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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 • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: Private Prisons
Colorado Explores Ending Private Prisons by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins As public opinion continues to turn against profiting on punishment, a law signed March 6, 2020, by Governor Jared ...
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Doctor at Florida Detention Center Spread COVID-19 to Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An unnamed Armor Correctional Health Services doctor was blamed for spreading COVID-19 ...
of Prisons by private contractors, including those operated by CoreCivic. As a result, the Department of Justice indicated that it would phase out its relationships with private prisons. That, in turn, led ...
of Prisons by private contractors, including those operated by CoreCivic. As a result, the Department of Justice indicated that it would phase out its relationships with private prisons. That, in turn, led ...
Rodesky v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2020 1:15-cv-01002-JEH # 112 Page 1 of 17 E-FILED Wednesday, 12 August, 2020 04:58:08 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD United States District Court For the Central District of Illinois Anthony Rodesky, Plaintiff. v. Wexford Health Source, Incorporated; Dr. Marvin Powers, in his …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Justice Department and GEO Group Challenge California’s Ban on Private Prison and Detention Facilities by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 24, 2020, the United States Department ...
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Filed under: Private Prisons
, but it includes at least $3 million invested in an equity fund that owns shares in the country’s two largest private prison operators, Florida-based GEO Group, Inc. and Tennessee-based CoreCivic, with 2019 ...
Eleventh Circuit Holds Trafficking Victims Protection Act Applies to CoreCivic “Voluntary Work Program” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 28, 2020, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1589(a), 1595, or TVPA, applies to privately operated immigration detention centers. …
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Austin v. Mitchell, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case# Case# 17-5526 17-CV-5526 Plaintiffs: Opposing Counsel: Institutions: IDOC# Case Name Filed Austin, Allan #K71358 v. Mitchell, et al. Defendants: Received 3/2/18 Date Served 1/29/19 Status closed D Class Action On Appeal D Spears U Pro …
Brief • July 21, 2020
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Suarez v. The Geo Group, Inc., et al., NM, Amended Complaint, Medical Malpractice, 2020 Case 2:20-cv-00541-SMV-GBW Centurion 001365 Document 10 Filed 07/21/20 Page 1 of 18 IN THE UNITED STATES ...
OSVALDO SUAREZ, Plaintiff, v. No. 2:20-cv-00541-SMV-GBW THE GEO GROUP, INC. d/b/a LEA COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, WARDEN DWAYNE SANTISTEVAN, in his individual capacity, CENTURION CORRECTIONAL HEALTHCARE ...
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Publication • July 8, 2020
Filed under: Private Prisons, COVID-19
is the primary accreditor for federal, state, and local private prisons and detention facilities.1 According to the ACA, the purpose of accreditation is “to improve facility operations through adherence to clear ...
Filing • July 7, 2020
facility that GEO Group, Management & Training Corporation, CoreCivic, Corizon, or Centurion, or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively "private New Mexico corrections companies&quot ...
democracy. 3. The HRDC, a nonprofit journalism and advocacy organization, brings this action under IPRA to compel production of records maintained or controlled by Management & Training Corporation ...
(hereinafter “CMS”). The Parties reserve the right to disclose such information as they deem necessary in the course of any subsequent lawsuit or legal proceeding arising out of the facts of this action ...
Former CoreCivic Nurse in Colorado Claims Sex Discrimination, Retaliation After Filing Complaint About Poor Medical Care by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A former CoreCivic nurse who worked at the private, for-profit company’s Bent County Jail in Colorado filed a federal lawsuit March 18, 2020, claiming sex discrimination by her …
a private prison run by CoreCivic in Florence, Arizona, claiming that staff has failed to protect its prisoners and the community from the coronavirus, according to a story in The Appeal and court records ...
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
records related to a private prison contractor’s operations in the state were public information subject to the Texas Public Information Act (TPIA). The opinion bars an effort by the GEO Group ...
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