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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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with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which sent notification of such filing to the following: Brown & James Kevin J. Adrian 800 Market Street, Ste. 1100 St. Louis, MO 63101 T: 314-242-5200 F: 314 ...
Williams v. Obaisi, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016 Case: 1:15-cv-09207 Document #: 35 Filed: 08/25/16 Page 1 of 65 PageID #:395 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION MICHAEL WILLIAMS (#K-65461) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. DR. SALEH OBAISI, WEXFORD HEALTH …
Lyles v. Wexford, IL, Merit Review, Medical Neglect, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-00838-NJR-DGW Document 7 Filed 08/25/16 Page 1 of 14 Page ID #51 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WILLIAM LYLES, #R-29099, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., ) …
Illinois Jail Doctor Leaves Trail of Medical Misery Across Several States by Matthew Clarke A doctor has been associated with the medical maltreatment of multiple jail prisoners across several states during close to two decades of practice. Some of the prisoners died. Yet Dr. Stephen Austin Cullinan of Peoria, Illinois …
Texas Federal Jury Awards $2.25 Million in Private Prison Medical Neglect Case by On October 24, 2012, a Texas federal jury awarded $2.25 million to the survivors of a federal prisoner who ...
Article • August 23, 2016
have done prior to his receiving the additional injuries. Jones 'as subsequently incarcerated at SCI-Gatersford and various Philadelphia-area jails. Prison Health Services was the contracted health care ...
Tattoo Artist Dies in California Jail Detox Cell by Since the for-profit California Forensic Medical Group (CFMC) took over healthcare at the Santa Cruz County Jail last year, the medical ...
Deaths at Louisville Jail Prompt Investigations, Corizon Changes by Five of eight prisoner deaths since 2011 at the Metro Corrections jail in Louisville, Ky., are currently under ...
Article • August 23, 2016
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that it want out of its contract for prisoner health services due to escalating costs and mounting losses. In response, the Texas Legislature authorized the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to explore ...
Article • August 22, 2016
$350,000 Settlement in Florida Prisoner’s Negligence Claim, Failure to Correct Dangerous Condition by The Geo Group, Inc., Florida Correctional Finance Corporation, South Bay Correctional ...
Williams v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016 Case: 1:14-cv-00932 Document #: 80 Filed: 08/22/16 Page 1 of 8 PageID #:527 FILE01D 6 8/22/2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION ) MELVIN WILLIAMS (A01181) , ) ) ) ) Plaintiff(s), ) ) Case No. 14CV0932 v. …
and belief, Defendant WEXFORD HEALTH SERVICES INC. is a Florida corporation with its principal 3 Case: 1:16-cv-04907 Document #: 12 Filed: 08/15/16 Page 4 of 27 PageID #:99 place of business ...
Moss v. CoreCivic, NM, Settlement, Wrongful Death - Medical Neglect, 2016 T NON-DISCLOSURE ANDCOVENANOF RELEASE, AGREEMENT, SETTLEMENT For the consideration of the sum of FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($525,000.00), paid by CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA ("CCA"), the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, NICOLE MOSS, …
Publication • August 12, 2016
: Corrections Corporation of America; GEO Group, Inc.; and Management and Training Corporation. 1 The BOP’s annual expenditures on contract prisons increased from approximately $562 million in fiscal year (FY ...
Article • August 10, 2016
Jail Called to Scrutinize Detox Procedure in Wake of Increased Deaths by David Reutter The second death in six months of a pre-trial detainee at Pennsylvania’s Buck County prison has raised questions about its detox procedures. The scrutiny of such procedures should be a focal point for jail administrators throughout …
Florida Sheriff Tosses Private Health Administrator from Jail Overnight Job by David Reutter An administrator for Armor Correction Health Services, Inc., was forced out of his position ...
Article • August 9, 2016
Nevada Chief Medical Examiner Must Assure Prisoners Receive Healthful Diet by David Reutter The Nevada Supreme Court held a prisoner was entitled to the grant of a writ of mandamus to compel the Nevada's Chief Medical Officer to periodically examine and semi-annually report to the Board of State Prison Commissioners …
Article • August 9, 2016
, a private prison company, to operate the Kerrville State Hospital. GEO Care, a GEO Group subsidiary, was the only company to submit a bid after bid proposals for privatizing state hospitals were requested ...
to be fingerprinted and to take his mugshot. A member of the jail's medical staff—then employed by private healthcare provider Correct Care Solutions, which has since been replaced by another private contractor ...
a financial windfall from other people's misfortune.  Several corporations have fattened their balance sheets as private prison operators and numerous health care providers have received billions ...
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