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Does Political Spending by Private Prison Firms in Oklahoma Influence Prison Reform?

Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015

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

in donations from them. Oklahoma’s spending on private prisons and privately-run halfway houses has risen moderately during the same time period covered by the campaign finance disclosures. In fiscal year ...

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 ...

When Halfway Houses Pose Full-Time Problems

Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015

Filed under: Classification, Work Release, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Community Education Centers, Contractor Misconduct, Prison Rebellion, Escapes, Failure to Protect (General), Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Alternative Sentencing

industry is Community Education Centers (CEC), a New Jersey-based for-profit company that manages jails, prisons and transitional centers throughout the United States. The firm operates six large halfway ...

How to Starve the For-profit Prison Beast

Article • August 7, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014

Filed under: Private Prisons, Sentencing

How to Starve the For-profit Prison Beast by Justin Jones How to Starve the For-profit Prison Beast by Justin Jones I know some private prison lobbyists who would love it if you were found ...

How Actions by Oklahoma Governor’s Staff Led to Weakened State Justice Reforms

Article • January 15, 2014 • from PLN January, 2014

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Avalon, Misconduct/Corruption, Government Misconduct

staff members met with representatives of private prison companies, which stood to gain or lose depending on how the initiative was implemented, according to emails and logs of visitors to Fallin’s office ...

Bid-Rigging, Sex, and Politicians: Welcome to Oklahoma

Article • March 15, 2013

Filed under: Private Prisons, Ada Youth Academy Authority, Contractor Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Juvenile Prisons

Bid-Rigging, Sex, and Politicians: Welcome to Oklahoma by Brandon Sample A $10 million-a-year contract awarded to the Ada Youth Academy Authority for a new juvenile facility has been put ...

46 California Prisoners Injured in Disturbance at CCA-run Oklahoma Facility

Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Rebellion, Failure to Protect (General)

46 California Prisoners Injured in Disturbance at CCA-run Oklahoma Facility by Widespread fighting among black and Hispanic California prisoners at the privately-operated North Fork Correctional Facility in Sayre, Oklahoma last year left dozens of prisoners injured. The disturbance began shortly before noon on October 11, 2011 and was described by …

$1 Million Settlement in Oklahoma Jail Prisoner Wrongful Death Suit

Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012

Filed under: Medication, Seizures, Private Contractors, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Excessive Force, Failure to Train/Supervise

$1 Million Settlement in Oklahoma Jail Prisoner Wrongful Death Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In May 2011, Oklahoma County approved a $1 million settlement in a civil rights lawsuit involving a prisoner who was first denied his anti-seizure medication and then fatally beaten by guards after he had …

Millington v. CCA, OK, Motion for Sanctions, Withholding Documents Prison Beating, 2012

Brief • January 24, 2012

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Disclosure of Records, Discovery

of the Court using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of Notice of Electronic Filing to the following ECF registrants: Darrell Moore darrellmoore@swbell.net Julia Neftzger neftzger@swbell.net s/J ...

Family of Prisoner Strangled in Oklahoma GEO Private Prison Awarded $6.5 Million

Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Wrongful Death, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death)

Family of Prisoner Strangled in Oklahoma GEO Private Prison Awarded $6.5 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In June 2011, the family members of an Oklahoma state prisoner who ...

Suit against Private Prison Operator for Self-Dealing Remanded

Article • November 15, 2011

Filed under: Private Prisons, Avalon, Contractor Misconduct

action brought against a private prison operator. Ravenswood Investment Company (RIC), a limited partner to Avalon Correctional Services, sued Avalon alleging that the CEO of Avalon, Donald Smith, had ...

Oklahoma County Jails Responsible For Initial Cost of Treating Prisoner’s Pre-Existing Condition

Article • September 15, 2011

Filed under: Medical, Private Contractors, Medical Expenses

Oklahoma County Jails Responsible For Initial Cost of Treating Prisoner’s Pre-Existing Condition by David Reutter Oklahoma County Jail Responsible for Initial Cost of Treating Prisoners’ Pre-Existing Conditions by David Reutter The Oklahoma Supreme Court has held that a county’s liability for prisoners’ medical care includes pre-arrest health conditions. The Court …

Oklahoma Courts Collecting Fines, Costs at Expense of Justice

Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010

Filed under: Financing, Money/Property, Restitution

Oklahoma Courts Collecting Fines, Costs at Expense of Justice by Oklahoma judges are pushing for larger fines imposed on criminal defendants to compensate for a shortfall in courthouse budgets. The downturn in the economy has affected almost everyone, and the courts are no exception. Judges in Oklahoma have seen a …

Private Prisons Don’t Make Better Prisoners

Article • December 15, 2009 • from PLN December, 2009

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Statistics/Trends, Rehabilitation/Recidivism

Private Prisons Don’t Make Better Prisoners by Andrew L. Spivak by Prof. Andrew L. Spivak The incarceration rate, which from the 1920s to the early 1970s hovered between about 100 to 120 ...

Oklahoma Legislators Not Considering Closing State Prisons, Unless They Are

Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Lobbying, News, State Legislation

included $1.5 million for private prison beds, $2.5 million for DOC employee severance pay, $1.4 million in annual “mothball” maintenance and $3 million due to the loss of the prison farm. Further ...

State Where Claim Arose Controls Section 1983 Limitations Period

Article • July 15, 2009

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Limitations

State Where Claim Arose Controls Section 1983 Limitations Period by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a Wisconsin prisoner who sued for injuries under 42 U.S.C. §1983 that occurred while at a Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) facility is bound by the statute of limitations of 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 ...

Prison Doctors, Tainted by Regulatory Board Discipline, Administer Wisconsin Prisoner Care

Article • May 15, 2008 • from PLN May, 2008

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, CMS, Misconduct/Corruption, DOC/BOP misconduct, Medical Misconduct, HIV/AIDS, Systemic Medical Neglect, Cancer, Kidney, Diabetes, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

tests and substance abuse treatment. Further, the former head of mental health services for the Oklahoma Dept. of Corrections, Dr. Gail Williams, was hired by Correctional Medical Services (CMS) in 1994 ...

OK Prisoners' Argument, Raised for First Time on Appeal, Not Considered

Article • December 15, 2007

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Medical, Diabetes, Food, Appeals, Contractor Liability, Sovereign Immunity

OK Prisoners' Argument, Raised for First Time on Appeal, Not Considered by On November 15, 2001, Leticia Smedley was arrested by police in Tulsa, Oklahoma on suspicion of being intoxicated. She was jailed at the David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center, a facility operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). …

Oklahoma: Attacked Employee's Psychological Treatment Claim Compensable

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Workers' Compensation, Private Contractors, Guards/Staff, Assaults on Staff, Employee Litigation

Oklahoma: Attacked Employee's Psychological Treatment Claim Compensable by The Supreme Court of Oklahoma held that an employee of a contract health care provider who was stabbed by a prisoner had a compensable psychological injury claim. Sandra Shivel, an employee of Wexford Health Sources (WHS), was attacked and physically injured by …

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