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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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PLN v. CCA, VT, Ltr from def counsel re. surrendered VDOC docs, 03-28, 2014

Filing • March 14, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Public Records

PLN v. CCA, VT, Ltr from def counsel re. surrendered VDOC docs, 03-28, 2014 LY\N, LYNN &_ BLACK N, RC. March 28, 2014 Dan Barrett, Esq. ACLU Foundation of Vermont 137 Elm Street Montpelier, VT 05602 Re: PLN v. CCA, Docket No. 332-5-13 Wncv Dear Dan: I am writing in …

Prison Legal News v. PHS (Corizon), VT, Complaint, public records, 2010

Filing • March 10, 2016

Filed under: Prison Health Services, Public Records, PLN Litigation, PLN related

Prison Legal News v. PHS (Corizon), VT, Complaint, public records, 2010 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT WASHINGTON UNIT CIVIL DIVISION Docket No. PRISON LEGAL NEWS Plaintiff v. PRISON HEALTH ...

Patient A v. Vermont Agency of Human Services, VT, Order re Mot on Protective Order, CCS Medical Malpractice, 2016

Brief • March 1, 2016

Filed under: Correct Care Solutions, Medication, Failure to Treat, Malpractice, Americans with Disabilities Act, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

individual and official capacity, CORRECT CARE SOLUTIONS, VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, and ANDREW P ALLITO, COMMISSIONER OF DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, in his individual and official capacity, Defendants ...

Vermont’s Policy of Sending Prisoners Out-of-State Found Unconstitutional

Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Gender Discrimination -- Men, Overcrowding, Fathers in Prison, Children of Prisoners

Vermont’s Policy of Sending Prisoners Out-of-State Found Unconstitutional by David Reutter A Vermont Superior Court held the policy of the Vermont Department of Corrections (VDOC) to send hundreds of male prisoners to out-of-state facilities, regardless of whether they have close bonds with their young children, while keeping all women prisoners …

Vermont Law Shields For-Profit Healthcare Provider from Public Scrutiny

Article • January 7, 2016

Filed under: Private Contractors, Failure to Treat, Disclosure of Records, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

the state's 2,000 prisoners, it also hired an independent third-party to keep tabs on the private contractor. And yet, Correct Care Solutions (CCS) has still committed gross negligence, medical malpractice ...

Michigan: Private Prison More Costly than State-Run Prison, Attracts Out-of-State Contracts

Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Management and Training Corporation

Michigan: Private Prison More Costly than State-Run Prison, Attracts Out-of-State Contracts by David Reutter Michigan: Private Prison More Costly than State-Run Prison, Attracts Out-of-State ...

Vermont Seeks to Improve Management of Prisoner Medical Costs

Article • November 3, 2015

Filed under: Private Contractors

deficit, over the past three-year period, out of total budget of $49.1 million. With respect to outside contractor Correct Care Solutions (CCS), Hoffer noted that “cost monitoring was not robust ...

Prison Health Services Must Indemnify Vermont against Wrongful Death Claims

Article • November 2, 2015

Filed under: Prison Health Services, Corizon, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

On December 20, 2013, the Vermont Supreme Court held that Corizon Health, Inc. – formerly Prison Health Services, Inc. (PHS) – was required to defend the State against a wrongful death action ...

LeClair v. Hoffmann, VT, Complaint, personal injury negligence, 2005

Brief • October 31, 2015

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

LeClair v. Hoffmann, VT, Complaint, personal injury negligence, 2005 I I 7-... , ._..7 "Oe STATE OF NERMONT WASHINGTON .COUNTY I. SS. . WALTER LECLAIRE V Ig 100 41 i I: •• ; . ) DOCRET'NO. ROB HOFMANNf: COMMISSIONER.r VT ) DEPT. 'OF CORRECTIONS (AND) ') 'CORRECTIONS CORPORATIONHOF — ) …

Patient A v. Vermont Agency of Human Services, VT, Order on Mot for SJ, CCS Medical Malpractice, 2015

Brief • October 21, 2015

Filed under: Correct Care Solutions, Medication, Malpractice, Americans with Disabilities Act, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

capacity, CORRECT CARE SOLUTIONS, VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, and ANDREW PALLITO, COMMISSIONER OF DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, in his individual and official capacity, Defendants ...

