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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 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
per month from the company, Physicians Network Associates (PNA), to ensure that it kept its lucrative contract to provide medical care to prisoners. RCDC, a “Criminal Alien Requirement&rdquo ...
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
, p.42]. Hood announced on November 29, 2017 that a third company had settled. Sentinel Offender Services, LLC, which provides electronic monitoring, paid $1.3 million to resolve the litigation ...
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Two Cellmates Die at Private Louisiana Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A bizarre incident that resulted in the deaths of two pretrial detainees at the Richwood Correctional Center (RCC) in Louisiana reflects how understaffing and inadequate training at privately-operated jails can have life-changing consequences. Following a traffic …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Filed under: Aramark, Food
Ohio Experiences Continued Problems with Aramark by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) overpaid food service giant Aramark ...
Article • February 22, 2018
Class Action Suit Over Private Probation Company's Illegal Fees by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Southern Center for Human Rights filed a class action lawsuit against Sentinel ...
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
with contract requirements and [TDOC] policies challenges the department’s ability to effectively monitor the private prison,” the audit report stated. Previously, in May 2016, the TDOC stopped ...
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Ohio Experiences Continued Problems with Aramark by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) over­paid food service giant ...
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
suicide at the Nassau County Jail. The jury found the county and its medical contractor, Armor Correctional Health Services, were negligent and had violated Ryan’s constitutional rights. Ryan ...
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
a complaint on January 12, 2018 seeking class-action status in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The lawsuit alleges unlawful and exploitative practices by JPay, Inc., Sunrise ...
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
) strongly criticized private prison company CoreCivic (formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America), which operates the Leavenworth Detention Center (LDC) in Kansas. The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS ...
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Private Prison CEO Heads Search for United Way Leader by Until recently, Damon Hininger, president and CEO of CoreCivic, formerly Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), served as chairman ...
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
district court’s sanctions of $1,000 each against lawyers representing GEO Group, the nation’s second-largest private prison operator, after finding they had engaged in discovery abuse. Lisa ...
,” said District Attorney Thomas. “Maybe all of them are scary, but that one is a scary prison.” Oklahoma paid private prison companies $92,675,632 to incarcerate nearly 6,000 offenders ...
Florida: Private Prison Company Allowed to Overcharge State, Mistreat Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An audit personally overseen by Florida state Rep. David Richardson ...
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Report Slams Takeover of Washington DOC Food Services by Correctional Industries by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton In October 2016 report by Prison Voice Washington detailed the adverse effects of a takeover of food services in Washington state prisons by Correctional Industries (CI). The report, titled “Correcting Food Policy in …
Article • January 3, 2018
3 Murders in 10 Months at Oklahoma Prison Run by CCA by Joe Watson by Joe Watson Three prisoners were murdered in a span of 10 months at an Oklahoma facility run by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the largest for-profit prison operator in the country. The trio of homicides …
contract compliance. As PLN reported, MDOC tossed Aramark Correctional Services as its food service vendor following a  highly publicized failure to perform.  Aramark, who had a three year, $145 ...
filed in federal district court in Manhattan. “I don’t think anyone can recall a case where the abuse and mistreatment was more egregious.” Corizon Health, a private health care provider ...
, management and sale of five specific prisons. Management and Training Corporation (MTC) and Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) took advantage of the provision. MTC contracted to operate and manage North ...
Perez said in a cover letter to Governor Rick Scott. Then, in September 2012 DJJ announced it was closing the Thompson Academy, which was run by Youth Services International (YSI). That announcement came ...
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