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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 • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut
Public Relations Firm Terminates Contract With GEO Group by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer GEO Group, a private prison company, had hired Edelman, the world’s largest public relations ...
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Private Prisons
Group, Miller Strategies, the Simmons & Russell Group and the Vogel Group. Another private prison company, Management and Training Corporation, spent over $200,000 over the same period, and hired ...
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
at Eagle Pass that caused us to be concerned about the quality of health care” prior to Taylor’s death. In January, IDOC announced it was looking for a private prison company to run an in-state ...
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Pennsylvania GEO-Run Jail Boss Resigns After Media Reveals Complaints of Racism, Abuse at Private Prison by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The superintendent of Pennsyl­vania&rsquo ...
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Correct Care Solutions
County. Wellpath was known as Correct Care Solutions until October of 2018. Correct Care obtained the contract to provide medical and mental health care to detainees at the Loudoun County Adult Detention ...
Green v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2020 MUTUAL RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT In exchange for the following full and complete consideration provided by Wexford Health Sources, Inc. ( 11 Wexford 11), on behalf of itself and the Estate of Saleh Obaisi (the "Estate11 and, together with Wexford, the "Wexford …
Article • March 3, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Corizon, Medical
of Correctional Medical Services and Prison Health Services (PHS). In 2012, a federal court of appeals upheld a jury verdict that PHS had a policy of not sending prisoners outside of prison for medical care except ...
Brief • February 20, 2020
Grano v. State of New Mexico, et al., NM, Complaint, Wrongful Death (Medical), 2020 Case 1:20-cv-00147-PJK-KK Document 3 Filed 02/20/20 Page 1 of 12 Centurion 001253 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT ...
and Medicaid Services ("CMS") to subrogation and intervention, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1395y(b)(2) to recover any overpayment made by CMS, including recovery against Releasor and/or Releasor's attorney ...
Degrado v. Carter, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2020 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION THOMASPAULDEGRADO Plaintiff, No. 13-cv-5978 v. Hon. Andrea R. Wood, District Judge IMHOTEP CARTER, et al., Defendants. SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ("Agreement"), made effective as of …
Smith v. Shicker, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2020 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and General Release of all Claims (the "Agreement'') is made effective as of the Effective Date defined below. In full and complete consideration of the payment by Coverys Specialty Insurance Company …
Quinn v. Hardy, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2020 United States District Court Northern District of Illinois EASTERN DIVISION SAMUEL QUINN Plaintiff, V. No. 11 C 1173 MARCUS HARDY, PARTHASARATHI GHOSH, AND WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES INC. Hon. John Z. Lee, District Judge Defendants. SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS …
Brief • February 6, 2020
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Lucero v. CoreCivic, Inc., et al., NM, Complaint, Medical Malpractice, 2020 Centurion 001219 FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF SANTA FE STATE OF NEW MEXICO FILED 1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ...
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Washington State Pays Prisoners Slave Wages While Suing Others for Doing the Same by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The GEO Group is one of the largest private prison companies in the United States ...
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
CoreCivic as a member and return their $300 membership fee.” Speakers at the meeting pointed to the private prison company’s dismal record of poor conditions and abuse inside its facilities ...
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
care to prisoners, Corizon Health, Inc. and Wellpath, are owned by private equity firms. Together they provide medical services to hundreds of thousands of prisoners in 36 states. Wellpath had annual ...
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Filed under: Private Prisons
California Begins Weaning Itself from Private Prisons – More or Less by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon California governor Gavin Newsom entered office in early 2019 vowing to end the use of private ...
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
in order to determine whether for-profit companies like PTS are complying with federal laws and regulations. “DOJ appears to be failing to provide critical oversight of private prisoner transportation ...
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Corizon Settles EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit for $950,000 by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer On September 18, 2018, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) filed suit ...
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
to compare Wellpath’s performance with its competitors, firms such as Corizon Health and Armor Correctional Health Services. But Wellpath’s rapid ascent is emblematic of America’s booming $40 ...
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