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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 • January 15, 2014 • from PLN January, 2014
Task Force Linked to Harsh Sentencing Laws and Private Prison Firms Disbands Following Public Scrutiny, Boycott by A national campaign to shut down a quasi-governmental task force backed ...
). The facility holds up to 1,500 prisoners and has been operated by a series of for-profit companies since it opened. The current contractor is Utah-based Management & Training Corporation (MTC), which has run ...
staff members met with representatives of private prison companies, which stood to gain or lose depending on how the initiative was implemented, according to emails and logs of visitors to Fallin’s office ...
Shareholder Resolutions Seek to Lower Phone Rates at Private Prisons by On November 26, 2013, shareholder resolutions were filed with Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and The GEO ...
, and another private contractor, Management & Training Corporation (MTC), took over operations at the three facilities. MTC also manages the Wilkinson County Correctional Center in Woodville, Mississippi ...
    FOR  THE  DISTRICT  OF  NEW  MEXICO   J.U. and R.S., Plaintiffs, v. THE GEO GROUP, Inc.; CORIZON, Inc.; WARDEN ERASMO BRAVO, in his individual and official capacity; JOHN/JANE DOE (medical staff ...
Brief • September 26, 2013
In re Municipal Corrections, GA, Notice of Filing Auction Transcript, private prison debtor assets, 2013 Case 13-50786-pwb Doc 358 Filed 09/26/13 Entered 09/26/13 09:14:39 Document Page 1 of 27 ...
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
New Mexico Prison Doctor Fingered in Lawsuits by Two lawsuits filed in March 2013 seek compensatory and punitive damages against former prison physician Mark E. Walden, GEO Group, Corizon ...
to a charge of witness intimidation also resulted in the dismissal of a sexual assault charge stemming from when Sims was employed as warden of the Walnut Grove Transition Center, which was operated by private ...
already operated by private companies: two by Utah-based Management & Training Corporation (MTC), including a medium-security facility in Kingman, and three by Florida-based GEO Group, the nation’s second ...
, who previously served as Senior Vice President for Operations of Community Education Centers (CEC), a private prison firm that runs 17 jails and 34 halfway houses. Vose currently serves on CEC's Board ...
Research Study Finding Benefits from Prison Privatization Funded by Private Prison Companies by In April 2013, two professors at Temple University in Philadelphia released a study, titled ...
in expanded immigration detention, as operating detention facilities has become a significant source of revenue for private prison firms like Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), GEO Group and Management ...
Colorado Pays for Unneeded Private Prison Beds to Subsidize Local Jobs by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Even amid a declining prison population, Colorado is paying million of dollars ...
). Raher had requested various records concerning the BOP’s contracts with private prison companies, including the contracts themselves, contractor proposals and internal BOP emails. Under the BOP contracts ...
the complaint to determine the fair value of the company in an appraisal action following its acquisition by GEO Care, Inc. (formerly a subsidiary of private prison firm GEO Group). According to the complaint ...
Colbert v. State of NM, NM, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2013 FILED IN MY OFFICE DISTRICT COURT CLERK 4/5/2013 3:53:21 PM STEPHEN T. PACHECO FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COUNTY OF SANTA FE STATE OF NEW MEXICO jc WILLIAM COLBERT, Plaintiff, D-101-CV-2013-00969 Case No. - - - - - - - - …
to continue. 53) Prison health services administrators are policy makers and supervisors at the facilities where they oversee medical treatment, and are responsible for ensuring medical treatment to inmates ...
Reintroducing the Private Prison Information Act: An Interview by Mel Motel Christopher Petrella and Alex Friedmann are leading a coalition of organizations urging U.S. Representative Sheila ...
Supreme Court: No Bivens Actions for Federal Prisoners in Private Prison by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In an 8-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that federal prisoners housed ...
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