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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 • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
NBA Owner Capitalizes on Mass Incarceration; Players Silent by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Members of National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) maintained their place at the forefront of the movement for racial justice even while encapsulated in the National Basketball Association (NBA) bubble during the 2020 championship playoffs. The basketball …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
by sheriff’s deputies and a jail nurse, Michelle Heughins, an employee of the jail’s for-profit health-care provider, Wellpath, formerly known as Correct Care Solutions. Over the next 45 minutes ...
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Federal Judge Approves $25 Million Class Action Settlement Against Global Tel*Link by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On October 22, 2020, New Jersey federal district court Judge William J. Martini ended a seven-year class action brought by New Jersey Department of Correction (DOC) prisoners complaining of excessive phone fees levied …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
, news broke in March 2020 that Louisiana-based private prison firm LaSalle Management Company had settled for $177,500 a lawsuit over a 2016 incident in which five prisoners were pepper-sprayed while ...
California Passes Bill Allowing ICE Detainees to Sue Private Contractors by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 3228 (AB 3228) September 27, 2020 ...
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Privatized Food Service Problems at Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County Jail by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins A recent audit at an Allegheny county jail revealed a series of shortcomings by a food service contractor tasked with providing meals to prisoners. Florida-based contractor Trinity Services Group was paid $3.5 million to provide …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
. Suspecting infection, the nurse spoke to Dr. Vipin Shah, who worked for the prison’s medical contractor, Wexford Health Services, Inc. Shah prescribed penicillin by mouth twice a day for five days ...
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
for the Third Circuit reinstated some of the claims brought by a couple seeking permission to marry, one of whom is an immigration detainee being held in a private prison operated by GEO, under contract ...
Whistleblower Claims Female Detainees at Privately Run Georgia ICE Facility Had Forced Hysterectomies by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A whistleblower at a privately operated federal detention center in Georgia prompted a joint complaint filed in September 2020 with the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
$70,000 Settlement in Private Firm’s Failure to Treat Arizona Prisoner’s Broken Wrist by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Corizon Health, Inc. agreed to pay $70,000 to settle a civil rights ...
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Private Prisons, COVID-19
Two-Thirds of Nevada Prisoners Confined in Arizona Private Prison Test Positive for COVID-19 by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson "We said since day one, prisons, especially private prisons shielded ...
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut
, spawning a number of wrongful death lawsuits that claimed rampant understaffing had created a dangerous environment for prisoners and guards. In 2008, Community Education Centers (CEC) took over the GWH ...
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Private Prisons, Lobbying
Private Prison Industry Ramped Up Campaign Contributions, Favoring Republicans by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The volatile 2020 presidential election campaign led private prison operators ...
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Corizon
Investment Firm Buys Corizon by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 30, 2020, Flacks Group, a Miami-based global investment firm, announced that it had purchased Brentwood, Tennessee-based ...
Article • October 29, 2020
, Florida, Police Department went to her home to question Woycenko, as well as her son, and her boyfriend. They made a decision to involuntarily commit her via Baker Act to New Horizons of the Treasure Coast ...
Article • October 27, 2020
Filed under: Corizon, Medical, Family
$21,000 Settlement in Suit Alleging Violations of Family Medical Leave Act and Pregnancy Discrimination Act by Corizon Health, Inc., agreed to pay $21,000 to settle a federal lawsuit ...
Article • October 5, 2020
PrimeCare, Berks County Prisoner Who Loses Leg Agree to $850,000 Settlement by PrimeCare Medical agreed to an $850,000 settlement in a civil rights action alleging it failed to provide care ...
Article • October 4, 2020
$37,500 Settlement in Discrimination Suit Against Corizon Health by Corizon Health agreed to pay $37,500 to a former employee who alleged she was discriminated against based on race ...
$350,000 Settlement in Florida Detainee’s Suicide by Corizon Health agreed to pay $350,000 in a lawsuit that alleged it failed to provide mental health care to a pretrial detainee who ...
Article • October 4, 2020
$47,000 Settlement in Detainee’s Overdose Death Claim by Corizon Health agreed to pay $47,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging it negligently failed to assure street drugs did not enter its Jail ...
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