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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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Class Action Challenges Theft of Millions of Digital Music Files from Florida Prisoners

Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019

Filed under: JPay, Inc., Money/Property, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Prisoner Property, Tapes/Music

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 …

Office of the Inspector General, Audit of the BOP Contract Awarded to Correct Care Solutions, 2019

Publication • 2019

Filed under: Correct Care Solutions, Bureau of Prisons (BOP)

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 ...

Florida Fleeces Prisoners with High Canteen Prices

Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019

Filed under: Private Prisons, Money/Property, Commissary

Florida Fleeces Prisoners with High Canteen Prices by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has expanded the use of private contractors in the state ...

Securus Files Suit Alleging FDOC Improperly Entered into Prison Phone Contract

Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019

Filed under: Private Contractors, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

Securus Files Suit Alleging FDOC Improperly Entered into Prison Phone Contract by Chad Marks by Chad Marks In a lawsuit filed on January 29, 2019, Securus Technologies, Inc., one of the nation’s two largest prison telecom companies, accused the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) of ignoring provisions of the Florida …

Florida Prisoners Get Tablets, Lose $11.3 Million in Digital Music

Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019

Filed under: JPay, Inc., Conditions of Confinement

Florida Prisoners Get Tablets, Lose $11.3 Million in Digital Music by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter In 2011, the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) entered into a contract with Access Corrections that allowed prisoners to purchase MP3 players which could be hooked up to a kiosk for music …

Florida Private Prisons Seek $4 Million for Employee Raises

Article • December 7, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Management and Training Corporation, Guards/Staff, State Legislation

Florida Private Prisons Seek $4 Million for Employee Raises by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In a show of continued support for privately-operated prisons, the Florida legislature ...

Florida: Suit Continues Against CoreCivic for Rape of Developmentally Disabled Child

Article • December 7, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018

Filed under: Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Guard Misconduct, Juveniles, Failure to Protect (Juveniles)

Florida: Suit Continues Against CoreCivic for Rape of Developmentally Disabled Child by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin In November 2017, a U.S. District Court judge set a February 2019 trial date in a civil suit to resolve allegations that CoreCivic – formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America – failed …

Florida District Court Allows Suit Against Prisoner Transport Companies to Proceed

Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018

Filed under: Transport Companies, Eighth Amendment, Transportation, Fourteenth Amendment, rights

Florida District Court Allows Suit Against Prisoner Transport Companies to Proceed by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell On July 30, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District ...

FDOC and Centurion of Florida Contract Agreement-Amendment #2

Publication • June 28, 2018

Filed under: Private Contractors

FDOC and Centurion of Florida Contract Agreement-Amendment #2 AGREEMENT #A3881 AMENDMENT #2 AGREEMENT AMENDMENT BETWEEN THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND CENTURION OF FLORIDA, LLC ...

On Sale Now: Prison Labor

Article • June 25, 2018

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Retaliation, Prison Labor, Work Conditions/Safety, Hunger Strikes, Medical, Toxic Fumes/Chemicals, Overcrowding, Environmental Law, Guard Brutality/Beatings

On Sale Now: Prison Labor by Sytonia Reid by Sytonia Reid, Green American Magazine Every day, incarcerated and detained people in both US government and private prisons perform labor during ...

New York Dept. of Corrections and Community Supervision and JPay Inc., re inmate kiosks, 2018

Publication • June 13, 2018

Filed under: JPay, Inc., Conditions of Confinement, Telephones, Telephone Monitoring

New York Dept. of Corrections and Community Supervision and JPay Inc., re inmate kiosks, 2018 STATE OF NEW YORK AGREEMENT STATE AGENCY (Name & Address): New York State Department of Corrections ...

Kaether, Herring v. Armor Correctional Health Services, et al., FL, settlement, wrongful death, 2018

Brief • June 12, 2018

Filed under: Armor Correctional Health Services, Medication, Skeletal Injury, Failure to Treat, Infections, Jail Specific, Wrongful Death, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

Kaether, Herring v. Armor Correctional Health Services, et al., FL, settlement, wrongful death, 2018 ...

Burrell v. Armor Correctional Health Services, et al., FL, settlement, wrongful death, 2018

Brief • June 12, 2018

Filed under: Armor Correctional Health Services, Pain, Failure to Treat, Jail Specific, Wrongful Death, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

Burrell v. Armor Correctional Health Services, et al., FL, settlement, wrongful death, 2018 ...

Trinity Services Group Faces Complaints Due to Inadequate Prison and Jail Food

Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018

Filed under: Private Prisons, Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Food

;in three separate incidents at the Cotton facility, where prisoners also complained about “crunchy dirt” in potatoes. [See: PLN, Feb. 2017, p.48]. After switching in 2015 from Aramark, another ...

In the Public Interest - An Examination of Private Financing for Correctional and Immigration Detention Facilities, 2018

Publication • June 1, 2018

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Staff Assault, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Industries, Workplace Injury, Work Conditions/Safety, Prison Gangs, Staffing, Security Systems, Guard Brutality/Beatings

private prison companies, CoreCivic (formerly Corrections Corporation of America, or CCA) and GEO Group, are actively pushing governments to consider the use of private financing to build new facilities ...

Armor Correctional Health Litigation History, Inmate Health Care Services, Broward Sheriff's Office, FL, 2018

Publication • April 26, 2018

Filed under: Armor Correctional Health Services, Discrimination, Retaliation, Medical, Medication, Jail Specific, Americans with Disabilities Act

Armor Correctional Health Litigation History, Inmate Health Care Services, Broward Sheriff's Office, FL, 2018 Broward Sheriff's Office 18001IC 5 ARMOR CORRECTIONAL HEALTH Bid Tabulation Packet for Solicitation 18001IC INMATE HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE Bid Designation: Public Broward Sheriff's Office 6 4/26/2018 BidSync p. 1 Broward Sheriff's Office …

Burrell v. Armor Correctional Health Services, et al., FL, complaint, wrongful death, 2018

Brief • April 6, 2018

Filed under: Armor Correctional Health Services, Pain, Failure to Treat, Wrongful Death, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

Burrell v. Armor Correctional Health Services, et al., FL, complaint, wrongful death, 2018 Case 0:17-cv-62007-DPG Document 37 Entered on FLSD Docket 04/06/2018 Page 1 of 85 UNITED STATES DISTRICT ...

Quinn v. U.S. Prisoner Transport, et al., ME, complaint, inhumane transport, 2018

Brief • April 4, 2018

Filed under: Transport Companies, Guard Misconduct, Transportation, Restraints

transport company in the United States, the Transport Defendants treat countless prisoners like they did Meghan. The Transport Defendants routinely create inhumane conditions for their prison transportees ...

Hoffer v. Jones, FL, Confidentiality Order, Failure to Provide HepC Treatment, 2018

Brief • February 13, 2018

Filed under: Centurion, Hepatitis, Failure to Treat, Negligence/Reckless Endangerment

: IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and among the parties to this lawsuit and non-party Centurion of Florida, LLC (“Centurion”), subject to further order of the Court, that: 1. The parties to this lawsuit ...

Florida: Private Prison Company Allowed to Overcharge State, Mistreat Prisoners

Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct

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 ...

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