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Kelly v. Wengler, ID, Dft's Hearing Brief Opposing Sanctions, CCA Failure to Protect, 2013

Brief • August 8, 2013

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

Document 41 *SEALED* 69 Filed 08/16/13 Filed 06/11/13 Page 8 Page of 8 8 of 8 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 11th day of June, 2013, I filed the foregoing electronically through the CM ...

Kelly v. Wengler, ID, Order on Motion to Unseal, CCA Failure to Protect, 2013

Brief • July 31, 2013

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

Kelly v. Wengler, ID, Order on Motion to Unseal, CCA Failure to Protect, 2013 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF IDAHO JOSHUA KELLY, JOSE PIÑA, ANDREW IBARRA, RAY BARRIOS, RANDY ENZIMINGER, MICHAEL MIERA, PRISONER A, and PRISONER F, Individually and on behalf of a class of all other …

Kelly v. Wengler, ID, Dft's Rsps. to Plt's Discovery Mtn. CCA Failure to Protect, 2013

Brief • June 24, 2013

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

of 10 the past is not helpful to enforce the Settlement Agreement prospectively. Plaintiffs’ counsel simply wants to conduct a fishing expedition in hopes of collecting fodder for his anti-private prison ...

Kelly v. Wengler, ID, Affidavit of Sonnier, CCA Failure to Protect, 2013

Brief • June 11, 2013

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

of June, 2013, I filed the foregoing electronically through the CM/ECF system, which caused the following parties or counsel to be served by electronic means, as more fully reflected on the Notice ...

Kelly v. Wengler, ID, Mtn. for Order to Show Cause, CCA Failure to Protect, 2013

Brief • June 11, 2013

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

, 2013, IDOC issued a press release (a copy of which is attached as "Exhibit 1") that states in relevant pati (emphasis added): The private contractor operating the Idaho Conectional Center (ICC) south ...

CCA Admits to Falsified Staffing Records, Violating Contract with Idaho DOC

Article • May 15, 2013 • from PLN May, 2013

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing

CCA Admits to Falsified Staffing Records, Violating Contract with Idaho DOC by ON April 11, 2013, the Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) announced that Corrections Corporation of America, the nation’s largest for-profit prison firm, had acknowledged that employees at the CCA-operated Idaho Correctional Center (ICC) falsified staffing records from at …

Kelly v. Wengler, ID, Affidavit of Fry, CCA Failure to Protect, 2013

Brief • May 3, 2013

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

of 8 8 of 8 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 11th day of June, 2013, I filed the foregoing electronically through the CM/ECF system, which caused the following parties or counsel ...

Kelly v. Wengler, ID, Affidavit of Mullen, CCA Failure to Protect, 2013

Brief • April 29, 2013

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

of 7 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 11th day of June, 2013, I filed the foregoing electronically through the CM/ECF system, which caused the following parties or counsel ...

Idaho DOC Settles 30-year-old Class-action Lawsuit

Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013

Filed under: CMS, Prison Rebellion, Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Protect (General), Overcrowding, Staffing, Civil Procedure, Injunctions, Contempt (Civil Procedure), Consent Decrees, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

contractor, Corizon, Inc., of serious constitutional violations,” Zahn wrote. She even claimed that dissemination of Stern’s findings would amount to libel. However, lead plaintiffs’ attorney Allison Blackman ...

Idaho Supreme Court Affirms Firing of PHS Medical Director

Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013

Filed under: Private Prisons, Prison Health Services, Contractor Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Attorney Fee Awards, Limitations, Employee Litigation

from his abusive treatment of a prisoner. Dr. John F. Noak was the medical director for Prison Health Services (PHS), which provided medical care for the Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC ...

Castillon v. CCA, ID, Complaint, Gang Partnership, 2012

Brief • November 9, 2012

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Gang Policies, Prison Gangs

. 24. Defendant Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) is a for-profit business incorporated under the laws of Maryland. As part of its enterprises, CCA operates the private prison, ICC. 25. ICC ...

