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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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Kinney County, 2nd Addendum to 2nd Agreement (GEO, CEC), 2015

Publication • March 30, 2015

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

Amended and Restated Facility Operation and Management Agreement (hereinafter "Second Addendum") is entered into by and between KINNEY COUNTY, TEXAS (hereinafter "County") and COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTERS ...

Texas Audit of GEO Hospital Contract, TX Auditor's Office, 2015

Publication • March 25, 2015

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Contractor Misconduct

Texas Audit of GEO Hospital Contract, TX Auditor's Office, 2015 An Audit Report on John Keel, CPA State Auditor Procurement for Terrell State Hospital Operations at the Health and Human Services Commission and the Department of State Health Services March 25, 2015 Members of the Legislative Audit Committee: The Health …

HRDC joint letter in support of reintroducing the PPIA March 2015

Publication • March 11, 2015

Filed under: Private Prisons, Public Records, HRDC Publications

unwittingly extend FOIA provisions to other private contractors, because private prison firms perform a unique function relative to other private companies. To our knowledge, no other type of private industry ...

CCA Contract with Nashville, TN, CCA, 2015

Publication • February 1, 2015

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic

for audit purposes. The CONTRACTOR's activities conducted and records maintained pursuant to this Contract shall be subject to monitoring and evaluation by METRO, the Department of Finance, the Division ...

HRDC letter to NH legislature on prison privatization Jan 2013

Publication • January 10, 2015

Filed under: Private Prisons, HRDC Publications

savings that private prison companies claim can be achieved. There is extensive research on the cost effectiveness of prison privatization, and most credible studies – those not financed by the private ...

HRDC letter of correction to DC Council Jan 2015

Publication • January 5, 2015

Filed under: Corizon, Private Contractors, HRDC Publications

care at the jail (Allegheny Correctional Health Services), similar to the arrangement the District has with Unity. Specifically, with respect to the county’s contract with Corizon, the Controller found ...

State of Washington DOC Contract-JPay, Amendment No. 4

Publication • January 1, 2015

Filed under: JPay, Inc., Private Phone Contractors

, Department of Corrections, hereinafter referred to as Department, and JPay, Inc., hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, for the purpose of amending the above-referenced Contract, heretofore entered ...

HRDC comment to DC Council re Corizon contract Dec. 2014

Publication • December 13, 2014

Filed under: Corizon, Private Contractors, HRDC Publications

. [See: PLN, May 2012, p.22]. Only a few major companies dominate the industry. Corizon’s competitors include Wexford Health Sources, Armor Correctional Health Services, NaphCare, Correct Care Solutions ...

Treatment Industrial Complex: Brief on Privatization of Correctional Medical & Mental Health Treatment AFSC of AZ 2014

Publication • November 1, 2014

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, CMS, Prison Health Services, Corizon, Private Contractors, Mental Health, Drug Treatment/Rehab, Sex Offender Treatment, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Civil Commitment

by GEO Group in 2013 and (acquired by Correct Care Solutions in April, 2014) is the only private prison corporation involved in this segment. They operate five residential psychiatric treatment hospitals ...

PLN letter to Hawaii Senators re CCA audit veto June 2010

Publication • October 30, 2014

Filed under: Private Prisons, HRDC Publications

. An audit of the State’s $60 million contract with CCA is necessary to ensure that Hawaii taxpayers are getting the value they are paying for when housing inmates in mainland private prisons. For full ...

HRDC letter re VT anti private prison bill Feb 2013

Publication • October 30, 2014

Filed under: Private Prisons, HRDC Publications

against Prison Health Services (PHS) – a for-profit prison medical services company – in Vermont Superior Court, Washington Unit, Case No. 622-8-10. We had submitted a records request to PHS seeking records ...

Pay to Prey Report on the Privatization of Public Services Center for Media and Democracy 2014

Publication • October 1, 2014

Filed under: Private Prisons, Contractor Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Lobbying, Private Contractors

. • MICHIGAN: With Republicans in firm control of both houses of the legislature, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has advanced an extreme privatization agenda. When private contractor Aramark took over prison food ...

CCA fines levied from 2004 to 2011 from Lake Erie OH RFP

Publication • September 27, 2014

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic

CCA fines levied from 2004 to 2011 from Lake Erie OH RFP DRC001 Rev. 5/6/11 Page 84 ATTACHMENT FIVE OFFEROR PERFORMANCE FORM The Offeror under its current corporate name or identity, or any previous corporate name or identity, must provide the following information for this section for the past seven …

PA DOC recidivism performance measures for private halfway houses 2013

Publication • September 16, 2014

Filed under: Private Prisons, Rehabilitation/Recidivism

PA DOC recidivism performance measures for private halfway houses 2013 APPENDIX L Recidivism Monitoring Recidivism Monitoring At a minimum, facilities operated by selected contractors must maintain a baseline rate of recidivism. Facilities reducing recidivism rates below the baseline recidivism range will be eligible to receive a price increase during the …

Mercenary Criminal Justice, Wayne Logan and Ronald Wright, University of Illinois Law Review, 2014

Publication • September 5, 2014

Filed under: Private Prisons, Money/Property, Indigent Defendants - Fees and Expenses, Fines

Mercenary Criminal Justice, Wayne Logan and Ronald Wright, University of Illinois Law Review, 2014 WRIGHT.DOCX (DO NOT DELETE) 9/5/2014 10:54 AM MERCENARY CRIMINAL JUSTICE Wayne A. Logan* Ronald F. Wright** To some degree, money has always figured in criminal justice. Early on, private enforcers of the criminal law received payments …

PREA Audit of CCA-Run Tennesse Jail

Publication • August 18, 2014

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

that benefit and protect all we serve” Their values are “having PRIDE in all we do”. It was evident the staff at MetroDavidson County Detention Facility were committed to excellence in corrections, by providing ...

PREA Audit of CCA-Run Georgia Jail, 2014

Publication • August 10, 2014

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

PREA Audit of CCA-Run Georgia Jail, 2014 PREA AUDIT: AUDITOR’S SUMMARY REPORT ADULT PRISONS & JAILS McRae Correctional Facility Name of facility: 1000 Jim Hammock Drive McRae, GA 31055 Physical address: Date report submitted: August 10, 2014 Auditor Information Rodney P. Bivens Address: P.O. Box 392 Sweetwater, TN 37874 Email: …

CCA 2012 letter to governors to purchase state prisons

Publication • August 9, 2014

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic

CCA 2012 letter to governors to purchase state prisons I am writing to brief you in advance about a new program - the CCA corrections investment Initiative - that we plan to begin discussing with you and other key decision-makers in the State of Oklahoma in the coming weeks. In …

Hawaii DPS report on costs for out of state inmates 2009

Publication • August 5, 2014

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

Hawaii DPS report on costs for out of state inmates 2009

CA Legislative Analysts Office letter re private prison costs 2007

Publication • August 4, 2014

Filed under: Private Prisons

CA Legislative Analysts Office letter re private prison costs 2007 Jan-08-2007 02:00pm T-721 From- P.OOZ/004 F-816 LAO~ ..:::nnt ~.:::.:.:.G 60 YEARS OF SE R.V lCTi January 5, 2007 Hon. Gloria ...

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