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Ninth Circuit Overturns California Law Banning PrivatePrisons
by Kevin Bliss
by Kevin Bliss
On October 5, 2021, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit struck
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Federal Court Sanctions Wexford for Discovery Abuse in Illinois Prisoner’s Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 3, 2021, a federal court in Illinois granted a state prisoner’s motion for sanctions against Wexford Health Sources for responding to a specific discovery request by providing 272,000 pages of documents …
Virginia DOC Terminates Contract with Armor Correctional Healthcare
by Ashleigh Dye
Plans to de-privatizeprisoner healthcare
by Ashleigh Dye
On December 11, 2021, the Virginia Department
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HRDC Wins Appeal in Florida Public Records Request Case Against ArmorCorrectionalHealthServices
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In an opinion reached on December 1, 2021, Florida’s Third District Court
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Show Me the Money: Tracking the Companies that Have a Lock on Sending Funds to Incarcerated People by Stephen Raher, Tiana Herring We looked at all fifty state departments of corrections to figure out which companies hold the contracts to provide money-transfer services and what the fees are to use …
that spanned the late 1980s and 1990s. There he glimpsed a vision of the future, in which privatization would be his golden ticket. He then began PrisonHealthServices, which later became Corizon Health
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JPay Founder Ryan Shapiro Indicted for Securities Fraud by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss On January 6, 2022, Ryan Shapiro, the 44-year-old founder of prison financial services firm JPay, was charged in federal court in Boston with conspiracy to commit securities fraud. Also named in the criminal complaint was Shapiro’s …
After Sixth Death in Six Years, Virginia Jail Cuts Ties with Corizon Health
by Jayson Hawkins, Keith Sanders
Corizon Employee Charged with Falsifying Records
by Jayson Hawkins and Keith
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Dallas County Prisoner Trust Fund Bilked of $700,000 With Faked Debit Release Cards by Jail Employee by On October 19, 2021, auditors for Dallas County, Texas, reported to commissioners that lax oversight allowed an employee in the county Sheriff’s Department (DCSD) to use hundreds of damaged debit-release cards to draw …
Colorado Bailing Out PrivatePrison Company on Taxpayers’ Dime
by Jo Ellen Nott
by Jo Ellen Nott
On January 21, 2022, Colorado lawmakers advanced plans to funnel $5.41 million
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Fifth Circuit Holds Private Immigration Detention Facilities Are Subject to Trafficking Victims Protection Act’s Prohibition Against Coerced Labor by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke After a trio of federal court rulings in 2021 regarding the labor of immigrant detainees, the first one remained the clearest victory so far for plaintiffs. …
Seventh Circuit: No Case for Loss of Eye from Medical Neglect Because of Lack of Expert Testimony by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett A recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit highlights the importance of producing expert testimony to refute assertions made by defendant health …
Seventh Circuit Grudgingly Affirms Summary Judgment in Illinois’ Prisoner’s Suicide Lawsuit by Dale Chappell But Highlights Negligence of DOC and Wexford Health Staff by Dale Chappell Hinting that “another area of law” may provide relief, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on August 9, 2021, affirmed summary …
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D) signed an executive order in January 2021 prohibiting DOJ from renewing contracts for detention facilities with privateprison operators. That order is being challenged
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As a condition of the monetary settlement, Clark relinquished any and all claims against defendants, including Chester County and its prison health care contractor, PrimeCareMedical, Inc. See: Clark v. Feliciano
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Seven Prisoners Died in 2021, One by Homicide, at Virginia’s Only PrivatePrison
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The Lawrenceville Correctional Center (LCC), Virginia’s only remaining for-profit prison, now also
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Tennessee CoreCivic Prison Guard Indicted for Beating Unresisting Prisoner, Attempting Cover-up by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On September 27, 2021, a three-count indictment was filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, accusing a former guard at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center in Hartsville of violating a …
$2 Million Paid by North Carolina Jail for Prisoner’s Wrongful Death; Undisclosed Amount Paid by Southeastern Medical Services by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On January 8, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina approved a $2 million settlement to be paid by Buncombe County, …
, 2021, report by Newsweek noted that 49 state prison systems currently rely on contracted health care providers like Corizon and its four main competitors, NaphCare Inc., PrimeCareMedical Inc., Armor
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Montana Renews CoreCivic Contract; Major Water and Sewage Problems Persist
by Jayson Hawkins
by Jayson Hawkins
The privateprison industry has been under fire recently across the country
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