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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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Barnwell v. CCA, KS, Memo in Support of Plf Mot for Class Cert, FLSA employee litigation, 2008

Brief • August 21, 2008

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Staffing, Fair Labor Standards Act, Employee Litigation

Barnwell v. CCA, KS, Memo in Support of Plf Mot for Class Cert, FLSA employee litigation, 2008 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS AT KANSAS CITY KEITH E. BARNWELL, et al. On Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, vs. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF …

PHS Not Liable in Kansas Wheelchair Collapse

Article • August 15, 2008

Filed under: Prison Health Services, Discrimination, Disabled Prisoners, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Premises Liability

. The plaintiff had no ADA or Rehabilitation Act claim because there was no evidence that he had been excluded from programs or denied other benefits afforded to others. See: Moore v. Prison Health Services, 24 ...

Bivens Claims Against Private Prison Employees May Fail When Other Remedies Available

Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Failure to Protect (General), Law Library Access/Adequacy, Complaints, Parties, Ad-Seg Hearings

Bivens Claims Against Private Prison Employees May Fail When Other Remedies Available by In an evenly divided en banc rehearing, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ...

Expert Witness Rate for Discovery Reduced

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Prison Health Services, Medical, Medical Records, Costs, Discovery, Expert Witnesses, Cross Examination

for this work is cut from $500 an hour (the expert's rate for being deposed) to $200. See: Boos v. Prison Health Services, 212 F.R.D. 578 (D.Kan. 2002). ...

Jails for Jesus

Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004

Filed under: Private Prisons, Prison Fellowship, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Sex Offender Treatment, Required Religious Programming, Proselytizing

, turned over portions of their prisons, and corrections budgets, to the politically powerful evangelical Christian group, Prison Fellowship Ministries, which pays Raymond's salary. The largest prison ...

Kansas Sheriff, Lawyer, Jailed for Sweetheart Jail Contract

Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003

Filed under: Private Prisons, Financing, Contractor Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Attorney Misconduct

Kansas Sheriff, Lawyer, Jailed for Sweetheart Jail Contract by Negotiating their way out of 21 felony bribery charges, a former Kansas sheriff and a lawyer-cum-executive for a private prison ...

Officials Netted in Kansas Jail Bribery

Article • August 15, 2002 • from PLN August, 2002

Filed under: Private Prisons, Contractor Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution

Officials Netted in Kansas Jail Bribery by A private company, MgtGP Inc., was awarded a $1.5 Million contract in 1997, and a four-year renewal in January 1997 worth $615,000 for that year alone, to run Kansas's Reno County Jail Annex. In May 2001, Reno's Sheriff, Larry Leslie, pled innocent to …

Staff Shortage in Nation's Prisons

Article • December 15, 2001 • from PLN December, 2001

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

recently lost contracts in North Carolina because of its inability to find qualified guards. The same problem cost Civigenics, a private prison company out of Massachusetts, a contract in Ohio. While ...

Un-Happy Meal Provider Pulls Out of Kansas Prisons

Article • August 15, 1997 • from PLN August, 1997

Filed under: Private Prisons, Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Prison Rebellion, Food

million a year by privatizing food service at the prisons. The KDOC, apparently undeterred by the un-happy contract with Compass Group, remains committed to privatizing its food service. Aramark ...

Canteen Corp. Info Wanted

Article • March 15, 1997 • from PLN March, 1997

Filed under: Private Prisons, Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Food

Canteen Corp. Info Wanted by Anthony Palacioz The Canteen Corporation of North Carolina has a five-year contract with Kansas to provide food services state-wide. After mere months in operation, Canteen Corp. has caused trouble by starving Kansas prisoners and serving shit for food. [See: "Un-Happy Meals in Kansas," PLN Vol.7 …

Un-Happy Meals in Kansas

Article • September 15, 1996 • from PLN September, 1996

Filed under: Private Prisons, Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Food

Un-Happy Meals in Kansas by G.C. On May 19, 1996, the Kansas DOC turned over the kitchens of all the prisons to Canteen Correctional Services (CCS), a private for-profit contractor. It is worth noting that despite the contract to feed the prisoners, prisoner labor is still required, and the prisoner …

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