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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 • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Corizon Settles Lawsuit Over Colorado Jail Prisoner’s Death for $3.7 Million; County Pays Another $200,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A lawsuit over the 2015 death of Adams County ...
Class Action Challenges Theft of Millions of Digital Music Files from Florida Prisoners by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A class-action lawsuit accuses the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) of confiscating prisoners’ “lawfully purchased property without compensation” so the department and its vendor, JPay, could realize profit through …
-trial detainee Pedro Sanchez, Jr. has survived a motion to dismiss filed by the county jail’s medical provider, Correct Care Solutions (now known as Wellpath), and several of the company’s ...
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Filed under: Private Prisons
that was supposed to be secure. Clarke said there had been an “abject failure” by the private prison operator. Rory Stewart, Minister for Prisons, added, “It has become clear that drastic action ...
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Itself The lawsuits in Texas and Vermont mirror other, successful cases previously filed in those same states by HRDC against another private prison firm. In one of those suits, HRDC sought public records ...
Brief • 2019
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Marler v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Amended Complaint, Medical Malpractice, 2019 Centurion 001005 STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF COLFAX EIGHTH JUDICIAL ...
Crawford v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2019 RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT This Confidential Release and Settlement Agreement ("Agreement") is made between Wexford Health Sources, Inc. ("Wexford"), on the one hand, and DeAndre Crawford ("Crawford"), on the other hand (each singularly a "Party'' and together the "Parties"). RECITALS WHEREAS, Crawford …
Jackson v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, 2019 IN THE UNITED ST ATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EAST ST. LOUIS DIVISION MICHAEL JACKSON, #M-15131, Plaintiff, ) ) ) ) -vsWEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, et. al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) No. 15-cv-920-NJR-GCS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE …
Nance v. Pollion, IL, Settlement, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EAST ST. LOUIS DIVISION ELLEAN NANCE #B-60068, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, -vsRAHIDA POLLION, et al, Defendants. No. 16-875-NJR-MAB SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This Settlement Agreement …
Richard v. IDOC, IL, Settlement, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS PRINCERICHARD,#R-17418, Plaintiff, ) ) ) ) -vs- ) No. I 6-69-NJR-GCS ) DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and General Release …
Wimberly v Wexford IL Settlement 2019 SDA- 6'7'1 b'-2. ffl>t:/ ,4,J>u.l IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHER.i"l" DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EAST ST. LOUIS DIVISION DARRELL WIMBERLY,#R-50509, Plaintiff, ) ) ) ) -vs- ) No. 16-202-NJR-GCS ) WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., ) et. al., ) ) Defendants. ) …
Publication • 2019
Office of the Inspector General, Audit of the BOP Contract Awarded to Correct Care Solutions, 2019 Office of the Inspector General U.S. Department of Justice OVERSIGHT ★ INTEGRITY ★ GUIDANCE Audit ...
Publication • May 31, 2019
prisons held over 22,000 inmates, approximately 12% of the BOP population. 2 Three private corporations run all of these facilities - GEO Group (GEO), Management and Training Corporation (MTC ...
, "Find a Facility," http://www.corecivic.com/facilities; Management and Training Corporation, "U.S. Locations," https://www.mtctrains.com/corrections/. Private prisons have a questionable record ...
detention per day, while the Management and Training Corporation (MTC) holds close to 2,000.5 These companies run over 200 federal, state, and local corrections and detention facilities. 6 1 U.S. Department ...
Brief • May 24, 2019
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Jager v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, et al., NM, Amended Complaint, Medical Malpractice, 2019 Case 2:18-cv-00743-GBW-CG Document 90 Filed 05/24/19 Page 1 of 26 Centurion 000969 ...
Williams v. Obaisi, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2019 RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS In exchange for the following full and complete consideration provided by Wexford Health Sources, Inc. ("Wexford") of the amount of Thirteen-thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($13,000.00), I, Michael Williams (the "Releasor"), on behalf of myself and my heirs, executors, …
Brady v. IDOC, IL, Merit Review, Medical Neglect, 2019 IN THE UNITED STA TES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS Harley M. Brady (#R-13122). Plaintiff. V. Unkno\v11 Party, et al.. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 18 C 5004 Judge Charles R. Norgle ) Defendants. …
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 ...
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