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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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Parsons, et al. v. Ryan, et al., AZ, Order Re Experts on Health Care, 2018

Brief • June 22, 2018

Filed under: Corizon, Medical, Medication, Medical Records, Disclosure of Records, Mental Health

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

Brief • June 22, 2018

Filed under: Corizon, Medical, Medication, Medical Records, Failure to Treat, Eighth Amendment, Attorneys, Attorney Fee Awards

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 …

Jewish Prisoner Denied Kosher Meals Settles with Arizona Prison Officials

Article • June 16, 2018

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Religious Discrimination, Settlements, Religious Freedom, Religious Diet, Religious Practices, First Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights

prison operated at the time by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), a private prison company now known as CoreCivic, agreed to settle with a prisoner who was denied kosher meals required by his ...

City of Tucson, AZ, resolution opposing private for-profit correctional and detention corporations, 2018

Publication • May 8, 2018

Filed under: Private Prisons

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; …

Judge Threatens Arizona Officials with Contempt Over Inadequate Prisoner Medical Care

Article • May 7, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018

Filed under: Corizon, Contractor Misconduct, Private Contractors, Failure to Treat, Contempt (Civil Procedure)

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 ...

Pima County Board of Supervisors Memorandum, AR, opposing for-private for-profit correctional and detention corporations, 2017

Publication • December 4, 2017

Filed under: Private Prisons

Pima County Board of Supervisors Memorandum, AR, opposing for-private for-profit correctional and detention corporations, 2017

$60,000 Settlement in GEO Group Employee’s Sexual Harassment Case

Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Staff-Staff Harassment

$60,000 Settlement in GEO Group Employee’s Sexual Harassment Case by The GEO Group -- one of the nation's largest private prison firms, which is frequently the subject of scandal arising ...

Corizon Healthcare Contract Amendment, Arizona Department of Corrections, 2017

Publication • September 6, 2017

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corizon, Medical, Private Contractors

/130051DC - Privatization of All Correctional Health Services The Contract is hereby amended as follows: 1. Contract Sanctions: The existing contract sanctions cap of $90,000 per month shall remain in place ...

EEOC v. Geo Group, AZ, Consent Decree, Sexual Harassment, 2017

Brief • August 24, 2017

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Staff-Staff Harassment, Employee Litigation

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 Private Prison Operator

Article • August 22, 2017

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Staff-Staff Harassment, Employee Litigation

Ninth Circuit Reinstates Arizona Prison Guards' Sexual Harassment Lawsuit against Private Prison Operator by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On March 14, 2016, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court ...

Major Measles Outbreak at Detention Center in Arizona

Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contagious Disease -- Misc., Immigration

of CoreCivic and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). CoreCivic is the nation’s largest private prison company. It employs about 350 people at the Eloy facility, according to Pinal County Department ...

Benge v. Ryan, AZ, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2017

Brief • March 21, 2017

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Deliberate Indifference

, 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 ...

The Private Prison Primer: Stolen shoes and the Kingman riots

Article • February 16, 2017

Filed under: Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Management and Training Corporation, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Prison Labor, Prison Rebellion, Voting, PLRA, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Administrative Exhaustion, Public Records, Grievances

late During the years it was operated by the private Management and Training Corporation, the “property” grievance was the most common type filed at Arizona State Prison - Kingman. Over ...

Riot at Private Prison in Arizona Prompts Review, Reforms and Change in Contractor

Article • February 8, 2017 • from PLN February, 2017

Filed under: Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Management and Training Corporation, Contractor Misconduct, Corrections Audits, Prison Rebellion, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death)

Riot at Private Prison 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 ...

Arizona Private Prison Profits Disappear As Immigration Arrests Decline

Article • October 24, 2016

Filed under: Private Prisons, Emerald Correctional Management, Immigration

. Initially, it housed male and female immigration detainees. In 2009, Emerald Correctional Management took over operation of the center, located in San Luis, Arizona. Emerald initiated a 368-bed expansion ...

CCA Prison Not Reporting Valley Fever Cases among Hawaii Prisoners

Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contagious Disease -- Misc., Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect (General)

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

Article • September 9, 2016

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Contractor Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Hepatitis, Contagious Disease -- Misc., Staffing, Sanitation, Failure to Train/Supervise

Arizona Fines Wexford SIOK for Neglect, Hep-C Exposure by Arizona's Department of Corrections (ADC) disciplines private contractors like parents who banish teenagers to the cozy confines ...

Arizona Prison Town Gets Money for Nothing from CCA Deal with Feds

Article • September 7, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Government Misconduct, Cost of Prison Systems, Immigration

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 ...

Healthcare Privatization Blamed for AZ Prisoners' Exposure to Hepatitis-C

Article • August 26, 2016

Filed under: Private Prisons, Wexford Health Services, Hepatitis

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 …

The Dead Zone: How Privatization, Isolation and Cruelty Are Killing Prisoners in Arizona

Article • August 23, 2016

Filed under: Private Prisons, Statistics/Trends, Failure to Protect (General), Eighth Amendment, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Suicides

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 & Training Corporation (MTC ...

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