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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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One Guard killed, Sixteen Staff and Three Prisoners Injured in Mississippi Private Prison Riot by Matthew Clarke On May 20, 2012, violence erupted at a 2,567-bed private prison near Natchez ...
Lucas's mental state change was never called. Medical services at the jail are contracted to Corizon, the nation's largest private prisoner health care provider. Headquartered in St. Louis, Corizon--which ...
Article • September 9, 2016
the Florida-based private-prison company has cut staff at one prison but continues to charge New Mexico's Corrections Department (NMCD) as if it's still employing the same number of staff. A June 2012 report ...
Article • September 8, 2016
Some Small Town Private Prison Bonds in Default by Matthew Clarke The Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC) in Ocilla, Georgia is an example of everything that is wrong with small-town ...
prison for undocumented immigrants—albeit a prison that's 920 miles from Eloy in Dilley, Texas. Eloy's good fortune is the result of what private-prison critics say is a shady deal between U.S ...
. Medical care at the facility was provided by Tennessee-based Correct Care Solutions, LLC, which was also criticized by the BOP OIG report for its persistent short-staffing, which raised  Correct-Cares ...
Advanced Correctional Healthcare’s Business Model Blamed for Prisoner Deaths, Injuries by The business model of Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc. (ACH) includes “severe cost control measures” and reliance on the company’s insurance provider to cover liability verdicts that result from inadequate medical care, according to lawsuits filed by the estates of …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Filed under: Correct Care Solutions
health care system.” [See: PLN, June 2014, p.44]. To meet his obligations under the consent decree, Gusman entered into a five-year, $83 million contract with Nashville, Tennessee-based Correct Care ...
on taxpayers. Everyone on Wall Street, meanwhile, agreed that locking up immigrant families was a boon for private prison firms like Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and GEO Group, which received ...
Private Prison Firms: Family Detention, Federal Contracts and For-profit Reentry Services by Bob Libal by Bob Libal, Holly Kirby and Cristina Parker In July 2016, executives from private ...
criticism of the Bureau of Prisons’ private contractors. “Advocates have been arguing for years that research shows private prisons have higher levels of violence, partly due to their business ...
was within Corizon policies and procedures.” Lane County terminated its contract with Corizon in mid-2015, and California Forensic Medical Group now provides medical care at LCJ. The county filed a cross ...
the Florida-based private-prison company has cut staff at one prison but continues to charge New Mexico's Corrections Department (NMCD) as if it's still employing the same number of staff. A June 2012 report ...
Article • August 26, 2016
Healthcare Privatization Blamed for AZ Prisoners' Exposure to Hepatitis-C by Less than two months into its $349-million contract with Arizona's Department of Corrections (ADC), Pittsburgh-based Wexford Health Sources, Inc. made a rather dubious, life-threatening first impression with the prison population and prisoner advocates. On Aug. 27, 2012, a nurse already …
2006 to Corizon, a for‑profit company that will he paid $28 million in 2012 to provide basic care for prisoners. While MDOC says that Corizon is saving taxpayers millions of dollars, prisoners see ...
Article • August 25, 2016
Filed under: Private Prisons
Private Prisons Are a Risky Business for Local Governments by Matthew Clarke Local governments in Texas and across the nation are bearing high costs for building private prisons that are now ...
Article • August 24, 2016
by proposing to close five prisons with 1,400 beds. Item: California is facing a $20 billion budget shortfall. It costs $70 per day to house a convict in a state prison, $44 per day in a private prison. Governor ...
Article • August 24, 2016
$12,000 Settlement for Treatment at CCA Prison by Corrections Corporation of America paid $12,000 to settle a lawsuit by a prisoner Johnny A. Walsh for claims related to his treatment at the Silverdale Detention Center in Tennessee. The October 2005 confidential settlement was obtained via public records request by PLN. …
$4,000 Settlement in Assault at CCA Prison by Corrections Corporation of America paid $4,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a guard at the Shelby Training Center in Tennessee assaulted a juvenile, Brandon D. Jones. The April 2006 confidential settlement was obtained via public records request by PLN. The complaint was …
are rampant in some halfway houses. Community Education Centers The largest private influence in the halfway house system is Community Education Centers (CEC), a West Caldwell, New Jersey company that manages ...
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