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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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Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021
, Centurion Managed Care, have been under investigation by the Vermont Defender General’s Prisoners’ Rights Office (PRO) and the law firm of Downs Rachlin Martin after the death of Kenneth Johnson ...
Brief • March 24, 2021
Filed under: Centurion
Martinez v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2021 Centurion 003100 RELE ASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ~ IBIS ...
Brief • March 24, 2021
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
. was a 49 percent owner in the joint venture and was responsible for providing Centurion NM with legal support, human resources, credentialing, payroll, benefit plans, finance, IT and office services ...
:rectional Officer Steven Jones, Correctional Officer Andrew Fe~ther, Co11·ectional Officer Victor Wallace, Nurse Ashley Harringto~; Nurse Practitioner Martha Champlin, Warden D. Edward McFadden, PrimeCare ...
contracts with several private for-profit prison operators 26 including GEO, CoreCivic, Inc. (“CoreCivic”), and Management and Training Corporation 27 (MTC). (Id. ¶ 37.) CoreCivic, GEO and MTC ...
for-profit prison operators 26 including GEO, CoreCivic, Inc. (“CoreCivic”), and Management and Training Corporation 27 (MTC). (Id. ¶ 37.) CoreCivic, GEO and MTC are for-profit corporations with their 28 ...
Brief • March 5, 2021
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Pino v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Complaint, Medical Malpractice, 2021 Centurion 001939 STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ...
Brief • March 3, 2021
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Wilson v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2012 Centurion 003247 RELEASEINFULLANDSETTLEMENTAGREEMENT THIS RELEASE IN FULL ...
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: Private Prisons
. This has translated to overcrowded and inhumane living conditions. Statistics show that private prisons see an increased rate of assaults (both on other prisoners and staff), use of force incidents, and lock ...
Reuters Investigation: Lamentable Medical Care in Jails and Prisons Exposed During Pandemic by Casey Bastian by Casey Bastian Very few criminal offenses in America allow for a sentence of death. Nevertheless, too many people are dying in jails and prisons while serving a sentence or simply waiting for the process …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: Centurion
Centurion Opts Out of Mississippi Prison Medical Contract by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Citing Mississippi’s refusal to invest in prison facilities and staff, private medical ...
, the infirmary was run by Correct Care Solutions (CCS), the corporate predecessor of Wellpath, both Tennessee-based firms. One of the country’s largest private healthcare providers to prisons and jails ...
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Nearly Killed by Dehumanizing Culture of Indifference, Oregon Prisoner Sues for $975,000 by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson Oregon prisoner Carl Spieler, 56, suffered for three months after he was admitted to the state penitentiary in Salem in May 2018, while prison medical staff, convinced he was malingering, dismissed his …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Audits Reveals Problems With Privatized Food Service at Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County Jail by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Two audits released July 20, 2020 revealed a series of shortcomings by a food service contractor tasked with providing meals to juvenile detainees and in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County. Florida-based contractor Trinity Services …
CoreCivic Faces Liability for Wiretap Act Violations in Nevada Case by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that each interception of an attorney’s privileged telephone is a violation of the federal and Nevada Wiretap Acts. As such, the statute of limitations is triggered …
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Brief • February 23, 2021
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Finch v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2021 02/24/202 1 002992 10:25 Centurion 5053340500 THOMAS_PAYNE PAGE RELl:ASE ...
Brief • February 23, 2021
information and belief, Defendant Centurion is a private contractor that provided medical services to inmates at LCCF at the time of the events that are the subject of this Complaint. Gary Sugamosto’s medical ...
Brief • February 11, 2021
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Sisneros vs. Centurion Correction Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2021 Centurion 003201 RELEASE IN FULL ANO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS RELEASE ...
, CoreCivic alleged that Morgan Simon, a member of the activist group Families Belong Together, had smeared the company when she called on big banks to stop financing private prison companies. Among ...
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