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Attorney Fees Awarded Against CoreCivic After Defamation Suit Dismissed

Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Attorney Fee Awards, Defamation

focused on the role of activist groups, like the #FamiliesBelongTogether movement and her own investment firm, in pushing for banks to stop investing in the private prison industry,” the court wrote ...

EPA Slams GEO Over Disinfectant Use at Private Prison, Federal Court Issues Preliminary Injunction to Stop It

Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, COVID-19, Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, National Environmental Policy Act, Immigration Law/Offenses

EPA Slams GEO Over Disinfectant Use at Private Prison, Federal Court Issues Preliminary Injunction to Stop It by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Environmental Protection Agency issued ...

Ninth Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in Lawsuit For CoreCivic Causing BOP Detainee’s Prolonged Detention Without Court Appearance or Attorney

Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Summary Judgment, Speedy Trial Clock - Tolling of

) arrested Rudy Rivera in Los Angeles, California on a federal warrant issued in Nevada for marijuana-related charges. They took him to the Nevada Southern Detention Center, a private prison operated ...

Decapitated Prisoner Shows CDCR Safety Standards Still Headed in the Wrong Direction

Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Private Contractors, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death)

Decapitated Prisoner Shows CDCR Safety Standards Still Headed in the Wrong Direction by Matthew Clarke California Inspector General’s office issues another reports highly critical of  health care at Corcoran and statewide prison employee disciplinary process by Matt Clarke In April 2021, the California Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued a …

CDCR JPay Lockbox and Debit Card Services Contract

Publication • June 7, 2021

Filed under: JPay, Inc., Seizure of Prisoner Funds

NEWSOM, GOVERNOR ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SERVICES OCIO - ITAU 1900 Birkmont Drive, Rancho Cordova, CA 95742 June 7, 2021 JPay Inc. 12864 Biscayne Blvd, Ste. 243 Miami, FL 33181 Dear Ms. Samuels: AGREEMENT ...

California AB 263 Private Detention Facilities 2021

Publication • 2021

Filed under: Private Prisons

California AB 263 Private Detention Facilities 2021 STATE OF CALIFORNIA AUTHENTICATED ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL Assembly Bill No. 263 CHAPTER 294 An act to add Section 7321 to the Government Code, relating to private detention facilities, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. [Approved by Governor September 24, 2021. …

Corecivic v. Candide Group, CA, Order Granting Attorney's Fees, Defamation, 2021

Brief • April 6, 2021

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, State Law Claims, Defamation

CoreCivic Inc. runs private prisons and detention centers. Its role in detaining 20 immigrants drew public criticism from defendant Morgan Simon and her Candide Group LLC, 21 a firm that promotes socially ...

Federal Judge Slaps ICE, GEO Group Over “Abominable Performance” and Officials Who Lied During Testimony

Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Systemic Medical Neglect, COVID-19, False Statements/Perjury

) and their private prison contractor, the GEO Group, for their lies to the court and “abominable performance” in protecting immigrant detainees from COVID-19 at the Mesa Verde Detention Center near ...

Rivas v. Jennings, CA, Order, COVID Negligence, 2020

Brief • December 3, 2020

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Contagious Disease -- Misc., COVID-19, Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's

Rivas v. Jennings, CA, Order, COVID Negligence, 2020 Case 3:20-cv-02731-VC Document 867 Filed 12/03/20 Page 1 of 26 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ANGEL DE JESUS ZEPEDA RIVAS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DAVID JENNINGS, et al., Case No. 20-cv-02731-VC ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR SECOND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Re: …

California Passes Bill Allowing ICE Detainees to Sue Private Contractors

Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020

Filed under: Private Prisons, Immigration Law/Offenses, Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA)

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 ...

Justice Department and GEO Group Challenge California’s Ban on Private Prison and Detention Facilities

Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Legislative Immunity

Justice Department and GEO Group Challenge California’s Ban on Private Prison and Detention Facilities by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 24, 2020, the United States Department ...

CoreCivic Detention Center Demanded Detainees Sign Liability Release to Receive Masks

Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, COVID-19, Failure to Protect (General)

CoreCivic Detention Center Demanded Detainees Sign Liability Release to Receive Masks by David Reutter, Kevin Bliss by David M. Reutter Detainees at CoreCivic’s Otay Mesa Detention Center (OMDC) in California were enthusiastic when told they would be issued face masks to protect themselves from COVID-19. The mood changed quickly when …

Unsealed Documents Expose Treatment Failures at San Diego Jail

Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020

Filed under: Private Contractors, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Unsealed Documents Expose Treatment Failures at San Diego Jail by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso In response to a motion filed by the ACLU, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California unsealed documents in June 2019 related to the failures of San Diego …

California Begins Weaning Itself from Private Prisons – More or Less

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 ...

Federal Judge Allows 'Nationwide' Class-Action Lawsuit Against GEO Over Alleged Forced Labor on Prisoners

Article • December 30, 2019

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Work, Class Certification, Money/Property, Immigration

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. …

Split Summary Judgment Order in California Prisoner’s Wrongful Death Suit

Article • November 1, 2019

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Medical, Failure to Treat, Jail Specific, Wrongful Death, Staff Training

by CoreCivic while granting one. Federal prisoner Gerardo Cruz-Sanchez entered the Otay Mesa Detention Center (OMDC) in San Diego, California, operated by private prison corporation CoreCivic on February 4, 2016 ...

California County Jail, Private Medical Provider to Pay $825,000 for Prisoner’s Death

Article • August 7, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019

Filed under: California Forensic Medical Group, Jail Specific, Wrongful Death

and the California Forensic Medical Group – the jail’s private medical provider, now part of a company called Wellpath. The suit alleged that a lack of medical care at the jail had caused Gillis&rsquo ...

California State Retirement Systems Split on Decision to Divest  from Private Prisons

Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019

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

California State Retirement Systems Split on Decision to Divest  from Private Prisons by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer The Teachers’ Retirement Board of the California State Retirement ...

ICE-friendly Policies. A String of Jail Deaths. Why Does This Sheriff Keep Getting Elected?

Article • February 21, 2019

Filed under: Private Contractors, Failure to Treat, Totality of Conditions, Jail Specific, Immigration, Wrongful Death, Suicides

that the county’s private correctional healthcare provider at the time, Corizon Health, had secured three no-bid renewals of its county contract while also donating $110,000 to Ahern’s campaign ...

Settlement in Class-action ADA Suit Against Shasta County, California Jail

Article • July 2, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018

Filed under: California Forensic Medical Group, Disabled Prisoners, Settlements, Class Certification, Americans with Disabilities Act

unable to participate in programs offered to non-disabled prisoners in the general publication. Jewett also sued the jail’s private health care provider, the California Forensic Medical Group (CFMG ...

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