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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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Tennessee: Staph Outbreak, Delayed Treatment, Death Highlight Prison Healthcare Problems

Article • August 15, 2004 • from PLN August, 2004

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, CMS, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Cardiovascular, Cancer, Skin, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

, and a preventable heart attack are just a few of the problems Tennessee prisoners have faced while in the care of private contractors. In September 2003, three unidentified prisoners were infected ...

CCA Medical Contract Doesn't Violate 8th Amendment

Article • August 15, 2004 • from PLN August, 2004

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Blood, Private Contractors, Medical Expenses, Attorney Fee Awards, Civil Procedure, Injunctions, Mootness, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

CCA Medical Contract Doesn't Violate 8th Amendment by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated an injunction holding a contract between Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and a private doctor; Dr. Robert B. Coble, was unconstitutional. The contract at issue required Dr. Coble to, among other things, "determine the …

Tennessee Prison Audit Blasts DOC, CCA and CMS

Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004

Filed under: Work Release, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, CMS, Contractor Misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Reviews, Systemic Medical Neglect, Staffing, Contractor Liability

office in September 2003, reveals problems with prison staffing, pre-release preparation, and numerous instances of contract violations by private prison contractors. A major problem revealed ...

Private Probation Companies Prove Corrupt in Tennessee

Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004

Filed under: Private Prisons, Probation

to the Legislature's Corrections Oversight Committee which cited other questionable practices including: a court clerk who used his position to supply clients to a spouse's private prison company; a Memphis private ...

CCA Packs Positions With High-Profile Politicians

Article • January 15, 2004 • from PLN January, 2004

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic

," says Ed Bender, research director at the National Institute on Money in State Politics. "They are getting people who know the system." [See back issues of PLN for more on CCA and other private prisons ...

No Right to Renounce Citizenship - U.S. Not "at War"

Article • July 15, 2003 • from PLN July, 2003

Filed under: Classification, Out of State Transfers, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Habeas Corpus, Immigration

No Right to Renounce Citizenship - U.S. Not "at War" by No Right to Renounce Citizenship - U.S. Not "at War" Judge Bernice B. Donald of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee has denied habeas corpus relief to a Wisconsin prisoner seeking to renounce his …

CCA Pays $54 Million to IRS and Settles Gender Discrimination Complaint

Article • May 15, 2003 • from PLN May, 2003

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Financing, Contractor Misconduct, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Money/Property, Tax Law, Employee Litigation

CCA Pays $54 Million to IRS and Settles Gender Discrimination Complaint by On October 28, 2002, Corrections Corp. of America, (CCA) settled its 1997 federal taxes after an audit by the Internal Revenue Service for the sum of $54 million. The IRS challenged the validity of the tax deductions that …

Johnson v. CCA, TN, Complaint, inmate-inmate assault gang in ad seg, 2003

Brief • April 15, 2003

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Gangs, Failure to Protect (General), Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Informants (Failure to Protect)

Johnson v. CCA, TN, Complaint, inmate-inmate assault gang in ad seg, 2003 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0276 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0277 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0278 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0279 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0280 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0281 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0282 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0283 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0284 CCA-AF (6/2/14 …

CCA Conditions Claim Not Frivolous

Article • August 15, 2002 • from PLN August, 2002

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Failure to Protect (General), Water, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings

CCA Conditions Claim Not Frivolous by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a Tennessee Federal District Court's dismissal of a prisoner's 42 U.S.C. §1983 claims as frivolous, vacating and remanding part of the lower court's decision with instructions. David Dellis is a Wisconsin prisoner who was for a …

$377,500 Awarded in Tennessee Jail Death

Article • May 15, 2002 • from PLN May, 2002

Filed under: Prison Health Services, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Municipal Liability, Mental Health

department violated Shaw's rights by killing him. A jury agreed and awarded Dowdy $377,500 in damages. $187,500 in damages was awarded against Davidson County; $187,500 was awarded against Prison Health ...

CCA Gets Tangled in Financial Quagmire

Article • September 15, 2001 • from PLN September, 2001

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Financing, Damages, Contractor Liability

. The company's shares have recently been hovering around $0.80 to $0.90 per share. That's a major plunge from the per share high in the mid-$40 range back in 1998 when private prison company stocks were a hot ...

CCA Medical Cost-Saving Contract Unconstitutional

Article • July 15, 2001 • from PLN July, 2001

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Cardiovascular, Blood, Medical Expenses, Contractor Liability, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

CCA Medical Cost-Saving Contract Unconstitutional by A Tennessee federal district judge as found an incentives contract between the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and a private doctor unconstitutional and must be stopped. The contract provided for financial incentives for the physician to reduce costs, which motivated him to reduce medical …

$235,000 Awarded to CCA Prisoner in Medical Suit

Article • July 15, 2001 • from PLN July, 2001

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Skeletal Injury, Juries, Contractor Liability

no comment on the jury's verdict or their message. It appears that juries readily draw a connection between profit driven private prison companies and denial of basic services such as medical care ...

$9.5 Million Awarded in Prisoner Van Fire Death

Article • July 15, 2001 • from PLN July, 2001

Filed under: Transport Companies, Contractor Liability, Wrongful Death, Accidents

$9.5 Million Awarded in Prisoner Van Fire Death by $9.5 Million Awarded In Prisoner Van Fire Death In late February 2001, Kathryn Catalano received a $9.5 million jury award in a Tennessee U.S. District Court. She sued after her father died in an extradition van fire. Federal Extradition Agency (FEA) …

Wisconsin Prisoners Rebel at Private Tennessee Prison

Article • June 15, 2000 • from PLN June, 2000

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Rebellion, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Guards/Staff, Assaults on Staff

15 minutes before this thing went down," he told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "If something was going to happen that was planned, what better time to do it than then? I think it was spontaneous ...

Prison Realty Hires PR Firm

Article • February 15, 2000 • from PLN February, 2000

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic

Prison Realty Hires PR Firm by Nashville-based Prison Realty Trust, the parent company of Corrections Corp. of America (CCA), has hired a leading public relations firm to improve its image. In Sept. 1999 Prison Realty retained Los Angeles-based Sitrick & Co., which specializes in crisis management. Sitrick will handle Prison …

Prison Realty Stock Plummets; Shareholders File Suit

Article • November 15, 1999 • from PLN November, 1999

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Financing

% within a week after Prison Realty announced it would pay increased costs for building and marketing private prisons. Several investment firms downgraded Prison Realty's stock, which dropped to a 52 week ...

Tennessee Supreme Court Upholds Private Prison Disciplinary Procedures

Article • September 15, 1999 • from PLN September, 1999

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Disciplinary Litigation, Legality of Rules, Contractor Liability

Tennessee Supreme Court Upholds Private Prison Disciplinary Procedures by When the Tennessee legislature passed the Private Prison Contracting Act of 1986, codified at TCA § 41-24- 101 ...

Private Prison Escape Explained

Article • June 15, 1999 • from PLN June, 1999

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Escapes

Private Prison Escape Explained by On October 12, 1998, four prisoners escaped from the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) South Central Correctional Center in Wayne County, Tennessee ...

Wisconsin Resists Out-of-State Transfers

Article • March 15, 1999 • from PLN March, 1999

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Rebellion, Overcrowding

themselves oppose the transfers because they don't like being separated from their loved ones and because the conditions in private prisons are often far worse than those in the public institutions. In March ...

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