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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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County May Be Liable for Private Prison's Customs and Policies

Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004

Filed under: Cornell Corrections, Threats by Staff, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Shootings, Civil Procedure, Parties, Municipal Liability

. Exhaustion of administrative remedies was also mandated. Fernando Herrera, a temporary prisoner in the Santa Fe County Detention Center operated by Cornell Corrections, Inc., a private prison corporation ...

Cornell Company - The Prison Industry's Enron

Article • February 15, 2004 • from PLN February, 2004

Filed under: Work Release, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Financing, Cornell Corrections, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Staffing, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, State Legislation

, namely Cornell Corrections. Hicks seized the opportunity. On August 14, 2001 Municipal Corrections Finance LP. (a Cornell/Provident creation) purchased eleven prisons from Cornell who promptly leased ...

Santa Fe Guards Rape Prisoners, Neglect Kills Another

Article • January 15, 2004 • from PLN January, 2004

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Management and Training Corporation, Physicians Network Association, Systemic Medical Neglect, Respiratory, Cancer, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

from their jobs. It was under these inhumane and insensitive conditions that Jimmy Villanueva died. SFCDC is run by Utah based Management and Training Corporation (MTC), a private prison operator who ...

God Pod Under Fire

Article • December 15, 2003

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Religious Freedom, Required Religious Programming, Proselytizing

God Pod Under Fire by Silja JA Talvi By Silja JA Talvi, Santa Fe Reporter Prison program sparks lawsuit. Faith-based initiatives are all the rage these days, particularly when hundreds of millions of dollars of federal funding have been available to programs and agencies that tow the religion-and-social-services approach favored by …

Wackenhut Warden and Six Guards Convicted In New Mexico Prisoner Beatings

Article • January 15, 2003 • from PLN January, 2003

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Guard Brutality/Beatings

Wackenhut Warden and Six Guards Convicted In New Mexico Prisoner Beatings by by Matthew T. Clarke Six guards and a warden have been convicted in federal court of charges stemming from brutal beatings and subsequent cover up attempts at the 1,200 man Lea County Correctional Facility in Hoots, New Mexico, …

CCA Settles New Mexico "Failure To Protect" Suit For $41,885

Article • February 15, 2002 • from PLN February, 2002

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Rebellion, Crime/Demographics, Informants, Failure to Protect (General), Premises Liability

CCA Settles New Mexico "Failure To Protect" Suit For $41,885 by CCA Settles New Mexico "Failure To Protect" Suit For $41,885 In February 2001, representatives for the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) agreed to settle a prisoner lawsuit for $41,885. Marco Lopez filed the suit in a federal district court …

Prisoners Stage Sit Down at CCA Run New Mexico Prison

Article • December 15, 2001 • from PLN December, 2001

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Organizing, Prison Rebellion, Work Strikes

of America, a private prison conglomerate with facilities worldwide. A special response team, composed of members from the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the New Mexico Sheriff's department, was called ...

Warden Fired over Riot at New Mexico CCA Prison

Article • May 15, 2001 • from PLN May, 2001

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Rebellion, Guards/Staff, Assaults on Staff

Warden Fired over Riot at New Mexico CCA Prison by Warden Fired Over Riot at New Mexico CCA Prison Corrections Corporation of America officials fired the warden and chief of security at the Torrence County (New Mexico) Detention Facility just three weeks after a November 11, 2000 prisoner uprising involving …

Showing Of Malice Under Eighth Amendment Excessive Force Test Not Required For Sexual Assault Claim

Article • July 15, 2000 • from PLN July, 2000

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Eighth Amendment, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Jury Instructions

Showing Of Malice Under Eighth Amendment Excessive Force Test Not Required For Sexual Assault Claim by Ronald Young By Ronald Young The court of appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that it was plain error to instruct a jury that, to find a prison guard liable on excessive force claim …

New Mexico Private and State Prison Phone Rates Challenged

Article • May 15, 2000 • from PLN May, 2000

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Esmor/CSC, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Cornell Corrections, Civil Procedure, State Law Claims, Telephone Rates, Contractor Liability

imprisoned in private prisons or jails run by Wackenhut, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), Cornell Corrections and Correctional Services Corporation (CSC). Private prisons hold about 30% of all state ...

