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this year, the state passed a bill banning privateprisons, and other bills like it have been passed in California and elsewhere.
The work program at the Northwest ICE Processing Center has since been halted
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San Luis Obispo County Jail Conditions Violate Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On August 31, 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division released a report detailing its investigation concerning the conditions inside San Luis Obispo County Jail. The findings of the report, conducted …
, a private-prison company.
Charles Overby is a celebrated instructor of journalism at UM. Among these other accolades, Overby served as the executive editor of the Jackson, MS newspaper, The Clarion-Ledger
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$8.6 Million Award Against Wexford for Deliberate Indifference to Prisoner’s Kidney Cancer by An Illinois prisoner was awarded $11 million by a federal jury in a lawsuit alleging doctors with Wexford Health Sources, Inc. (Wexford), were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs by failing to treat his kidney cancer. …
$23,000 Settlement Against Pennsylvania Dental Healthcare Company for Inadequate Dental Care by Charles Talbert settled with Correctional Dental Associates (CDA) and Dental Practitioner Dr. Schneider for $23,000 in a lawsuit brought by him for inadequate dental treatment while housed in the Philadelphia Department of Prisons (PDP). While being held in …
$72,000 Settlement Over Corizon’s Lack of Medical Treatment to Injured Arizona Prisoner
by Matthew Clarke
by Matt Clarke
On August 8, 2020, Corizon Health, Inc. agreed to pay $20,000
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in September 2021 by a former California prisoner, Adam Cain [See: Adam Cain v. JPayInc. USDC, C. Dist. CA, 2:21-cv-07401-FLA-AGR].
When he left Chuckawalla Valley State Prison, Cain was given the cash in his
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to 2015, CorrectCareSolutions, now known as Wellpath LLC, held a contract with the Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC) to provide medical care to every person in DOC’s custody. The contract paid
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Arizona Federal Court Dismisses NAACP’s Challenge to PrivatePrisons as Violating Thirteenth Amendment by Commodifying Prisoners for Profit
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An Arizona federal court dismissed a civil
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-run privateprison, the Coffee County Correctional Facility. At 41 years of age, charges stated that Burnett smuggled drugs, cell phones, and other items into the prison for gang members.
She and 47
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$750,000 Settlement in South Carolina Pretrial Detainee’s Suicide by Southern Health Partners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 17, 2021, Southern Health Partners paid $750,000 to resolve a lawsuit alleging it failed to take proper steps in caring for a pretrial detainee who entered South Carolina’s Marlboro …
, disclosed that it allowed Boca Raton privateprison contractor The GEO Group to get away with making hundreds of thousands of dollars of otherwise illegal contributions to Super PACs.
The Federal Election
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Commission of Correctional Health Care standards, which were also used in DOC contracts, first with Corizon and later with Centurion.
“Over the past six years, Defendants have consistently failed to meet
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HRDC Case Sues JPay Over Fee-Heavy “Release Card” Debit Cards
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A lawsuit filed in a California federal court on September 15, 2021, accuses privateprison financier JPay, Inc. of violating
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Tennessee Department of Corrections Rebids $123 Million Health Care Contract After Corizon Accuses It and Centurion of Bid Rigging
by Matthew Clarke
by Matt Clarke
On May 10, 2021
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$56 Million Settlement in CoreCivic Securities Violation Lawsuit
by David Reutter
by David M. Reutter
Privateprison operator CoreCivic, formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America
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File a CFPB Complaint for Unfair Money Transfer Fees by Prison Legal News (PLN) is encouraging our readers to file complaints to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) if you feel you are being made to pay expensive rates to transfer money to your loved one in jail or prison …
Seven Former GEO Employees Plead Guilty in Federal Texas Private Jail Bribery Scheme by On July 6, 2021, Veronica Ortega, 45, a former medical assistant at the GEO-owned and -operated East Hidalgo Detention Center pleaded guilty to bribery after admitting she received cash to smuggle marijuana into the jail. She …
Tenth Circuit Rejects Government’s Appeal Over Recorded Attorney Calls and Visits at PrivatePrison in Leavenworth
by Dale Chappell
by Dale Chappell
Over five years ago, federal prosecutors
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focused on the role of activist groups, like the #FamiliesBelongTogether movement and her own investment firm, in pushing for banks to stop investing in the privateprison industry,” the court wrote
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