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Parsons, et al. v. Ryan, et al., AZ, Order Re Experts on Health Care, 2018 Case 2:12-cv-00601-DKD Document 2905 Filed 06/22/18 Page 1 of 4 1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Victor Antonio Parsons, et …
Parsons, et al. v. Ryan, et al., AZ, Order, Awarding Fees, Class Action Case, 2018 Case 2:12-cv-00601-DKD Document 2902 Filed 06/22/18 Page 1 of 11 1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Victor Antonio Parsons, et …
prison operated at the time by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), a privateprison company now known as CoreCivic, agreed to settle with a prisoner who was denied kosher meals required by his
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City of Tucson, AZ, resolution opposing private for-profit correctional and detention corporations, 2018 ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL May 8, 2018 RESOLUTION NO. 22888 A RESOLUTION IN OPPOSITION TO THE PRIVATE OPERATION OF CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND DETENTION CENTERS AND TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF PRIVATE CORPORATIONS FOR CITY DETENTION FACILITIES; …
such incidents had occurred in December alone, the DOC faces fines of up to $1 million – though no penalties have been imposed thus far.
The DOC’s for-profit medical provider, Corizon Health, has
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$60,000 Settlement in GEO Group Employee’s Sexual Harassment Case
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The GEO Group -- one of the nation's largest privateprison firms, which is frequently the subject of scandal arising
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/130051DC - Privatization of All CorrectionalHealthServices
The Contract is hereby amended as follows:
1. Contract Sanctions: The existing contract sanctions cap of $90,000 per month shall remain in
place
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EEOC v. Geo Group, AZ, Consent Decree, Sexual Harassment, 2017 Case 2:15-cv-01909-SPL Document 81 Filed 08/24/17 Page 1 of 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 10 11 12 Plaintiff, vs. The …
Ninth Circuit Reinstates Arizona Prison Guards' Sexual Harassment Lawsuit against PrivatePrison Operator
by Lonnie Burton
by Lonnie Burton
On March 14, 2016, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court
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of CoreCivic and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
CoreCivic is the nation’s largest privateprison company. It employs about 350 people at the Eloy facility, according to Pinal County Department
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, THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, WEXFORD HEALTH
INCORPORATED, CORIZON HEALTH SOURCES, DR. KENNETH MERCHANT,
JANE DOE MERCHANT, CARY TUCKER, JANE DOE TUCKER, C. MAHLER and
NURSE JOHN DOE, in the United
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During the years it was operated by the private Management and TrainingCorporation, the “property” grievance was the most common type filed at Arizona State Prison - Kingman.
Over
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Riot at PrivatePrison in Arizona Prompts Review, Reforms and Change in Contractor
by Derek Gilna
In July 2015, the privately-run Arizona State Prison Complex at Kingman (ASP Kingman
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. Initially, it housed male and female immigration detainees. In 2009, EmeraldCorrectionalManagement took over operation of the center, located in San Luis, Arizona. Emerald initiated a 368-bed expansion
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CCA Prison Not Reporting Valley Fever Cases among Hawaii Prisoners by Coccidioidomycosis is the medical term for valley fever, an airborne fungal disease that led to more than 5,600 reported infections in Arizona in 2014; the disease is also prevalent in some areas of California. PLN has previously reported on …
Arizona Fines Wexford SIOK for Neglect, Hep-C Exposure
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Arizona's Department of Corrections (ADC) disciplines privatecontractors like parents who banish teenagers to the cozy confines
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prison for undocumented immigrants—albeit a prison that's 920 miles from Eloy in Dilley, Texas.
Eloy's good fortune is the result of what private-prison critics say is a shady deal between U.S
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Healthcare Privatization Blamed for AZ Prisoners' Exposure to Hepatitis-C by Less than two months into its $349-million contract with Arizona's Department of Corrections (ADC), Pittsburgh-based Wexford Health Sources, Inc. made a rather dubious, life-threatening first impression with the prison population and prisoner advocates. On Aug. 27, 2012, a nurse already …
for prison privatization.
At the time of his reappointment, five of the state's 15 prison complexes were already operated by private companies: two by Utah-based Management & TrainingCorporation (MTC
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