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Sixth Circuit Reverses Judgment for EMSA Physician, Remands for Trial

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

Filed under: Private Prisons, EMSA, Injury -- Misc., Muscular, Contractor Liability

Sixth Circuit Reverses Judgment for EMSA Physician, Remands for Trial by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a grant of summary judgment to a physician employed by EMSA ...

Prisons Nationwide Fail to Treat HCV Epidemic

Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004

Filed under: CMS, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Hepatitis

Prisons Nationwide Fail to Treat HCV Epidemic by John E Dannenberg Prisons Nationwide Fail To Treat HCV Epidemic by John E. Dannenberg The JeopardyTM answer is: "The national average treatment rate for HCV-infected prisoners." The winning question is: "What is approximately 1%?" With HCV [Hepatitis-C] infection rates in state prisons …

CCA Closes Oklahoma Prison, Settles Tax Lawsuit Over Ohio Prison

Article • March 15, 2004 • from PLN March, 2004

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Financing, Prison Rebellion, Staffing, Money/Property, Tax Law, Telephone Rates

as a recession proof industry and rural welfare program for poor whites. But prisons can be a double edged sword, sometimes causing more problems than they solve. Private prisons can be especially duplicitous ...

PHS Redux: Sued In A Dozen States, Contract Losses, Stock Plummets, Business Continues

Article • December 15, 2003

Filed under: Prison Health Services, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, OB/GYN, Stroke, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

PHS Redux: Sued In A Dozen States, Contract Losses, Stock Plummets, Business Continues by by John E. Dannenberg Prison Health Services (PHS), a subsidiary of America Service Group, Inc ...

Ohio Prisons Make Almost $5 Million in Improper Food and Education Payments

Article • December 15, 2002 • from PLN December, 2002

Filed under: Private Prisons, Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Contractor Misconduct, Food, Education

for college classes that prisoners did not, or were not eligible to, attend. Dining for Dollars In 1998, NCI executed a two year contract with Aramark , a private, for profit food service company based ...

Correctional Medical Services Pays Out Another $1 Million in 1997 Ohio Escape, Murder

Article • December 15, 2002 • from PLN December, 2002

Filed under: CMS, Escapes, Default Judgments, Wrongful Death, Murder by Parolees

attempt in April 1997, was awarded a $1 million default judgment against CMS in Franklin County (OH) Common Pleas Court on March 6, 2002. This verdict comes after CMS and Franklin County have paid $2 ...

Ex-Ohio Sheriff's Deputy Wins $650,000 Verdict Against CMS for Prisoner Escape

Article • June 15, 2002 • from PLN June, 2002

Filed under: Private Prisons, CMS, Escapes, Victims, Municipal Liability, Contractor Liability, Employee Litigation

Ex-Ohio Sheriff's Deputy Wins $650,000 Verdict Against CMS for Prisoner Escape by Franklin County (Ohio) prisoner Alva Campbell was escorted to court in April 1997 while in his wheelchair ...

Corrections Corporation of America Announces Closing of Youngstown Prison

Article • January 15, 2002 • from PLN January, 2002

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic

Corrections Corporation of America Announces Closing of Youngstown Prison by Ronald Young Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) announced it would close its Youngstown, Ohio prison on August 18, 2001. The shutdown means the loss of more than 500 jobs. So much for the recession-proof industry. The 2,016-bed Northeast Ohio Correctional …

Private Prison Woes in Ohio

Article • September 15, 2001 • from PLN September, 2001

Filed under: Private Prisons, Civigenics, Contractor Misconduct, Staffing, Drug Treatment/Rehab, Guard Unions

Private Prison Woes in Ohio by Gary Hunter Less than two years after it opened, the second privately operated prison in the state of Ohio is already in trouble. CiviGenics, a private prison ...

Jail Term for DUI Turns into Death Sentence

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

Filed under: CMS, Prison Health Services, EMSA, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Diabetes, Contractor Liability, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

by the county for being understaffed. CMS is the nation's largest private "correctional health services" corporation [See: "Dying for Profits," PLN, Dec. 2000]. EMSA is a subsidiary of Nashville ...