Vermont DOC Practive of Imprisoning People After Rejecting Parole Plan

Article • October 14, 2015

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Parole, Parole Conditions, Overdetention

, being held beyond their release date for this very reason. The irony here is that VDOC is so overcrowded that it pays $17 million annually to house up to 660 prisoners in private prisons in Kentucky ...

PLN v. CCA, VT, Ruling on Motion for Fees, Public Records, 2015

Filing • September 1, 2015

Filed under: Private Prisons, Public Records Act

PLN v. CCA, VT, Ruling on Motion for Fees, Public Records, 2015 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT Washington Unit CIVIL DIVISION Docket No. 332-5-13 Wncv Prison Legal News Plaintiff v. Corrections Corporation of America Defendant DECISION Plaintiff's Motion for Reimbursement of Fees and Costs This is an unusual public records …

Vermont DOC Contract Summary With Centurion 2015

Publication • 2015

Filed under: Centurion

memo dated December 8, 2014 that accompanied the correctional health services contract with Centurion of Vermont, LLC that commenced on February 1, 2015. As this memo states, VDOC had initially included ...

PLN v. CCA, VT, Ruling on Cross-Motions for SJ, Public Records, 2015

Filing • January 21, 2015

Filed under: Private Prisons, Public Records Act

PLN v. CCA, VT, Ruling on Cross-Motions for SJ, Public Records, 2015 CIVIL DIVISION Docket No. 332-5-13 Wncv SUPERIOR COURT Washington Unit Prison Legal News Plaintiff v. Corrections Corporation of America Defendant DECISION Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment This is a public records case in which Plaintiff Prison Legal News (PLN) …

Vermont DOC Contract Summary With Centurion 2014

Publication • 2014

Filed under: Centurion

toward one that includes and emphasizes transitions of care and continuity of care through funding a contract with Community Oriented Correctional Health Services (COCHS). COCHS has been ~ VERMONT ...

PLN v. CCA, VT, Ltr from def counsel re. surrendered VDOC docs, 03-28, 2014

Brief • March 28, 2014

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Public Records, PLN Litigation

PLN Files Public Records Suit Against CCA in Vermont

Article • July 15, 2013 • from PLN July, 2013

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Disclosure of Records, Media, PLN Litigation

sued Prison Health Services for failing to produce public records in Vermont; the company settled and produced the requested records. [See: PLN, Dec. 2012, p.16]. "As far as we're concerned, a private ...

PLN Settles Public Records Suit Against PHS in Vermont, Obtains Settlement Payout Information

Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012

Filed under: Prison Health Services, Medical, Medication, Private Contractors, Malpractice, Settlements, Disclosure of Records, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, PLN Litigation

in Vermont state court against Prison Health Services (PHS, now operating as Corizon Health, Inc.). As part of the settlement PHS agreed to produce records related to its resolution of legal claims against ...

PLN v. PHS (Corizon), VT, Settlement, Public Records, 2012

Filing • February 21, 2012

Filed under: Prison Health Services, Public Records Act

. by and between Prison Legal News (""PLN'") and Corizon Health, Inc .. formerly known as Prison Health Services. Inc. (.. PHS .. ). PLN and PHS may be referred to herein together as the ·•parties ...

Vermont Court Passes on Resolving Whether Prison Health Services is Subject to Vermont’s Public Records Act

Article • November 15, 2011

Filed under: Prison Health Services, Private Contractors, Civil Procedure, Disclosure of Records

Vermont Court Passes on Resolving Whether Prison Health Services is Subject to Vermont’s Public Records Act by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample A Vermont Superior Court passed on resolving ...

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