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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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Robinson v. Integrative Detention Health Services, Inc., GA, Summary Judgment Order, Jail Medical Neglect, 2014

Brief • March 28, 2014

Filed under: Private Contractors, Failure to Treat

Robinson v. Integrative Detention Health Services, Inc., GA, Summary Judgment Order, Jail Medical Neglect, 2014 Case 3:12-cv-00020-CAR Document 110 Filed 03/28/14 Page 1 of 39 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATHENS DIVISION MONICA ROBINSON, Plaintiff, v. : : : : : No. 3:12‐CV‐20 …

Private Detention Facility Forced into Bankruptcy, Sold at Auction

Article • October 15, 2013 • from PLN October, 2013

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Money/Property, Bankruptcy

to create more jobs – issued $55 million in tax-exempt lease revenue bonds to pay off other bonds and finance a 512-bed expansion at ICDC, bringing the facility’s total capacity to 1,201. The bonds were ...

In re Municipal Corrections, GA, Notice of Filing Auction Transcript, private prison debtor assets, 2013

Brief • September 26, 2013

Filed under: Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Bankruptcy

In re Municipal Corrections, GA, Notice of Filing Auction Transcript, private prison debtor assets, 2013 Case 13-50786-pwb Doc 358 Filed 09/26/13 Entered 09/26/13 09:14:39 Document Page 1 of 27 ...

“Voluntary” Work Program in Private Detention Centers Pays Detained Immigrants $1 a Day

Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Industries, Prison Labor, International, Immigration

” work program. “I didn’t go more than a month without a job,” said Guzman, who spent almost 20 months waiting, and working, inside Stewart while his immigration case was resolved. In private prisons ...

CCA Contract with Gainesville, GA, 2012

Publication • June 28, 2012

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic

CCA Contract with Gainesville, GA, 2012 MODIFICATION AND ASSIGNMENT OF LEASE This Modification and Assignment of Lease (also herein the "Agreement") is entered into by and between Hall County, Georgia ("Assignor"), the City of Gainesville, Georgia ("Assignee"), and Corrections Corporation of America ("CCA" or "Tenant"), (the foregoing, collectively, the "Parties"). …

Fraudsters Sentenced in Cornell Prison Construction Scheme

Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010

Filed under: Cornell Corrections, Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution

Fraudsters Sentenced in Cornell Prison Construction Scheme by Brandon Sample A man who bilked almost $13 million from Cornell Corrections Corp. has been convicted of federal fraud ...

Georgia’s Privatized Probation System Traps the Poor

Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010

Filed under: Sentinel, Sentencing, Probation, Restitution

of that warning. When Georgia discontinued providing probation services for State Courts in 2001, many counties hired private com-panies to operate such programs. Richmond County currently contracts with Sentinel ...

Sexual Abuse by Prison and Jail Staff Proves Persistent, Pandemic

Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Cornell Corrections, GRW Corp., Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution

and Jacqueline Overturf, were being held at the Brush Correctional Facility, a private prison operated by GRW Corp., when they were sexually assaulted by prison guard Russell E. Rollison. They filed a lawsuit ...

Bivens Action Unavailable Against Federal Private Prison Employees

Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Medical, ENT, Surgery, Malpractice, Parties

did not have alternative remedies. Aside from those two cases, the Court has consistently refused to extend Bivens. Most recently, the Court declined to do so in Correctional Services Corp. v. Malesko ...

Georgia Suicide Claim Reinstated Against PHS

Article • June 15, 2008

Filed under: Prison Health Services, Civil Procedure, State Law Claims, Contractor Liability, Suicides

Georgia Suicide Claim Reinstated Against PHS by The Georgia Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a negligence claim against Prison Health Services, Inc. (PHS) stemming from a 17-year ...

PHS Not Liable for Prisoner Attack on Nurses

Article • May 15, 2008

Filed under: Prison Health Services, Contractor Liability, Guards/Staff, Assaults on Staff

PHS Not Liable for Prisoner Attack on Nurses by The plaintiffs were nurses employed by Prison Health Services, Inc., and were attacked and beaten by a prisoner. The Supreme Court's decision ...

