certify that on this date I have sent ...
Thou Shalt Not: Sexual Misconduct by Prison and Jail Chaplains by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Traditionally, the role of a chaplain in the correctional setting is to serve as a spiritual advisor to prisoners and help them meet the requirements of their religious faiths. Equally traditionally, chaplains have …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
searches conducted as part of initial arrest and booking. GWHCF is currently operated by Community Education Centers of West Caldwell, N.J. To qualify for a possible settlement award, GWHCF prisoners must ...
already resulted in a jury verdict of $47.5 million – one of the largest prisoner wrongful death awards in the nation. Gregorio de la Rosa, Jr., 33, was incarcerated at a private prison in Willacy County ...
a third potential bidder, Utah-based Management & Training Corporation (MTC). Aside from the $100 million upfront payment being a nonstarter, some lawmakers and state prison officials questioned ...
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
, that could be of concern.” Likewise, a private prison company that pays a firm run by current and former Congressional staffers, with the not-so-subtle goal of influencing a member of Congress, also should ...
Detention Center, a 1,500-bed private prison in Laredo owned and operated by the GEO Group, a Florida-based company formerly known as Wackenhut Corrections. The Rio Grande facility opened in October 2008 ...
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
, after entering default judgment against First Correctional Medical, Inc. (FCM). In other Delaware news, the state’s prison system did not renew its contract with Correctional Medical Services (CMS ...
corruption, nicknamed “Bonusgate.” Perzel, a Republican and former Speaker of the House, had for years been a member of the board of directors of GEO Group, the nation’s second-largest private prison firm ...
Spurlock v. Townes, NM, Second Amended Complaint, Prison Sexual Assault, 2010 Case 1:09-cv-00786-WJ-SMV Document 103 Filed 09/07/10 Page 1 of 11 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO HEATHER SPURLOCK, SOPHIA CARRASCO, & NINA CARRERA Plaintiffs, v. No. 1:09-cv-00786 ANTHONY TOWNES & BARBARA WAGNER in …
of a controlled sub-stance. Routine medical intake by the jail’s private healthcare provider, Cermak Health Services (Cermak), revealed only that Smith had elevated blood pressure, for which he received a week’s ...
cost the jail $100,000 a week in lost revenue, and threatened its ability to finance its debt. “This administration takes any allegation of inadequate medical care or ill treatment seriously ...
Farmer v. Miles, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2010 Case: 1:10-cv-05055 Document #: 1 Filed: 08/11/10 Page 1 of 3 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Darryl Farmer, Plaintiff, ­vs­ Dr. Gwendolyn Miles and Dr. Thomas, Defendants. ) ) ) ) …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Demand Letter, public records indigents right to review depositions, 2010 lS~H JONES, SKELTON & HOCHULI, ~L. C. 290t NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE DANIEL P. STRUCK SUITE 800 TELEPHONE: 16021263·7323 PHOENIX. ARIZONA 85012 FAX: 1602l20D·7Bl1 PHONE: 1602126'·1700 E·MAIL: DSTRUCK@JSHFIRM.CDM FAX: 16021651·7599 W_Y"W_,~J_;-"fIRM:~!!M. RACHEL LOVE TELEPHONE: 16D21263-1726 FAX: (602l2lJO-7857 …
CMS Nurse Denied Summary Judgment for Failure to Treat Prisoner for Heat Illness;$400,000 Settlement Following Sixth Circuit Ruling by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In February 2009 ...
Virginia Sheriff’s Office, PHS Settle Wrongful Death Suit for $1.6 Million by Prison Health Services (PHS), a private for-profit company that provides medical care to prisoners, has agreed ...
Corrections Corp. of America (CCA), the nation’s largest private prison company. PLN filed the lawsuit in September 2009, claiming that CCA’s Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona only allowed prisoners ...
Article • July 15, 2010 • from PLN July, 2010
New York Prisoner Beaten, Guards Convicted, GEO Settles Suit for $80,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 7, 2009, three private prison guards were convicted of charges involving ...
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