Wackenhut's Woes: Guard Killed in New Mexico Riot; Prisoners Exiled to Virginia Supermax

Article • December 15, 1999 • from PLN December, 1999

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Financing, Prison Rebellion, Crime/Demographics, Prison/Jail Murders, Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Assaults on Staff, Failure to Protect (Staff), State Legislation

at the private prisons were less desirable than at state facilities. The Wackenhut prisons are double-bunked with no electrical outlets in the cells (allegedly at the state's request), while state facilities ...

New Mexico Riot Rooted in Religious Rights

Article • September 15, 1999 • from PLN September, 1999

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Rebellion, Religious Freedom, Denial of Religious Services

at the private prison over the past year [see PLN, June, 1999]. Hundreds of state and local law enforcement officers responded to the riot. New Mexico Corrections Dept. spokesman Mike Toms said the disturbance ...

Private Prison Guard Is State Actor for § 1983 Purposes

Article • July 15, 1999 • from PLN July, 1999

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Civil Procedure, State Law Claims, Parties, Supervisory Liability, Contractor Liability, Sovereign Immunity, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Private Prison Guard Is State Actor for § 1983 Purposes by Private Prison Guard is State Actor for § 1983 Purposes Afederal district court in New Mexico held that a guard employed ...

Violence Takes a Toll at New Mexico Wackenhut Prison

Article • June 15, 1999 • from PLN June, 1999

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death)

Violence Takes a Toll at New Mexico Wackenhut Prison by Ronald Young The 1200-bed Lea County Correctional Facility (LCCF), a New Mexico state prison operated by Florida-based Wackenhut Corrections Corp., has been plagued by nine prisoner stabbings during its first six months of operation, including two that resulted in the …

New Mexico CCA Disturbance Not Reported for Hours

Article • December 15, 1998 • from PLN December, 1998

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, Prison Rebellion

New Mexico CCA Disturbance Not Reported for Hours by The warden of a private prison in New Mexico said that prison staff may have delayed notifying state police about a disturbance that sent ...

Sexual History Evidence Limited in Rape Suit

Article • July 15, 1998 • from PLN July, 1998

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Civil Procedure, Evidentiary Ruling, Discovery

Sexual History Evidence Limited in Rape Suit by Afederal district court in New Mexico held that private prison officials were limited in what questions they could elicit about a prison ...

Private Prisons Cheaper?

Article • December 15, 1997 • from PLN December, 1997

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct

Private Prisons Cheaper? by The New Mexico state DOC contends that Corrections Corporation of America has overcharged the state by nearly $2 million since the CCA-operated Women's ...

Griego v. GEO Group, NM, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2018

Brief

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Cardiovascular, Failure to Protect (General), Inadequate Health Care Facilities

Griego v. GEO Group, NM, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2018 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE ("Agreement") is entered into by Howard E. Griego ("Plaintiff' or "Releasor") and The GEO Group, Inc. ("GEO"). GEO explicitly includes Vincent Horton, Aaron Maestas, Albert Gutierrez, James Campos, and …

Sanders v. CoreCivic, NM, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2012

Brief

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Failure to Protect (General), Exercise, Negligence/Reckless Endangerment

Sanders v. CoreCivic, NM, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2012 FILED IN MY OFFICI DISTRICTCOURTCLER 11/12/2012 6:56:37 Pl GREGORYT. IRELAN State of New Mexico County of Bernalillo Second Judicial District Court Christina Villa Roger G. Sanders Plaintiff No. D-202-CV-2012-10468 v. Corrections Corporation of America and Tim Morgan Defendants Complaint for Personal …

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