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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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Judge Denies Motion to Nullify Orleans Parish Prison Health Care Contract

Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016

Filed under: Correct Care Solutions

health care system.” [See: PLN, June 2014, p.44]. To meet his obligations under the consent decree, Gusman entered into a five-year, $83 million contract with Nashville, Tennessee-based Correct Care ...

Mother Jones Reporter Goes Undercover at CCA Prison in Louisiana

Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Media, Guards/Staff

the surface of the controversial private prison industry by viewing it from the outside. Prisons both public and private are notorious for their lack of transparency, typically justified in the name of &ldquo ...

Scott v. CCA, LA, Complaint, Medical Neglect Gangrene Amputations, 2014

Brief • May 7, 2014

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Systemic Medical Neglect, Amputations

#: 9 Ill. DEFENDANTS 4. Defendant, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), is a private prison contractor of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. It is legally responsible ...

LaSalle Corrections: A Family-Run Prison Firm

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

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, LaSalle Management Company, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Escapes, Rehabilitation/Recidivism

LaSalle Corrections: A Family-Run Prison Firm by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Unique circumstances have combined to make northern Louisiana a prime location for private prisons ...

CCA May Be Liable For Guard Captain's Sexual Assault Of Louisiana Prisoner

Article • September 15, 2011

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Immunity/Liability, Contractor Liability

Correctional Facility in Winnfield, Louisiana--a CCA-run private prison--when he was twice sexually assaulted by Charlie Roberts, a CCA employee. Following the first sexual assault, which occurred while Roberts ...

CCA Prisoner Awarded $3,250 in Excessive Force Lawsuit

Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Guard Brutality/Beatings

CCA Prisoner Awarded $3,250 in Excessive Force Lawsuit by A Louisiana U.S. District Court awarded $3,250 to a prisoner in a civil rights action that involved excessive use of force by a guard. The lawsuit was filed by Winn Correctional Center prisoner Derrick Levon Carter due to events that occurred …

Class Certification Upheld for Louisiana Toxic Train Derailment Near Prison

Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010

Filed under: Private Prisons, Louisiana Correctional Services, Toxic Fumes/Chemicals, Class Certification

Louisiana Correctional Center (SLCC) in Basil, a private prison operated by LCS Corrections Services, Inc. (LCS). One of those train cars, owned by Union Tank Car Company (UTC) and leased to Dow Chemical ...

Carter v. Wilkinson et al, LA, Ruling, CCA guard brutality choking, 2010

Brief • December 9, 2010

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints

Carter v. Wilkinson et al, LA, Ruling, CCA guard brutality choking, 2010 Case 1:06-cv-02150-DDD-JDK Document 49 Filed 12/09/10 Page 1 of 17 PageID #: 156 Case 1:06-cv-02150-DDD-JDK Document 49 Filed 12/09/10 Page 2 of 17 PageID #: 157 Case 1:06-cv-02150-DDD-JDK Document 49 Filed 12/09/10 Page 3 of 17 PageID #: …

Hicks v. CCA, LA, Complaint, Unlawful Strip Search, 2010

Brief • September 22, 2010

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Strip Searches

____________________________________________________________________________________________ I HEREBY CERTIFY that a copy of this Motion was filed electronically with the Clerk of Court and all counsel of record, using the CM/ECF system. Furthermore I certify that on this date I have sent ...

Louisiana Private Prison Warden Arrested for Malfeasance

Article • July 15, 2009 • from PLN July, 2009

Filed under: Private Prisons, LaSalle Management Company, DOC/BOP misconduct, Prison Labor, Criminal Prosecution

Louisiana Private Prison Warden Arrested for Malfeasance by Leroy Holiday, Sr., 55, a regional warden for LaSalle Management Company, LLC (LMC), a private prison firm, was released on $5,000 ...

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 ...

Defunct Louisiana Juvenile Private Prison Reactivated by GEO for Immigrants

Article • June 15, 2008 • from PLN June, 2008

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, International, Immigration

Defunct Louisiana Juvenile Private Prison Reactivated by GEO for Immigrants by A Jena, Louisiana private prison with a troubled past will experience rebirth as an immigrant detention center ...

Fired Guard Eligible for Unemployment Benefits

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Guards/Staff, Employee Litigation

Fired Guard Eligible for Unemployment Benefits by A Louisiana appeals court upheld unemployment benefits for a fired Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) guard. While working at the Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana, the guard witnessed another guard speaking offensively to a black prisoner. The observing guard wrote a letter addressing …

Louisiana's 2002 Exhaustion Requirement (Act 89) Not Retroactive

Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005

Filed under: Louisiana Correctional Services, Kidney, Civil Procedure, Administrative Exhaustion

Louisiana's 2002 Exhaustion Requirement (Act 89) Not Retroactive by The Louisiana Supreme Court held that retroactive application of a 2002 law, requiring exhaustion of administrative remedies by prisoners before bringing a state tort action, would unconstitutionally deprive prisoners of a vested right. Therefore, the court held that the law has …

The Prison Index: Taking the Pulse of the Crime Control Industry

Article • September 15, 2003 • from PLN September, 2003

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Private Prisons, Louisiana Correctional Services, Overcrowding

of people in prison or on probation and parole? How many people are employed in the prison industry? How much money is spent on police, prisons and courts? How many prisoners are in private prisons ...

News in Brief

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

Filed under: Private Prisons, Esmor/CSC, Financing, CMS, Youth Services International, Contractor Misconduct, Vision, Boot Camps, Staffing, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Immigration, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

News in Brief by Roger Hummel Alaska: On April 11, 2002, Cynthia Cooper, the head prosecutor in the state attorney general's office, resigned after being judicially admonished for pursuing felony charges against a public defender who crashed his car into a light pole. Anchorage prosecutors had agreed to a misdemeanor …

Louisiana Abandons Private Juvenile Prisons

Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001

Filed under: Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Contractor Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Criminal Prosecution, Food, Clothing, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Louisiana Abandons Private Juvenile Prisons by The state of Louisiana agreed to a settlement in federal court September 7, 2000 designed to radically alter the way it operates its juvenile prisons. The agreement was intended to settle several lawsuits against the state, including one by the U.S. Dept. of Justice, …

Tide Turns Against Prison Privatization

Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Financing, Cornell Corrections, Contractor Misconduct, State Legislation

Tide Turns Against Prison Privatization by North Carolina, Georgia, Utah and Louisiana are among states that experimented with private prisons and because of problems encountered have ...

DOJ Sues Wackenhut Juvenile Prison

Article • August 15, 2000 • from PLN August, 2000

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Food, Guard Brutality/Beatings

is not the only one taking action. On March 31, 2000, the Justice Department filed a federal lawsuit against the Jena Juvenile Justice Center. It is the first time the DOJ has sued a private prison company ...

Wackenhut Wracked by Sexual Abuse Scandals

Article • August 15, 2000 • from PLN August, 2000

Filed under: Work Release, Staff-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Criminal Prosecution, Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Damages, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death)

Wackenhut Wracked by Sexual Abuse Scandals by Ronald Young Wackenhut Wracked By Sexual Abuse Scandals by Ron Young After a decade as a leading operator of corporate-owned prisons, Wackenhut Corrections has become a prisoner of its own problems. In New Mexico, a 500-page legislative report written by five consultants calls …

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