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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 • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Major Prison Telecom Merger Canceled; Victory for Campaign for Prison Phone Justice! by The prison phone industry, which provides telecom services for prisons, jails and other detention facilities, has a long and sordid history of exploiting prisoners and their families by charging exorbitant phone rates and fees. [See: PLN, Dec. …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
BOP Official Who Ordered More Prisoners Sent to Private Prisons Hired by GEO Group by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Frank Lara was the Assistant Director of the Correctional Programs ...
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Filed under: Private Prisons, Corizon
Kansas Slaps Corizon Health with Millions in Fines for Contract Violations by Chad Marks by Chad Marks “They don’t care who dies, how they die or what they do to you.&rdquo ...
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Florida Fleeces Prisoners with High Canteen Prices by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has expanded the use of private contractors in the state ...
$10 Million Awarded Against Corizon and Oregon County for Jail Detox Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 5, 2018, an Oregon federal court entered a $10 million judgment against ...
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
. A July 2016 analysis by The Marshall Project found that private prisoner transportation companies were involved in over 50 crashes, 60 escapes and 19 deaths since 2000. The nonprofit news organization also ...
CoreCivic Creates Nonprofit Foundation, Ostensibly to Reduce Recidivism by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  Private prison companies are known for their cynical motives. They lobby ...
Article • May 2, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Vermont Prisoner Sexually Abused at Private Prison in Michigan Receives $750 by Steve Horn by Steve Horn Bernard Carter was incarcerated at the privately-operated North Lake Correctional ...
GEO Group, CoreCivic Face Class Actions Alleging Prisoner ‘Slave Labor’ by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna GEO Group, the Florida-based private prison behemoth, and Tennessee corporation CoreCivic ...
Teachers’ Unions Divest Stock Holdings in Private Prisons by David Reutter by David Reutter Pension funds for teachers are abandoning their investments in private prisons. The divestures ...
California State Retirement Systems Split on Decision to Divest 
from Private Prisons by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer The Teachers’ Retirement Board of the California State Retirement ...
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Scabies Outbreak at Michigan Women’s Prison Under Corizon Health by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  Scabies is the name for an infestation of tiny mites that burrow under a person’s skin ...
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Filed under: Corizon
to cut corners. They’re just playing with lives at a certain point.” Since Centurion presumably follows the same profit-driven business model as Corizon and other private medical service ...
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Securus Files Suit Alleging FDOC Improperly Entered into Prison Phone Contract by Chad Marks by Chad Marks In a lawsuit filed on January 29, 2019, Securus Technologies, Inc., one of the nation’s two largest prison telecom companies, accused the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) of ignoring provisions of the Florida …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
that Louisiana-based private prison company LaSalle Corrections, which operates eight jails in Texas, employs a former Texas Ranger whose son oversees that law enforcement agency. The Texas Rangers are responsible ...
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
New Mexico Medical Technician Wins $150,000 Jury Award for Abuse by Jailers by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Estrella Tenorio was a nurse’s aide/medical technician employed by for-profit contractor HealthCare Partners, Inc. (HCP). HCP specializes in providing medical services to prisoners. Tenorio’s first assignment was at a jail located near …
2018 Awards for Activism, Advocacy Against the Private Prison Industry by On March 5, 2019, the Private Corrections Institute (PCI), a nonprofit citizen watchdog organization, announced its ...
Pennsylvania DOC, Mental Health Contractor Settle Wrongful Death Suit for $27,500 by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) have agreed to pay $15,000 to the estate of a mentally ill prisoner who was killed after being attacked by another prisoner …
Article • March 15, 2019
. A spokesperson with CoreCivic, the private prison company that contracts with ICE and employed the alleged abuser, said MALDEF’s claim is “patently false.” “The facility’s camera ...
, a female guard at the facility befriended her, asking her questions about her immigration case. The guard worked for CoreCivic, the largest private prison company in the United States, previously named ...
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