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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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Prison Liable in Denying Bone Marrow Transplant by The court of appeals for the Eighth circuit held that prison officials can be held liable for promulgating policies that deny treatment to prisoners suffering from fatal illnesses, even when the prison has contracted out its medical care to a third party. …
$2,500 Awarded in Pennsylvania False Arrest Claim by The plaintiff in this case alleged that Wackenhut Corrections Corporation falsely imprisoned him due to mistaken identity, and failed to immediately release him when it was informed of the mistake by a parole officer. Plaintiff was stopped for a traffic violation in …
incarcerated in a private prison suffered no violation of his right to meaningful access to courts. Danny Ray Thomas is a Tennessee prisoner held in a private prison managed by the Corrections Corporation ...
Summary Judgment Partly Reversed for Refusing Amended Complaint Filing by The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed an Arizona federal district court for refusing to allow a federal prisoner to file an amended complaint. Michael Satz, a prisoner in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), was …
Failure to Accommodate Blind Prisoner Violates ADA by A Florida federal district court has held that a private medical contractor, EMSA Correctional Care, Inc. (EMSA), and Sheriff Ken Jenne ...
Services (CMS) and Prime Care Medical (PCM) alleging that the denial of proper medical treatment by defendants violated his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Wall sought, among other things, $250,000 ...
prison operator should not have been dismissed on Eleventh Amendment immunity grounds. While confined in a prison operated by Cornell Corrections Corporation (CCC), Charles Akomolafe Abayomi was attacked ...
, 1999, California Forensic Medical Group (CFMG) and two doctors agreed to pay a total of $725,000 to settle claims against them arising from a prisoner's death due to untreated tonsilitis. CFMG ...
New York: Malpractice Suit Over Guard's Death Settles For $2,500,000 by On March 21, 2002, an unidentified plaintiff settled this medical malpractice claim against two physicians for $2,500,000. At issue was the medical treatment of a Riker's Island guard who suffered a heart attack in front of the jail's infirmary. …
Former Guard's Sexual Harassment Suit Against CCA Dismissed by The United States District Court for the District of Columbia held that a former guard suing CCA of Tennessee under the District of Columbia Human Rights Act (DCHRA) had not proven she was subjected to a hostile work environment, that lack …
Right-To-Sue Letter Not Required For ADEA Claims by The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York held that Title VII procedural requirements mandate that a claimant obtain a right-to-sue letter from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), but a right-to-sue letter is not necessary for actions …
$450,000 Award Against CMS, County In Death of Illinois Jail Prisoner by On May 16, 2002, a jury found Correctional Medical Services (CMS) of Illinois and Kane County liable for the death ...
Article • May 15, 2007
. The Circuit Court's order was affirmed. See: Prison Health Services v. The Lakeland Ledger Publishing Company, 718 So.2d 204 (Fla. 2nd Dist. 1998). ...
Article • May 15, 2007
Missouri Attaches Prisoner's Award Against CMS, 8th Cir Remands by On July 28, 2003, the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a district court to reconsider whether the State ...
Article • May 15, 2007
Constant Complaints of Pain May State 8th Amendment Claim In February of 2002, Robert Taylor, a Missouri state prisoner, injured his knee. A Correctional Medical Services (CMS) doctor named Steven ...
Article • May 15, 2007
Nebraska Prisoner Not in Private Prison Denied Standing to Challenge State Private Prison Contracting Act by Nebraska Prisoner Not in Private Prison Denied Standing to Challenge State ...
Article • May 15, 2007
. Transcor America Inc., a private prison transportation company, was contracted by the state of North Dakota to transport Bell to a maximum security prison in Oregon. Bell escaped. The North family alleges ...
Article • May 15, 2007
but no treatment except pain killers and referrals to mental health. After release, he had to have two additional surgeries on his shoulder. A private medical care provider (EMSA in this case) is not a municipality ...
Article • May 15, 2007
had committed medical malpractice. Therefore, they were not entitled to summary judgment. The case was remanded to the Circuit Court to proceed to trial. See: Proffitt v. Prison Health Services, Inc ...
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