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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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HRDC Private prison fact sheet - Federal Legislation 2015

Publication • November 23, 2015

Filed under: Private Prisons

Education Centers, LaSalle Southwest Corrections and Emerald Correctional Management, are privately held and thus do not have publicly-traded stock. There is a long history of divestment from private prison ...

HRDC Private prison fact sheet - Litigation 2015

Publication • November 23, 2015

Filed under: Private Prisons

often do not explicitly fall under state public records laws, as they are private contractors. However, HRDC has successfully litigated public records suits against private prison firms in four states ...

HRDC Private prison fact sheet - Probation and Parole 2015

Publication • November 23, 2015

Filed under: Private Prisons

HRDC Private prison fact sheet - Probation and Parole 2015 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS Private Prisons: Parole and Probation A growing trend in the private ...

HRDC Private prison fact sheet - Business model 2015

Publication • November 23, 2015

Filed under: Private Prisons

HRDC Private prison fact sheet - Business model 2015 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS Private Prisons: Business Model All prisons, both public and private, must have ...

HRDC Private prison fact sheet - Industry Overview 2015

Publication • November 23, 2015

Filed under: Private Prisons

Corporation of America (CCA), GEO Group (formerly Wackenhut Corrections), Management & Training Corp. (MTC), Community Education Centers (CEC), LaSalle Southwest Corrections and Emerald Companies. Together ...

HRDC Private prison fact sheet - Contracts 2015

Publication • November 23, 2015

Filed under: Private Prisons

HRDC Private prison fact sheet - Contracts 2015 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS Private Prison Strategies: Contracts/Site Fights Contracts to operate correctional ...

HRDC Private prison fact sheet - Current trends 2015

Publication • November 23, 2015

Filed under: Private Prisons

HRDC Private prison fact sheet - Current trends 2015 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS Private Prisons: Current Trends For most of the past three decades, the private ...

AFSC, Arizona - Assessment of Riots in Management & Training Corp Kingman Prison 2015

Publication • September 11, 2015

Filed under: Management and Training Corporation, Prison Rebellion

AFSC, Arizona - Assessment of Riots in Management & Training Corp Kingman Prison 2015 Assessment of the 2015 Riots in Management and Training Corporations’ Kingman, Arizona Prison BY CAROLINE ISAACS ...

HRDC response to CFPB re JPay release debit cards - Sept. 2015

Publication • September 10, 2015

Filed under: JPay, Inc., Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Trust Accounts, HRDC Publications

No. CFPB-2014-0031, RIN 3170-AA22 Dear Ms. Jackson, The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC) submits this letter in response to a comment by JPay Inc. (JPay), dated May 27, 2015, which posted to the CFPB ...

Kinney County, 1st Amendment to 2nd Amended Agreement (GEO, CEC), 2015

Publication • July 27, 2015

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Community Education Centers, Immigration Detention

, 2012, KINNEY COUNTY, TEXAS (hereafter "County") and COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTERS, INC., a Delaware Corporation d/b/a CEC Intl., in the State of Texas (hereafter "Operator") entered into a Second Amended ...

Significant Breakdowns by Corizon Health, NYC DOI, 2015

Publication • June 10, 2015

Filed under: Corizon, Medical, Jail Specific

Significant Breakdowns by Corizon Health, NYC DOI, 2015 The City of New York Department of Investigation MARK G. PETERS COMMISSIONER 80 MAIDEN LANE NEW YORK, NY 10038 212-825-5900 Release 16-2015 ...

Vermont DOC Contract Summary With Centurion 2015

Publication • 2015

Filed under: Centurion

memo dated December 8, 2014 that accompanied the correctional health services contract with Centurion of Vermont, LLC that commenced on February 1, 2015. As this memo states, VDOC had initially included ...

PrimeCare Contract With Montgomery County Correctional Facility 1-8-2012 To1-7-2015

Publication • 2015

Filed under: Primecare Medical

PrimeCare Contract With Montgomery County Correctional Facility 1-8-2012 To1-7-2015 HEALTH SERVICES AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN MONTGOMERY COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AND PRIMECARE MEDICAL, INC. (PCM ...

JPAY-Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Amend Regulation E to Cover Prepaid Accoiunts-Docket No. CFPB-2014-0031;RIN 3170-AA22

Publication • May 27, 2015

Filed under: JPay, Inc.

– Docket No. CFPB-2014-0031; RIN 3170-AA22 Dear Ms. Jackson: JPay Inc. ("JPay") is pleased to submit this letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("Bureau") in response to the notice of proposed ...

Coos County Sheriff's Office Contract Summary With Conmed, 2015

Publication • May 19, 2015

Filed under: CONMED

Coos County Sheriff's Office Contract Summary With Conmed, 2015 COOS COUNTY FILING COVER SHEET TO: Coos County Clerk's Office FROM: Coos County Sheriff's Office Please file the attached document ...

HRDC data on public/private prison violence rates in TN DOC

Publication • April 24, 2015

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Statistics/Trends

HRDC data on public/private prison violence rates in TN DOC TDOC VIOLENT INCIDENTS REPORTED, JANUARY 2010 THROUGH MAY 2014 + + Violent incidents include inmate-on-inmate assaults, inmate-on-staff ...

Abt Associates report Governments' Management of Private Prisons 2003

Publication • April 24, 2015

Filed under: Private Prisons

Abt Associates report Governments' Management of Private Prisons 2003 The author(s) shown below used Federal funds provided by the U.S. Department of Justice and prepared the following final report ...

CCA Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility Water Pollution Alert, 2015

Publication • April 10, 2015

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Water

CCA Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility Water Pollution Alert, 2015 cc~ Corrections Corporation of Arrerica Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility To: All Concerned ~a From: tJct· TCCF Subject: Local Area Water Alert Date: April, 10, 2015 The local area is under a boil water alert, this alert is expected to last until …

Joint letter to DC Council re Corizon contract April 2015

Publication • April 7, 2015

Filed under: Corizon, Private Contractors, HRDC Sign on Letters

Joint letter to DC Council re Corizon contract April 2015 March 31, 2015 Via electronic Mail Chairman Phil Mendelson Council of the District of Columbia 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Ste. 504 ...

HRDC letter to D.C. Council concerning Corizon contract April 2015

Publication • April 2, 2015

Filed under: Corizon, Private Contractors, HRDC Publications

to provide testimony to the Council concerning our coverage of Corizon and its predecessor companies, Prison Health Services and Correctional Medical Services. HRDC has reported on privatized medical care ...

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