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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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Private Capitol Punishment: The Florida Model

Article • December 15, 2004 • from PLN December, 2004

Filed under: Private Prisons, Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Reviews

expanded, the privatization of prisons has increased. The pages of PLN have chronicled the mental and physical abuse, as well as medical neglect, suffered by those warehoused in privatized prisons ...

Prisons, Profits and Prophets

Article • November 15, 2004 • from PLN November, 2004

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Rebellion, Religious Freedom, Required Religious Programming, Proselytizing

Prisons, Profits and Prophets by Bill Berkowitz The nation's largest private prison corporation is joining forces with conservative faith-based ministries by Bill Berkowitz In an era ...

Class Action Challenges Treatment of Florida's "Sexual Predator" Civil Detainees

Article • November 15, 2004 • from PLN November, 2004

Filed under: Private Prisons, Liberty Behavioral Health Corp., Americans with Disabilities Act, Sex Offender Treatment, Civil Commitment

Class Action Challenges Treatment of Florida's "Sexual Predator" Civil Detainees by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A federal class action has been filed in the Federal District Court in Ft. Myers by eight residents of the Florida Civil Commitment Center (FCCC), seeking to enforce their rights to mental health …

No Restraint, No Consequences: Privatizing Overseas Intelligence Extraction

Article • November 15, 2004 • from PLN November, 2004

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Titan Corp., Contractor Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Restraints, Contractor Liability, Military Prisons

charges were horrifically abused and murdered while falsely imprisoned by the U.S. in Iraq. See: Saleh v. Titan Corp., USDC SD CA, Case No. 04-CV-1143R (NLS). The suit was primarily filed under the Alien ...

California Private Prison Uprisings Kill 2, Injure 66

Article • September 15, 2004 • from PLN September, 2004

Filed under: Private Prisons, Cornell Corrections, Management and Training Corporation, Gang Policies, Prison Rebellion, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death)

California Private Prison Uprisings Kill 2, Injure 66 by Marvin Mentor Interracial prison riots occurred on October 27 and December 3, 2003 in two southern California privately-contracted ...

Iraqi Dungeons and Torture Chambers Under New, American Trained Management

Article • September 15, 2004 • from PLN September, 2004

Filed under: Private Prisons, Management and Training Corporation, Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Political Prisoners, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Prisoners-International, Military Prisons

director of the Arizona Department of Corrections (1995-2002) and as a consultant for the private prison firm Advanced Correctional Management. According to Donna Hamm, founder and Executive Director ...

Settlement Brings Alabama DOC's Diabetic Treatment into 21st Century

Article • September 15, 2004 • from PLN September, 2004

Filed under: Private Prisons, Naphcare, Systemic Medical Neglect, Diabetes

, adequately monitor blood sugar levels, treat injuries or infections, or administer necessary tests to evaluate whether the disease was causing other problems. That medical contractor, NaphCare, Inc., has ...

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 …

Adams v. CCA, CO, Exhibits Part 1 Plfs Interviews, Prisoner Riot, 2004

Brief • August 13, 2004

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Rebellion, Failure to Protect (General), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Disclosure of Records, Witnesses, Failure to Train/Supervise

unsanitary conditions 111 the food tbat is prepared in the pots . ..Aiegarding the cause of the disturbance Silva expressed his opinion that the underlying cause was "Private: Prison cor:rupti em ...

Tennessee Prison Audit Blasts DOC, CCA and CMS