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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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Appointment of Counsel in New Jersey Medical Suit

Article • July 15, 2003 • from PLN July, 2003

Filed under: CMS, Medical, HIV/AIDS, Medication, Cardiovascular, Medical Records, Appointment of Counsel, Discovery, Contractor Liability

Services (CMS) and several administrators of the East Jersey State Prison under 42 U.S.C. §1983, alleging violations of his Eighth Amendment rights by deliberate indifference to a serious medical need ...

New Jersey Detainees Entitled to Medical Care

Article • July 15, 2001 • from PLN July, 2001

Filed under: CMS, Systemic Medical Neglect, Urinary, Dental Care, Blood, Diabetes, Conditions of Confinement, Staffing, Jail Specific, Qualified Immunity

Medical Services, (CMS), a private contractor providing medical services to CCCF prisoners, and numerous other defendants, alleging deliberate indifference to his need for treatment of a life threatening ...

Deadly Nostalgia: The Politics of Boot Camps

Article • March 15, 2001 • from PLN March, 2001

Filed under: Private Prisons, Racial Discrimination, Boot Camps, Strip Cells, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Damages, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Deadly Nostalgia: The Politics of Boot Camps by Christian Parenti The short, stout eighth grader Gina Score, was never much of an athlete. But that didn't matter to the staff at South Dakota's Plankinton boot camp for girls, where militarystyle discipline and calisthenics were the modus operandi and, as staff …

Mentally Ill Prisoners in the New Jersey Prison System

Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001

Filed under: CMS, Medication, Medical Records, Disclosure of Records, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides

) to provide health care to prisoners. CMS, in turn, subcontracted mental health care to Correctional Behavioral Solutions of New Jersey, Inc. (CBS) while maintaining control over medical evaluations, lab ...

FBI Investigates CCA-Run INS Center in New Jersey

Article • October 15, 1999 • from PLN October, 1999

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Retaliation for Organizing, Sanitation, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Immigration

FBI Investigates CCA-Run INS Center in New Jersey by A Corrections Corporation of America operated immigrant detention center in Elizabeth, New Jersey is under investigation due to alleged misconduct by company employees. Federal officials confirmed on April 13, 1999 that the U.S. Dept. of Justice had requested the probe, which …

Abuses Continue at Private INS Facility

Article • November 15, 1998 • from PLN November, 1998

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Immigration, Involuntary Treatment/Drugging

," she said. "They hide behind the private contractor." Venetis is representing 19 detainees in a lawsuit against the INS and former Esmore Correctional Services. Weekly News Update on the Americas ...

Union County, NJ, Jail Guards Convicted

Article • August 15, 1998 • from PLN August, 1998

Filed under: Esmor/CSC, Guard Misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Immigration

, the 300 detainees chased out the 12 poorly-trained and underpaid guards and proceeded to demolish the hated facility. [See: "INS Detainees Trash Private Prison," PLN Vol. 6, No. 5] Five hours after ...

New Jersey Mental Health Class Action Gains Momentum

Article • May 15, 1998 • from PLN May, 1998

Filed under: Private Prisons, CMS, Correctional Behavioral Solutions, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Contractor Liability, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

prison health care; and Correctional Behavioral Solutions of New Jersey, Inc. ("CBS"), a private corporation providing prisoner mental health services under a subcontract with CMS. The prisoners allege ...

Managed Care Infects Prison Health Services

Article • October 15, 1997 • from PLN October, 1997

Filed under: CMS, Prison Health Services, EMSA, Contractor Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Medication, Cardiovascular, Private Contractors, Damages, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Mental Health

Managed Care Infects Prison Health Services by by Adrian Lomax In September, 1996, Melody Bird complained to guards at Florida's Pinellas County Jail that she was experiencing severe chest ...

INS Detainees Trash Private Prison

Article • September 15, 1995 • from PLN September, 1995

Filed under: Private Prisons, Esmor/CSC, Prison Rebellion, Immigration

INS Detainees Trash Private Prison by On June 18, 1995, some 300 im migrants being held at the privately-run Esmor Immigration Detention Center in Elizabeth, New Jersey, chased out ...

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