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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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Court Halts Missouri Physician-Overseen Lethal Injection Execution; Blows Doctor’s Cover by A “secret” Missouri surgeon who has supervised 54 prisoner executions had his cover pulled and suffered immediate peer criticism, court restriction, and a media barrage. In tension were the Hippocratic Oath of doctors to sustain the life of their …
Former New Jersey Prison Social Worker Abuse Lawsuit Reinstated by A New Jersey appeals court has reversed a lower courts dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a former prison health care worker. Angela Hoag was a licensed social worker employed by Correctional Medical Services, Inc. and worked at Southern State …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
to reduce costs. The out-of-state transfers would save money because private prison companies typically charge less to house prisoners with their non-union work force. In New Hampshire, the governor’s ...
was medical director of Cermak Health Services from 1999 to 2003. He can’t quantify the outbreak, but says the initial number of cases was negligible and there was no increase in skin and soft-tissue ...
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
articles that followed that article, PLN reported on the horrid care provided to Michigan prisoners by the private medical vendor, Correctional Medical Services (CMS). Those articles detailed ...
Numerous Prison Systems Sign Up for Free Christian TV Programming by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Since 2007, Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), the largest religious network in the world, has been quietly spreading a faith-based rehabilitative TV program for prisoners. Following a successful pilot program in South Dakota’s prison system, …
Colorado: When Suing Private Prison under Common Law Tort, Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Not Required by Colorado: When Suing Private Prison under Common Law Tort, Exhaustion ...
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
accused of defrauding private prison operator Cornell Corrections of California, Inc. out of $13 million in a prison construction scam. A federal grand jury handed down indictments that included 20 counts ...
that on April 15, 2009, I electronically filed Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint with the Clerk of Court using CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the following: Ellen C. Bruce ebruce ...
general counsel – its top attorney. Puryear’s judicial nomination did not go unnoticed; it drew the attention of a former CCA prisoner turned criminal justice advocate who opposes private prisons ...
medical care is unlikely to be any different. On January 1, 2009, another private prison company, Community Education Centers (CEC), took over GEO’s contract to operate GHCF in Delaware County. While ...
is fairly consistent: They rarely function properly. A series of incidents at Ohio’s Columbiana County Jail, which is operated by CiviGenics, Inc. (a subsidiary of Community Education Centers ...
behind the contract terminations. What is unusual is that the contracts were canceled, as prison officials normally tolerate CMS’s substandard performance in order to save money; also, using a private ...
$3.6 Million Settlement in Michigan Prisoner’s Segregation Cell Death by The family of Timothy Souders has agreed to accept $3.25 to settle a wrongful death claim relating to Timothy’s death. Timothy, 21, was the subject of a May 2007 PLN cover article, and a February 11, 2007, report on 60 …
. That effort, which involved Weimar, Veco Corp. and private prison firm Cornell Corrections, was unsuccessful. Weimar had sold five Alaska halfway houses to Cornell in 1998 for $21 million, and later partnered ...
. Prison Health Services (PHS) is a contract medical provider for certain VDOC facilities. PHS’s contract requires that it “provide cost effective, quality inmate health care services for up ...
in Juvenile’s Death; $1,000,000 Verdict Upheld by Bob Williams Re-Direct, Inc., a company that provides services for juveniles for the District of Columbia, appealed the denial of a post?trial motion ...
procedural compliance. The BOP contracted the building of a private prison in Clearfield County in 1999 with Cornell Corrections, Inc. (Cornell), to house over 1,000 federal prisoners. A 10 year deal ...
Private Prison Companies Not Forthcoming About Immigration Detainee Deaths by Private Prison Companies Not Forthcoming About Immigration Detainee Deaths by Matt Clarke The private prison ...
Report Criticizes Conditions in U.S. Immigrant Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington by David Reutter Report Criticizes Conditions in U.S. Immigrant Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington by David M. Reutter Conditions at the federal immigration center in Tacoma, Washington, are substandard and not in compliance with national standards, “much less international …
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