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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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Louisiana Sheriff Busted in Private Prison Scheme

Article • July 15, 2000 • from PLN July, 2000

Filed under: Private Prisons, East Carroll Correctional Systems, Contractor Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Forfeiture

a corporation, East Carroll Correctional Systems, Inc. (ECCS), which issued 100 shares of stock to Wyly cronies and family members. Thirty-five of the 100 shares were issued to 62-year-old Dorothy Morgel, Wyly's ...

Race Requirement for Religion Struck Down

Article • June 15, 1998 • from PLN June, 1998

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Racial Discrimination, American Indian Religious Freedom Act, Religious Freedom, Religious Practices, Religion Defined

) practices was unconstitutional. Seven Louisiana state prisoners housed in a private prison operated by the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) on contract to the Louisiana DOC, filed suit claiming ...

Private Prisons Get Qualified Immunity

Article • March 15, 1996 • from PLN March, 1996

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Injury -- Misc., Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Complaints, Eleventh Amendment Immunity, Qualified Immunity, Supervisory Liability, Contractor Liability

Private Prisons Get Qualified Immunity by As the number of privately run, for profit, prisons grows, so too will litigation involving them. There is little case law involving private prisons ...

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