Ohio Abandons Private Food Service Experiment

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

Filed under: Private Prisons, Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Food, Guard Unions

at the Nobel Correctional Institution (NCI). In October, 1998, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DORC) awarded a two-year contract to ARAMARK Correctional Services, a private company ...

Build Jails, Not Schools: Ohio Prison Building Corruption

Article • January 15, 2001 • from PLN January, 2001

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Education, Premises Liability, State Legislation

status in September, 1996. The schools being financed by property taxes, abatements such as CCA's were a particular burden. Existing state law gave schools a say in property tax abatements of greater ...

Ohio Prison Food Contract Sparks Controversy

Article • October 15, 2000 • from PLN October, 2000

Filed under: Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Retaliation, Retaliation against Staff, Food

would be the next great leap forward for Ohio penology. So they bid out a contract for private firms to provide food service at the Noble Correctional Institution. Of the two bids submitted, from ARAMARK ...

Denial of Medication Precludes Summary Judgment

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

Filed under: CMS, Medical, HIV/AIDS, Medication, Municipal Liability

Denial of Medication Precludes Summary Judgment by The U.S. district court for the southern district of Ohio held that a genuine issue of material fact precluded summary judgement against an arrestee who was denied needed AIDS medication during his eight-day jail incarceration. Devin Karl Murphy brought a 42 U.S.C. § …

Youngstown Case Reveals New Legal Issues for Prisoner Advocates, State Correctional Agencies and Private Prison Companies

Article • March 15, 2000 • from PLN March, 2000

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, HIV/AIDS, Systemic Medical Neglect, Medical Records, Escapes, Failure to Protect (General), Eighth Amendment, Attorney Fee Awards, Injunctions (PLRA), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Civil Procedure, Damages, Settlements, Defenses, State Law Claims, Standing, Parties, Qualified Immunity, Contractor Liability, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death)

Youngstown Case Reveals New Legal Issues for Prisoner Advocates, State Correctional Agencies and Private Prison Companies by Al Gerhardstein As the number of prisoners in private lock-ups ...

CCA Settles Youngstown Suit for $2.48 Million

Article • August 15, 1999 • from PLN August, 1999

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Systemic Medical Neglect, Strip Searches, Body Cavity Searches, Failure to Protect (General), Attorney Fee Awards, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Damages, Settlements, Prisoner Property, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Medical Neglect/Malpractice

CCA Settles Youngstown Suit for $2.48 Million by by Alex Friedmann On March 1, 1999 the Corrections Corp. of America agreed to pay $1.65 million plus $803,000 in attorney fees and expenses to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by Washington, D.C. prisoners at the company's Northeast Ohio Corr. Center in …

In Re Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, OH, Class Action Settlement, Excessive Force and Failure to Protect, 1999

Brief • August 11, 1999

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Failure to Protect (General), Guard Brutality/Beatings

2305.25. Further, CCA shall also permit the monitor to have complete and open access to information from ACA audits and reviews, NCCHC audits and reviews, EMSA or medical contractor audits and reviews ...

Youngstown Break-Out Leads to Political, Financial Fall-Out

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

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Financing, Escapes

Equitable Securities, a finance firm that encourages investment in private prison companies, termed the Ohio situation a "public relations problem." CCA spokeswoman Peggy Lawrence called criticism directed ...

Fatal Mismanagement at Ohio CCA Prison

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

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Transfers, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death)

investigating crimes committed at the prison. In the wake of the chaos at NOCC, the Ohio legislature has passed a bill that subjects private prisons to state regulation and makes private prison owners liable ...

A Day at the Human Zoo

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

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Conditions of Confinement, Prison Tourism/Consumerism

A Day at the Human Zoo by Alice Lynd My husband and I toured the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, a new "private prison" that is soon to open in Youngstown. Near the entrance ...

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