Flurry of Escapes Emphasizes Prisoners' Desperation

Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008

Filed under: Classification, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Industries, Prison Labor, Sanctions (Disciplinary Hearings), Prison/Jail Murders, Escapes, Premises Liability, Suicides

Flurry of Escapes Emphasizes Prisoners' Desperation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Last September produced a bumper crop of prison and jail escapes around the country, including a desperate escape by two Texas prisoners that resulted in the death of a guard, a car jacking and two shootouts. Plus a …

GA Prisoners Seeking to Appeal the Denial of a Motion to Intervene Must Apply for Interlocutory Review

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Prison Health Services, Civil Procedure, Intervention

for Interlocutory Review Prison Health Services, Inc. (PHS) was awarded a contract to provide health care to prisoners in the Georgia prison system. Later, the state changed its mind and gave the contract to another ...

Georgia Appeals Court Upholds $600,000 Judgment Against CMS

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: CMS, Nervous System, Private Contractors, Gastrointestinal, Surgery, Misdiagnosis, Muscular, Damages, Immunity/Liability, Contractor Liability

Georgia Appeals Court Upholds $600,000 Judgment Against CMS by On July 5, 2001, the Court of Appeals of Georgia Upheld a trial court's $600,000 award to Stephanie Stitt, a former state ...

Prison and CMS Liable for Prisoner's Asthma Death

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: CMS, Respiratory, Immunity/Liability, Qualified Immunity, Contractor Liability, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Prison and CMS Liable for Prisoner's Asthma Death by The court of appeals for the Eleventh circuit held that Georgia prison officials were liable for a prisoner's death from asthma ...

Jury Need Decide Superintendents Liability in GA Prisoner's Death

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: CMS, Medical, Respiratory, Qualified Immunity, Supervisory Liability, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Jury Need Decide Superintendents Liability in GA Prisoner's Death by This case was before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals for the second time on a 42 U.S.C. §1983 action arising from the death, after a severe asthma attack, of a Georgia prisoner. The first appeal, Howell v. Evans, 922 …

$790,000 Settlement In Ulcer Death of Georgia Jail Prisoner

Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006

Filed under: Correctional Healthcare Solutions, Gastrointestinal, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

. The decedents estranged wife, Gloria Daniels, sued the County, Grady Memorial, and the now defunct Correctional Healthcare Solutions (CHS), which provided medical care at the jail. The suit, brought in state ...

Georgia Jail and Its Medical Provider Settle Jail Wrongful Death Suit For $500,000

Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006

Filed under: Private Prisons, Medication, Gastrointestinal, Misdiagnosis, Municipal Liability, Contractor Liability, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Georgia Jail and Its Medical Provider Settle Jail Wrongful Death Suit For $500,000 by Joan G. Crumpler Wilkes County, Georgia and Integrative Detention Health Services, Inc. (IDHS) paid $500,000.00 for settlement of a wrongful death suit alleging negligent medical care, deliberate indifference to serious medical needs, and wrongly allowing a …

Lawyers Bilk Cornell for Millions, San Francisco Jail Scammed

Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006

Filed under: Private Prisons, Financing, Cornell Corrections, Contractor Misconduct, Attorney Misconduct

Lawyers Bilk Cornell for Millions, San Francisco Jail Scammed by In an attempt to recoup millions of dollars, private prison operator Cornell Companies, Inc., has filed lawsuits against ...

Lewis v. Prison Health Services, GA, Medical Death Suit, 2005, Complaint

Brief • September 19, 2005

Filed under: Prison Health Services, Contractor Misconduct, Private Contractors, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Lewis v. Prison Health Services, GA, Medical Death Suit, 2005, Complaint Case 1:05-cv-02434-TWT Document 1-1 b Filed 09/19/2005 Page 1 of 30 R I G I Ni' ,'_ IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ...

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