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Special Audit of Aramark Contract and the College Programs - July 1998 Through October 2000, ODRC, 2001

Publication • February 16, 2016

Filed under: Private Prisons, Aramark, Corrections Audits, Education

amendments and submitted memos to ODRC’s finance department recommending ARAMARK’s invoices not be paid because they did not conform to the original written contract. The verbal amendments were memorialized ...

Dimora v. CCA, OH, Def Mot for SJ, inmate slip fall, 2016

Brief • January 4, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Injury -- Misc., Eighth Amendment

Dimora v. CCA, OH, Def Mot for SJ, inmate slip fall, 2016 Case: 4:14-cv-01221-BYP Doc #: 34 Filed: 01/04/16 1 of 29. PageID #: 219 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO JAMES DIMORA, Civil Action No. 4:14-cv-01221-BYP Plaintiff, Judge: Benita Y. Pearson v. NORTHEAST …

Ohio Appellate Court Orders Review of State Budget Over Private Prison Sale

Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015

Filed under: Private Prisons, Appeals, State Legislation, State Statutes

Ohio Appellate Court Orders Review of State Budget Over Private Prison Sale by Gary Hunter Ohio Appellate Court Orders Review of State Budget Over Private Prison Sale by Gary Hunter Ohio ...

No Qualified Immunity for Private Doctor Working in Prison

Article • October 6, 2015

Filed under: Private Contractors, Malpractice, Qualified Immunity, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides

No Qualified Immunity for Private Doctor Working in Prison by No Qualified Immunity for Private Doctor Working in Prison On August 12, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that a private doctor under contract at a prison is not entitled to assert a defense …

CCA Prison in Ohio Loses BOP Contract

Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015

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

CCA Prison in Ohio Loses BOP Contract by CCA Prison in Ohio Loses BOP Contract The privately-owned Northeast Ohio Correctional Center (NOCC) in Youngstown no longer holds prisoners for the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) after the federal agency declined to renew its contract with Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). According …

Doctor of Death: Former Jail Physician Leaves Trail of Prisoner Deaths, Injuries

Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015

Filed under: Health Professionals, Ltd., Medication, Malpractice, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

that Dr. Cullinan and Health Professionals, Ltd., a company co-founded by Cullinan and hired by Sangamon County to provide medical care at the jail, failed to adequately treat Burris’ condition beyond ...

Dimora v. Northeast Ohio Corrections Center, OH, Order, Inmate Injury, 2015

Brief • March 11, 2015

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Medical, Injury -- Misc., Conditions of Confinement, Eighth Amendment, Immunity/Liability

punitive damages are appropriate. See, e.g., Zappitelli v. Miller, 114 Ohio St.3d 102, 103 (2007); Case: 4:14-cv-01221-BYP Doc #: 23 Filed: 03/11/15 5 of 7. PageID #: (4:14CV1221) Columbus Finance ...

Inspection Finds Improvements at CCA-Owned Ohio Facility Following Rocky Start

Article • November 8, 2014 • from PLN November, 2014

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Failure to Protect (General), Overcrowding, Arrest and Booking

Inspection Finds Improvements at CCA-Owned Ohio Facility Following Rocky Start by Inspection Finds Improvements at CCA-Owned Ohio Facility Following Rocky Start A September 2013 re-inspection report cited improvements in conditions at a privately-owned prison near Cleveland, Ohio compared to an inspection performed a year earlier, when state auditors identified numerous …

Liberty for Sale: Should Ohio Prisoners be Commodities in a For-Profit Venture?

Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Management and Training Corporation, Organizing, Rehabilitation/Recidivism

private prison companies – CCA, Management and Training Corporation (MTC) and the GEO Group – make more money when more people are incarcerated. But it’s largely believed to be in the public interest ...

Reports on Privatizing Ohio Prisons Indicate Savings are Illusory

Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Management and Training Corporation, Commentary/Reviews

Erie Correctional Institution (LECI) and the North Coast Correctional Treatment Facility, both run by Management and Training Corporation (MTC). State officials have admitted that previous efforts ...

Ohio ACLU, Other Organizations Release Reports on Prison Privatization

Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Statistics/Trends, Prisoner Privileges, Rehabilitation/Recidivism

for Profit: A Look at Prison Privatization, which draws strongly on the experiences of other states with heavily-privatized prison systems. The report concludes that privately-operated prisons result in little ...

Ohio Prisoner Escape and Hostage-Taking Results in Lawsuit Against CCA, Settlement

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

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

following an escape from one of the company’s private prisons. On April 2, 2007, prisoner Billy Jack Fitzmorris, held at the CCA-run Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, was taken to a hospital in Youngstown ...

A Look at Prison Privatization, ACLU of Ohio, 2011

Publication • 2011

Filed under: Private Prisons, Prison Reform, Conditions of Confinement, Prisoners' Rights

Overview of Prisonsr Profit Fo state prisons include the North Coast Correctional Treatment Facility in Grafton, which is owned by the Management and Training Corporation (MTC) and hosts 700 minimum ...

DC Circuit Reverses CCA/TransCor Non-Exhaustion Dismissal

Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Transport Companies, Retaliation, Retaliatory Transfers, Toilets, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Restraints, Summary Judgment

DC Circuit Reverses CCA/TransCor Non-Exhaustion Dismissal by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (DC) Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s lawsuit for failure to exhaust administrative remedies and for conceding summary judgment by failing to respond to the defendants’ summary judgment motion. The …

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 ...

Ohio Court Releases Prisoners from Private Jail to Protect Them

Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009

Filed under: Civigenics, Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Escapes, Failure to Protect (General)

is fairly consistent: They rarely function properly. A series of incidents at Ohio’s Columbiana County Jail, which is operated by CiviGenics, Inc. (a subsidiary of Community Education Centers ...

Flurry of Escapes Emphasizes Prisoners' Desperation

Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008

Filed under: Classification, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Industries, Prison Labor, Sanctions (Disciplinary Hearings), Prison/Jail Murders, Escapes, Premises Liability, Suicides

Flurry of Escapes Emphasizes Prisoners' Desperation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Last September produced a bumper crop of prison and jail escapes around the country, including a desperate escape by two Texas prisoners that resulted in the death of a guard, a car jacking and two shootouts. Plus a …

Public, Private Prison Escapes in Ohio

Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007

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

Public, Private Prison Escapes in Ohio by Gary Hunter On May 11, 2006, Ohio state prisoner Marrion P. Smith was shot in the head by prison guard Gary Myers during a foiled escape attempt ...

Excessive Force And Medical Negligence Death In Youngstown, Ohio Arrest Settles For $350,000 From Police, $100,000 From PHS

Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007

Filed under: Private Prisons, Prison Health Services, Cardiovascular, Injury -- Misc., Brain Injury, Excessive Force, Restraints, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Excessive Force (Police)

, Ohio arrestee who was severely beaten by police and negligently treated by Prison Health Services? (PHS) contract jail medical staff resulted in a settlement totaling $450,000. African-American Booker ...

EMSA Not Liable for Ohio Prisoner's Restraint-Related Injury

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: EMSA, Amputations, Exposure to Cold, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Jury Instructions, Immunity/Liability, Contractor Liability, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

EMSA Not Liable for Ohio Prisoner's Restraint-Related Injury by In this case involving an Ohio prisoner whose fingers required amputation due to allegedly improperly applied restraints ...

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