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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 • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
PrimeCare Medical Pays Bulk of $252,000 Settlement in Pennsylvania Jail Detainee’s Suicide by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A $252,000 settlement was reached in October 2019 in a lawsuit ...
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut
Public Relations Firm Terminates Contract With GEO Group by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer GEO Group, a private prison company, had hired Edelman, the world’s largest public relations ...
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Private Prisons
Group, Miller Strategies, the Simmons & Russell Group and the Vogel Group. Another private prison company, Management and Training Corporation, spent over $200,000 over the same period, and hired ...
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
at Eagle Pass that caused us to be concerned about the quality of health care” prior to Taylor’s death. In January, IDOC announced it was looking for a private prison company to run an in-state ...
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Pennsylvania GEO-Run Jail Boss Resigns After Media Reveals Complaints of Racism, Abuse at Private Prison by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The superintendent of Pennsyl­vania&rsquo ...
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Correct Care Solutions
County. Wellpath was known as Correct Care Solutions until October of 2018. Correct Care obtained the contract to provide medical and mental health care to detainees at the Loudoun County Adult Detention ...
Article • March 3, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Corizon, Medical
of Correctional Medical Services and Prison Health Services (PHS). In 2012, a federal court of appeals upheld a jury verdict that PHS had a policy of not sending prisoners outside of prison for medical care except ...
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Washington State Pays Prisoners Slave Wages While Suing Others for Doing the Same by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The GEO Group is one of the largest private prison companies in the United States ...
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
CoreCivic as a member and return their $300 membership fee.” Speakers at the meeting pointed to the private prison company’s dismal record of poor conditions and abuse inside its facilities ...
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
care to prisoners, Corizon Health, Inc. and Wellpath, are owned by private equity firms. Together they provide medical services to hundreds of thousands of prisoners in 36 states. Wellpath had annual ...
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Filed under: Private Prisons
California Begins Weaning Itself from Private Prisons – More or Less by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon California governor Gavin Newsom entered office in early 2019 vowing to end the use of private ...
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
in order to determine whether for-profit companies like PTS are complying with federal laws and regulations. “DOJ appears to be failing to provide critical oversight of private prisoner transportation ...
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Corizon Settles EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit for $950,000 by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer On September 18, 2018, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) filed suit ...
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
to compare Wellpath’s performance with its competitors, firms such as Corizon Health and Armor Correctional Health Services. But Wellpath’s rapid ascent is emblematic of America’s booming $40 ...
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Corizon, Medical, Cardiovascular
medical provider Corizon, had been wrong – leaving Collingwood with a heavy price to pay. He was also misdiagnosed by Corizon staff with Valley Fever and tuberculosis before going to the hospital ...
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
, a Nashville shoe and boot retailer, was first appointed to the board of directors of CoreCivic, the private prison company formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America, in February 2013. However, in May ...
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Aramark
that is six times the rate of the general population. Critics of privatized prison food services point to an obvious motive for cutting corners: profit. In a September 2019 blog post, Indiana prisoner Kevin ...
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Corizon, Medical
New Mexico: Third-Party Settlement Agreements Resulting from Medical Care Provided by Corizon are Public Documents Subject to Disclosure by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The New Mexico ...
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Private Prison in Pennsylvania Takes Heat; Prison Board Replaced, Superintendent Retires by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter On September 25, 2019, Pennsylvania’s Delaware County ...
Article • December 30, 2019
Federal Judge Allows 'Nationwide' Class-Action Lawsuit Against GEO Over Alleged Forced Labor on Prisoners by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A federal judge has granted class-action status in a federal lawsuit filed against GEO Group, alleging the private, for-profit company forced immigration detainees to work in order to avoid punishment. …
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