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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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Adams v. CCA, CO, Order granting Plf Mot to Suppress Plf Depositions, prison riot, 2011 DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF CROWLEY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: Sixteenth Judicial District Court Crowley County Courthouse 110 E. 6th Street, Room 303 Ordway, Colorado 81063 Telephone 719-267-4468 ▲COURT USE ONLY ▲ Plaintiffs: VANCE A. …
Willis v. Feinerman, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2011 FULL AND FINAL RELEASE WHEREAS the Plaintiff, WAYNE WILLIS, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, entitled Wayne Willis v. Adrian Feinerman, et al., Case Number 09-CV-00273, claiming to have sustained personal injuries and …
Keller v. Feinerman, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2011 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS HILTON LLOYD KELLER, B33552, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) V. No. 06-661-RHM ) ) ) DR. F. AHMED, DR. FEINERMAN, and DR. ELYEA, ) ) ) Defendants. FULL AND FINAL RELEASE WHEREAS …
Overview of Prisonsr Profit Fo state prisons include the North Coast Correctional Treatment Facility in Grafton, which is owned by the Management and Training Corporation (MTC) and hosts 700 minimum ...
Ramirez v. Trujillo, NM, Settlement, Sexual Assault and Rape, 2011 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, RELEASE AND COVENANT OF NON-DISCLOSURE For the consideration of the sum of THIRTY FIVE IHOUSAND DOLLARS AND 00/100 ($35,000.00), paid by CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, the receipt and sufficiency ofwhicb is hereby acknowledged, VERONICA RAMIREZ docs hereby release, …
Davis et al v. Abercrombie et al, HI, Order denying Def Mot to Transfer Venue, CCA religious discrimination denial retaliation, 2011 Case 1:11-cv-00144-LEK -BMK Document 28 Filed 05/27/11 Page 1 of 27 657 PageID #: IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF HAWAII RICHARD KAPELA DAVIS; et …
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Alfano v. CCA, TX, Complaint, inmate death diabetes, 2011 Case 3:11-cv-01006-P Document 1 Filed 05/16/11 Page 1 of 21 PageID 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS DALLAS DIVISION LEON ALFANO, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF PAMELA DARLENE WEATHERBY, NELDA ALFANO, DAREN C. …
CCA Prisoner Awarded $3,250 in Excessive Force Lawsuit by A Louisiana U.S. District Court awarded $3,250 to a prisoner in a civil rights action that involved excessive use of force by a guard. The lawsuit was filed by Winn Correctional Center prisoner Derrick Levon Carter due to events that occurred …
Contributions to California Politicians Rewarded with Lucrative Private Prison Contracts by In politics, sometimes a little monetary grease goes a long way. No doubt, that’s why Corrections ...
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
passed. Reed-Bly filed a grievance. Prison officials responded, stating that the delay was caused by DOC officials awaiting approval for the surgery from Correctional Medical Services (CMS). The grievance ...
Correctional Medical Services, Inc. (CMS), various CMS personnel and Quality Plan Administrators, Inc. (QPA), a CMS subcontractor responsible for providing dental care to state prisoners. Sullivan alleged ...
Fifth Circuit: Wyoming Prisoner May Sue Texas Private Prison Officials by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 16, 2008, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a Wyoming state ...
Article • May 15, 2011
$943,000 Settlement for Family of Man Who Died in Courtroom by The family of a man who died in 2001 from an asthma attack has settled a 42 U.S.C. §1983 suit for $943,000. Robert L. Waters, Jr. collapsed in the well of D.C. Superior Court Judge Tim Murphy’s courtroom on …
Article • May 15, 2011
Judge Denies Attorney’s Fees to Prevailing Defendant by U.S. Magistrate Judge John A. Gorman has denied a request for attorney’s fees and sanctions against a plaintiff who brought an unsuccessful civil rights action. Defendant Advanced Correctional Healthcare Inc. had argued that it was entitled to attorney’s fees because the plaintiff’s …
Article • May 15, 2011
U.S. Extradition Services Settles Wrongful Death Suit by By Brandon Sample The family of a prisoner who was killed while being transported by a private prison transport company has agreed ...
Prison Pays: Geo Corp Profits from Half-Way House Murder and Mayhem in Texas by Craig Malisow Despite a history of abuse and bad conditions, private-prison corporation GEO Group keeps getting ...
Gooch v. Buford et al, TN, Complaint, CCA inadequate medical care indifference, 2011 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0343 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0344 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0345 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0346 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0347 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0348 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0349
. TransCor, a subsidiary of private prison firm Corrections Corp. of America (CCA), transports prisoners nationwide. TransCor guards Michael Jerome Edwards and David Jackson forced Schoenfeld to expose her ...
that was previously adjudicated by a Louisiana court of competent jurisdiction. On October 3, 2006, Carl Braxton Toole, an Alabama state prisoner housed in a private prison in Louisiana operated by LCS, Inc., filed ...
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