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.
For any type of search, click on the magnifying glass icon to enter one or more keywords, and you can refine your search criteria using "More search options." Note that searches for "CCA" and "Corrections Corporation of America" will return different results.
but industry observers wonder who would buy it. Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the Nashvillebased privateprison operator, is a candidate buyer but most Wall Street analysts believe CCA already has
...
Prisoners at Private Federal Prison in California Strike Over Food, Medical Care by Lonnie Burton On November 26, 2001, more than 1,800 prisoners at the Taft Correctional Institution (TCI) refused to report to work in protest of shortcomings in the prison's food and medical care. TCI, a privately run low-security …
Sanction for Lawyers' Exposing Secret Wackenhut Sexual Abuse Settlement Upheld by by Matthew T. Clarke The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the district court's sanctions against the prisoners' lawyers in a suit against Wackenhut Corrections Corporation (WCC) after the lawyers revealed the terms of a secret settlement …
state correctional managers are taking a hard look at the private-prison industry, the federal government stepped up to fill the breach. Says Steven Logan, the CEO of CornellCorrections
...
23 Escape from Wackenhut Prison in Caribbean by Gary Hunter 23 Escape From Wackenhut Prison in Caribbean by Gary Hunter A rash of escapes have fueled investigations into negligence and possible corruption at a Wackenhut prison. In less than two months, 23 prisoners have escaped from Curacao's Koraal Specht prison …
of prisoners, many states turned to privateprison companies like Wackenhut Corrections, Corrections Corporation of America, and CornellCorrections. But the prison-building boom of the 1990s has now evolved
...
Mississippi Taxpayers Fund Welfare Payments to PrivatePrisons
by Ronald Young
Mississippi Taxpayers Fund Welfare Payments To PrivatePrisons
by Ronald A. Young
Mississippi taxpayers
...
Texas Prisoner Raped By Wackenhut Guard Entitled To Discovery Protection by An appeals court in Texas has held that, under the Texas rape victims shield laws, Rule 412, 509(c)(1) and 510(b)(1), Texas Rules of Evidence, a prisoner who was raped by a guard and is suing Wackenhut may not be …
African prisons are desperately overcrowded, so in 1997, the government began soliciting bids to build and manage four privateprisons.
Wackenhut and its local partners, incorporated as South African
...
Louisiana Abandons Private Juvenile Prisons by The state of Louisiana agreed to a settlement in federal court September 7, 2000 designed to radically alter the way it operates its juvenile prisons. The agreement was intended to settle several lawsuits against the state, including one by the U.S. Dept. of Justice, …
is not the only one taking action. On March 31, 2000, the Justice Department filed a federal lawsuit against the Jena Juvenile Justice Center. It is the first time the DOJ has sued a privateprison company
...
Wackenhut Wracked by Sexual Abuse Scandals by Ronald Young Wackenhut Wracked By Sexual Abuse Scandals by Ron Young After a decade as a leading operator of corporate-owned prisons, Wackenhut Corrections has become a prisoner of its own problems. In New Mexico, a 500-page legislative report written by five consultants calls …
Riot at PrivatePrison
by
On November 14, 1999, hundreds of prisoners housed at a privately operated prison in Taft, California, rioted in protest over conditions, according
...
imprisoned in privateprisons or jails run by Wackenhut, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), CornellCorrections and Correctional Services Corporation (CSC). Privateprisons hold about 30% of all state
...
at the privateprisons were less desirable than at state facilities. The Wackenhut prisons are double-bunked with no electrical outlets in the cells (allegedly at the state's request), while state facilities
...
at the privateprison over the past year [see PLN, June, 1999]. Hundreds of state and local law enforcement officers responded to the riot.
New Mexico Corrections Dept. spokesman Mike Toms said the disturbance
...
Violence Takes a Toll at New Mexico Wackenhut Prison by Ronald Young The 1200-bed Lea County Correctional Facility (LCCF), a New Mexico state prison operated by Florida-based Wackenhut Corrections Corp., has been plagued by nine prisoner stabbings during its first six months of operation, including two that resulted in the …
Plains Youth Center in Brush, Colorado, a 180-bed facility operated by Denver-based Rebound, Inc., was closed by state officials last April following an investigation that revealed abuse and mismanagement
...
. George Zoley made it clear that his company didn't plan to follow in CCA's footsteps by pursuing a merger. Eager investors looking to cash in on the profitable privateprison industry took him
...
: The Corrections Corp. of America (CCA) and Wackenhut operate seven juvenile facilities each, and the CorrectionsServicesCorp. operates six. In May 1997, CornellCorrections, another adult prison contractor
...
