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Michigan: Private Prison More Costly than State-Run Prison, Attracts Out-of-State Contracts
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Management and Training Corporation
Michigan: Private Prison More Costly than State-Run Prison, Attracts Out-of-State Contracts by David Reutter Michigan: Private Prison More Costly than State-Run Prison, Attracts Out-of-State ...
A Rare Look inside Tacoma's Northwest Detention Center
Article • June 17, 2015
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Correctional Services Corp., Toxic Fumes/Chemicals, Environmental Law, Immigration
Detention Center in Tacoma, one of the nation’s largest private prison contractors prepared to sell it. By July 2005, Correctional Services Corp. had agreed to sell all of its facilities and contracts ...
Lawsuits Over Riot at CCA Prison in Colorado Settle for $600,000
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Rebellion, Failure to Protect (General), Lockdowns
that resulted from the so-called War on Drugs and tough-on-crime initiatives, private prison companies such as CCA cashed in, but at the same time gained a sullied reputation for prioritizing profits over public ...
When Halfway Houses Pose Full-Time Problems
Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015
Filed under: Classification, Work Release, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Community Education Centers, Contractor Misconduct, Prison Rebellion, Escapes, Failure to Protect (General), Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Alternative Sentencing
industry is Community Education Centers (CEC), a New Jersey-based for-profit company that manages jails, prisons and transitional centers throughout the United States. The firm operates six large halfway ...
State of Washington DOC Contract-JPay, Amendment No. 4
Publication • January 1, 2015
Filed under: JPay, Inc., Private Phone Contractors
, Department of Corrections, hereinafter referred to as Department, and JPay, Inc., hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, for the purpose of amending the above-referenced Contract, heretofore entered ...
State of Washington DOC Contract-JPay, Amendment No. 3
Publication • January 1, 2014
Filed under: JPay, Inc., Private Phone Contractors
of Corrections, hereinafter referred to as Department, and JPay, Inc., hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, for the purpose of amending the above-referenced Contract, heretofore entered into between ...
WA DOC Contract with NaphCare, Inc. 2013
Publication • December 30, 2013
Filed under: Naphcare, Private Contractors, Kidney
WA DOC Contract with NaphCare, Inc. 2013 ..-. State of Washington Department of Corrections Contract No. K9379 On-Site Medical Contract This Contract is entered into by and between the Department ...
State of Washington DOC Contract-JPay, Amendment No. 2
Publication • January 1, 2013
Filed under: JPay, Inc., Private Phone Contractors
of Corrections, hereinafter referred to as Department, and JPay, Inc., hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, for the purpose of amending the above-referenced Contract, heretofore entered into between ...
Thou Shalt Not: Sexual Misconduct by Prison and Jail Chaplains
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Staff-Staff Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Staff-Staff Harassment, Supervisor-Staff Harassment, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Clergy, Failure to Protect (Juveniles), Juvenile Prisons
Thou Shalt Not: Sexual Misconduct by Prison and Jail Chaplains by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Traditionally, the role of a chaplain in the correctional setting is to serve as a spiritual advisor to prisoners and help them meet the requirements of their religious faiths. Equally traditionally, chaplains have …
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 ...
Report Criticizes Conditions in U.S. Immigrant Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Systemic Medical Neglect, Toilets, Transportation, Restraints, Immigration, Mental Health
Report Criticizes Conditions in U.S. Immigrant Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington by David Reutter Report Criticizes Conditions in U.S. Immigrant Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington by David M. Reutter Conditions at the federal immigration center in Tacoma, Washington, are substandard and not in compliance with national standards, “much less international …
Washington Court Allows Ex Parte Communication With Litigant's Non Party Employees
Article • August 15, 2008
Filed under: Private Contractors, Medical Records, Attorney Client, Civil Procedure, Parties
Washington Court Allows Ex Parte Communication With Litigant's Non Party Employees by Washington State residents Nancy and Daniel Wright challenged a court order preventing ex parte communication with Group Health Hospital (GHH) personnel regarding their injury lawsuit. The ruling was reversed as to communication with non party employees not having …
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 …
Overcrowded Washington DOC’s Solution: Ship ’Em Out of State
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
Filed under: Work Release, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Overcrowding, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Parole, Parole Liability
Overcrowded Washington DOC’s Solution: Ship ’Em Out of State by David Reutter Overcrowded Washington DOC's Solution: Ship ?Em Out of State by David M. Reutter Overcrowding is pinching the Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC). To alleviate that problem, the department ordered less than 100 community supervision violators released without a …
Michigan's In-Cell Restraints Considered Torture; Injunction Issued
Article • May 15, 2007 • from PLN May, 2007
Filed under: Private Prisons, CMS, Medication, Failure to Treat, Water, Strip Cells, Injunctions (PLRA), Excessive Force, Restraints, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
in the provision of mental health care. [See related article in this issue of PLN, Michigan Prisons: Another Failure in Privatized Prisoner Health Care]. The first two sentences of the Court's order, written by U.S ...
Dismissal, Summary Judgment Against Prisoner's Medical Claims Affirmed
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Medication, Respiratory, Private Contractors, Failure to Treat, Forcible Treatment, Summary Judgment, Limitations, Federal Statutory Law, Americans with Disabilities Act
Dismissal, Summary Judgment Against Prisoner's Medical Claims Affirmed by The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, affirming the U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, held that a prisoner failed to prove that Washington prison officials were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs when they treated him with anti-psychotic …
$40,000 Assessed Against WA DOC For Failure To Release Contract Medical Provider's Records
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Private Contractors, Medical Records, Attorney Fee Awards, Disclosure of Records, Immunity/Liability, Contractor Liability
$40,000 Assessed Against WA DOC For Failure To Release Contract Medical Provider's Records by $40,000 Assessed Against WA DOC For Failure To Release Contract Medical Provider's Records Columbia Legal Services (CLS) brought action against the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) in 2003 for not providing public record documents requested …
300 More Washington Prisoners Headed to CCA Prisons
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Rebellion, Conditions of Confinement, Overcrowding
officials opted to send 290 prisoners to private prisons operated by Corrections Corporation of America, (CCA), the nation's largest private jailer, in 2004. In true CCA form, problems soon followed. On July ...
Over 96% of CCA Donations Go to GOP
Article • May 15, 2005 • from PLN May, 2005
Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, State Legislation
, John Tanner and Harold Ford, Jr. Tennessee is CCA's home state. Most of the donations were made in states, such as Tennessee, Colorado, Georgia and Florida, where CCA runs private prisons. Another ...
Tough Justice Leads To Quadriplegic's Death In CCA-Operated D.C. Jail
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Disabled Prisoners, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Tough Justice Leads To Quadriplegic's Death In CCA-Operated D.C. Jail by Michael Rigby Tough Justice Leads To Quadriplegic's Death In CCA-Operated D.C. Jail by Michael Rigby Washington D.C. Superior Court Judge Judith E. Retchin is known for being tough on crime. She's so tough, in fact, that when a quadriplegic …
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