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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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Article • May 15, 2007
Private Juvenile Sex Offender School Not a State Actor by The plaintiff alleged that he was physically abused by staff members of a private school specializing in the treatment and education of juvenile sex offenders. The school and its staff did not engage in state action, since the plaintiff's placement …
Article • May 15, 2007
to provide the U.S. Marshals Service with space for federal pre-trial detainees. The plaintiff initially sued the Detention Facility, which is a building, rather than the Cornell Corrections Corp. The court ...
Article • May 15, 2007
Doctor Employed by Private Medical Company's Firing Upheld by The plaintiff physician complained that she was fired by a private corporation providing medical care to prisoners because she gave a prisoner a 7-Up to drink. Prison officials denied her further access to the prison and the corporation cited that fact …
Court Rules on Consolidated Suits against CMS in New Jersey by The court disposes of summary judgment motions in 15 consolidated cases concerning medical care provided by Correctional ...
Article • May 15, 2007
Florida's Private Prison Industry Corporation Sues Spinoff by Florida's private prison industry corporation, Prison Rehabilitation Industries and a Diversified Enterprises (PRIDE), has sued ...
Thompson v. Hamilton Co and CCA, TN, Complaint, inmate forced to assault other inmate, 2007 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0019 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0020 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0021 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0022 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0023 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0024 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0025 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0026 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) …
Tennessee Prison Contracting Official Engaged to Contractor by The Tennessee Department of Corrections (TDOC) is investigating whether a romance between a prison contract oversight official and a prison contractor involved any impropriety. TDOC purchasing director Nola Butler disclosed her romantic relationship with prison commissary contractor Martin Jennen, president of American …
that handles part of Yale University's $12 billion endowment, has sold all of its shares in Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation's largest private prison operator. Farallon, which controls ...
Doe v. CCA, DC, Protective Order, Confidential Information Discoverable, 2007 - -- - - --... -~'---- ._-- ----- Case 1:06-cv-02203-ESH Document 28 Filed 04/10/2007 Page 1 of 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) JANE DOE …
Brief • April 10, 2007
Reese v. Corrections Corporation of America, TN, Settlement, 2007 RELEASE In consideration for the payment by Corrections Corporation of America ("CCA") to James Andrew Reese ("Reese") of the amount of Six Thousand One Hundred Eighty Four Dollars and Seventy One Cents ($6,184.71), after the execution of this Release, Reese hereby …
Plunk v. CCA, TN, Complaint, failure to treat lymphona medical neglect, 2007 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0058 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0059 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0060 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0061 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0062 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0063 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0064 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0065 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0066
facility, " and as such, venue is proper as the plaintiff has technically never left the 19 jurisdiction of Vermont. 20 10. All defendants including those employed by the private prison company, defendant 21 ...
the CM/ECF system which will send notification of the filing to the following: Michael J. Charysh Richard A. Tjepkema Michael J. Lanzdorf. Dated: March 30, 2007 By: s/ Jacob I. Corre Jacob I. Corre One ...
of Corrections (FDOC) rebid the contract on October 20, 2006, PHS won again ? but now with a bid for $707 million. Low-bidder Wexford Health Services protested the contract award, citing its bid of $689 million ...
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
the program will work and sees it as a future commodity. ?Once we put a dollar amount on it we can market it,? she said. Dr. John E. Barnett of Prison Health Services Inc. (PHS) points out that prisoners ...
Medical Services (CMS). While the mentally ill are hidden behind steel doors, those with medical conditions are often transferred off to private prison or have to be taken to the hospital because ...
of a prisoner who was murdered at a private prison operated by the Geo Group (formerly Wackenhut Corrections). The Florida-based company was spun off from Wackenhut's parent corporation in 2003 [see PLN, June ...
9th Circuit Holds § 1997e(a) Applies to Private Prisons; Magazine Confiscation Is a “Prison Condition” by 9th Circuit Holds § 1997e(a) Applies to Private Prisons; Magazine Confiscation ...
Illegal Strip Searches Cost MTC, New Mexico County $8.5 Million by Michael Rigby Management and Training Corporation (MTC) and Santa Fe County, New Mexico, will pay $8.5 million to settle ...
Article • January 15, 2007 • from PLN January, 2007
Wisconsin “Boondoggled” Into Buying Broken Down New Private Prison by Wisconsin "Boondoggled" Into Buying Broken Down New Private Prison After buying a private prison for $87.1 million ...
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