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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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Guards Rape, Sexually Harass and Smuggle at Colorado Prisons

Article • October 15, 2005 • from PLN October, 2005

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Dominion Group, Staff-Staff Harassment, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Staffing

Guards Rape, Sexually Harass and Smuggle at Colorado Prisons by by Matthew T. Clarke There are new troubles at several prisons in Colorado. At a 250-bed GRW-run private prison in Brush ...

Uprisings at CCA Prisons Reveal Weaknesses in Out-of-State Imprisonment Policies

Article • January 15, 2005 • from PLN January, 2005

Filed under: Classification, Out of State Transfers, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Prison Rebellion, Escapes

into account the distance from Vermont when rejecting bids from Emerald Correction Management to use a Texas prison and CiviGenics to use a prison in Louisiana. However, the consideration was not to reduce ...

Hawaiian Women Prisoners File Suit Over Sex Abuse, Torture in Oklahoma Private Prison

Article • May 15, 2002 • from PLN May, 2002

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Dominion Group, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Abortion

Hawaiian Women Prisoners File Suit Over Sex Abuse, Torture in Oklahoma Private Prison by Lonnie Burton When the State of Hawaii opted in 1998 to send its female prisoners to a privately run ...

Arizona CCA Prison Found 'In Turmoil'

Article • December 15, 2001 • from PLN December, 2001

Filed under: Classification, Out of State Transfers, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Gang Policies, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Failure to Protect (Staff)

Arizona CCA Prison Found 'In Turmoil' by Ronald Young Hawaii officials found a prison "in turmoil" while inspecting a Florence, Arizona prison where about 560 Hawaii prisoners are being warehoused. The prison is operated by Nashville based Corrections Corporation of America. An inspection of the prison conducted in April 2001 …

CCA Prison Under Gang Control: Death and Injury Suits Filed

Article • May 15, 2000 • from PLN May, 2000

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Gang Policies, Failure to Protect (General), Wrongful Death, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Accidents

men were transfer prisoners from Hawaii, being housed in the private prison. Amani, then 24, died of a heart attack induced by a drug overdose when packets of methamphetamine he had swallowed burst ...

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