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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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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
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 ...
Overcrowding Forces Alabama Prisoners Into Private Prison Web
Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004
Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Louisiana Correctional Services, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Staff-Staff Harassment, Contractor Misconduct, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Totality of Conditions, Overcrowding, Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Employee Litigation
eight months after they arrived, all Idaho prisoners were removed and no attempt was ever made to send more. SLCC is run by Louisiana Correctional Services (LCS) Inc. LCS was founded 13 years ago ...
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 ...
Controversy and Lawsuits Surround South Texas Private Prison Deals
Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004
Filed under: Private Prisons, Financing, Emerald Correctional Management, Contractor Misconduct, Judiciary, Disclosure of Records
bond underwriter), Emerald Correctional Management, (a Shreveport, Louisiana-based private prison operator), and Corplan, Inc, (a Dallas architectural firm), filed suit against Rodriguez claiming his ...
District of Columbia May Be Liable for Prisoner's Inadequate Medical Care
Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004
Filed under: Out of State Transfers, CMS, Medical, Skin, Muscular, Estoppell, Municipal Liability
of Corrections (VDOC), where Corrections Medical Service (CMS) provides health care under contract to VDOC. Baker sued the District of Columbia, BOP officials, GCC officials, and six medical personnel ...
Wackenhut Changes Name to Geo Group, Politics Remain the Same
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Filed under: Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut
headquarters in order to more closely monitor its interests. The company is now named The Geo Group. Since its inception, Wackenhut Corrections has become one of the three largest private prison contractors ...
Suits in Michigan and New Jersey Seek to Force HCV Treatment
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Filed under: Private Prisons, CMS, Hepatitis, Americans with Disabilities Act
Jersey and Michigan contract their state prison medical program to for-profit Correctional Medical Services, Inc. (CMS), based in St. Louis, Missouri. The tension of this arrangement is obvious: states ...
Capitalist Punishment: Prison Privatization & Human Rights
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Filed under: Private Prisons, Reviews
and indifference, suicides and homicides. By the end of Capitalist Punishment, one cannot seriously doubt its claim that the private prison "industry has actually produced a much worse record of deprivation ...
Performance Work Statement, Migrant Operations Center, 2004-2008
Publication • 2004
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prisoners-International, Immigration
Performance Work Statement, Migrant Operations Center, 2004-2008 Company Name: Wackenhut Corrections Corporation, GEO Group Contract Number: ACB-3-C-0008, ACL-4-C-0001, ODT-6-C-0002, ACL-2-C-0004, ACD-03-C-0008 (ACB3C0008, ACL4C0001, ODT6C0002, ACL2C0004, ACD03C0008) Order Number: ACL-5-D-0002, HSCEOP-06-J-00180, HSCEOP-06-J-00405, HSCEOP-07-J-00215, HSCEOP-05F-00304, HSCEOP-06-F-00774, HSCEOP-07-F-00255, HSCEOP-06-J-00198, HSCEOP-07-J00452, FDN5D0038, HSCEOP-05-J-00009, HSCEOP-07-J-00271 (ACL5D0002, HSCEOP06J00180, HSCEOP06J00405, HSCEOP07J00215, HSCEOP05F00304, HSCEOP06F00774, HSCEOP07F00255, HSCEOP06J00198, HSCEOP07J00452, FDN5D0038, …
DOJ Investigation: Conditions in Arkansas Prisons Unconstitutional
Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, CMS, HIV/AIDS, Systemic Medical Neglect, Dental Care, Hepatitis, Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Failure to Protect (General), Food, Sanitation, Restraints, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
of the prisons in July 2001 after refusing to pay for increased operating costsbut the problems persist. Medical Care Medical care at the prisons, which is provided by Correctional Medical Services (CMS ...
PHS Liable for Denying Insulin to Diabetic New Jersey Jail Prisoner
Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004
Filed under: Prison Health Services, Medical Misconduct, Medical, Medication, Diabetes, Stroke, State Law Claims, Expert Witnesses
incarcerated. During booking at the Camden County Correctional Facility (CCCF), Natale was seen by employees of Prison Health Services (PHS), a private company providing health care services at CCCF. Natale ...
Dismissal Sanction for Prisoner's Refusal to Be Deposed Without Court Order Reversed
Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004
Filed under: Esmor/CSC, Food, Civil Procedure, Parties, Discovery, Sanctions, Depositions
Dismissal Sanction for Prisoner's Refusal to Be Deposed Without Court Order Reversed by Dismissal Sanction for Prisoner's Refusal to be Deposed Without Court Order Reversed The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that considering a prisoner's refusal to be deposed absent a court order, as a factor to enter a …
Virginia Prison Vendors Lose Contracts to Out-of-State Supplier
Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004
Filed under: Private Prisons, Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Prison Labor
. "The theoretical proposition that privatization is always better is not necessarily true," Hersch insists. Don't feel bad Jay, PLN has been saying that about private prisons for years. Source: Richmond Times ...
Prisons Nationwide Fail to Treat HCV Epidemic
Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004
Filed under: CMS, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Hepatitis
Prisons Nationwide Fail to Treat HCV Epidemic by John E Dannenberg Prisons Nationwide Fail To Treat HCV Epidemic by John E. Dannenberg The JeopardyTM answer is: "The national average treatment rate for HCV-infected prisoners." The winning question is: "What is approximately 1%?" With HCV [Hepatitis-C] infection rates in state prisons …
Florida Work Release Prisoners Ripped Off by Private Transport Company
Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004
Filed under: Work Release, Transport Companies, Contractor Misconduct, Conditions of Confinement, Transportation
Florida Work Release Prisoners Ripped Off by Private Transport Company by David Reutter Florida Work Release Prisoners Ripped Off by Private Transport Company by David M. Reutter ...
Jails for Jesus
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Filed under: Private Prisons, Prison Fellowship, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Sex Offender Treatment, Required Religious Programming, Proselytizing
, turned over portions of their prisons, and corrections budgets, to the politically powerful evangelical Christian group, Prison Fellowship Ministries, which pays Raymond's salary. The largest prison ...
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