Videotaped Assault at Idaho CCA Prison Sparks FBI Investigation

Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General)

Videotaped Assault at Idaho CCA Prison Sparks FBI Investigation by Mark Wilson Guards at a private prison in Idaho looked on, but did not intervene, as a prisoner was beaten into a coma ...

Federal Court Rules on Exhaustion Issues for Joined Plaintiffs in Lawsuit Against CCA

Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Failure to Protect (General), PLRA, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Class Certification

Marlin Riggs filed a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that prison officials at the Idaho Correctional Center (ICC), which is run by private prison firm Corrections Corp. of America (CCA ...

Hayes v. CCA, ID, Order denying PO, Inmate on Imate Assault Records, 2011

Brief • September 7, 2011

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

Hayes v. CCA, ID, Order denying PO, Inmate on Imate Assault Records, 2011 Case 1:09-cv-00122-BLW Document 69 Filed 09/07/11 Page 1 of 22 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF IDAHO MICHAEL T. HAYES, Case No. 1:09-cv-00122-S-BLW Plaintiff, MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER v. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA (CCA), a …

Kelly v. Wengler, ID, Complaint, CCA Failure to Protect, 2011

Brief • February 21, 2011

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

Kelly v. Wengler, ID, Complaint, CCA Failure to Protect, 2011 Case Case 1:09-cv-00010-EJL 1:11-cv-00185-EJLDocument Document 143-2 1 Filed Filed 04/27/11 02/21/11Page Page 1 of 1 67 of 67 STEPHEN L. PEVAR American Civil Liberties Union Foundation 2074 Park Street Hartford, Connecticut 06106 (860) 570-9830 (APPENDIX B) LEA C. COOPER ISB …

GEO Group Prison Squalor Drives Idaho Prisoner to Suicide: $100,000 Settlement

Article • March 15, 2010 • from PLN March, 2010

Filed under: Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Contractor Misconduct, Totality of Conditions, Settlements, Suicides

of an Idaho state prisoner who was driven to suicide by squalid conditions at a GEO Group-run private prison in Texas, where he had been transferred. The IDOC agreed to pay the prisoner’s estate $100,000 ...

Riggs et al v. Valdez et al, ID, Amended Complaint, ACLU v CCA gladiator school 8th Am, 2010

Brief • March 11, 2010

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Failure to Protect (General), Eighth Amendment

Riggs et al v. Valdez et al, ID, Amended Complaint, ACLU v CCA gladiator school 8th Am, 2010 Case 1:09-cv-00010-BLW Document 16 Filed 03/11/10 Page 1 of 81 STEPHEN L. PEVAR American Civil Liberties Union Foundation 2074 Park Street Hartford, Connecticut 06106 (860) 570-9830 LEA C. COOPER ISB # 3505 …

Cheney and Gonzales Indicted in Connection with Private Prison in Texas

Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Guard Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Judicial Misconduct, Lobbying, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Prison/Jail Murders, Immigration, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death)

as a consultant for Management and Training Corporation (MTC), CorPlan Corrections, Aguirre Inc., Hale Mills Corporation, TEDSI Infrastructure Group Inc. and Dannenbaum Engineering Corp., all of which are involved ...

Sexual Abuse by Prison and Jail Staff Proves Persistent, Pandemic

Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Cornell Corrections, GRW Corp., Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution

and Jacqueline Overturf, were being held at the Brush Correctional Facility, a private prison operated by GRW Corp., when they were sexually assaulted by prison guard Russell E. Rollison. They filed a lawsuit ...

Could the Fall of Lehman Brothers Signal Trouble for Private Prison Corporations?

Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Cornell Corrections, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides

to for-profit private prison firms such as Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the GEO Group (formerly Wackenhut) and Cornell Corrections, while at the same time provided those companies with a safety net ...

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