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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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Article • March 15, 2019
. A spokesperson with CoreCivic, the private prison company that contracts with ICE and employed the alleged abuser, said MALDEF’s claim is “patently false.” “The facility’s camera ...
, a female guard at the facility befriended her, asking her questions about her immigration case. The guard worked for CoreCivic, the largest private prison company in the United States, previously named ...
Brief • March 14, 2019
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Wilson v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Complaint, Medical Malpractice, 2019 Centurion 000490 FILED 1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Santa Fe County 3/14/2019 4:48 PM ...
Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
industry, the small town of Sayre, Oklahoma recently found itself in the middle of a lawsuit against private prison operator CoreCivic, formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America. And the township ...
Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
go after being effectively forced to resign? Hylton is now a member of the board of directors for private prison contractor CoreCivic, formerly Corrections Corporation of America. Before she ...
Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Seventh Circuit Vacates, Remands Punitive Damages Award Against Wexford by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has remanded a prisoner’s lawsuit against Wexford Health Sources, Inc., the healthcare provider for Illinois’ Department of Corrections, for either a reduced punitive damages award or a new trial …
Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
medical condition.  The Lane County Sheriff’s Department operates a jail in Eugene, Oregon, and contracted with Corizon Health to provide medical and mental health care for prisoners.&nbsp ...
Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
, creating a network of facilities that are often run by private prison companies. [See: PLN, June 2018, p.44]. However, the legal liability and public criticism faced by counties and cities that participate ...
Article • March 5, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
that, in June 2018, JP Morgan Chase Bank (JPMC) underwrote a $159.5 million bond to finance private prison operator CoreCivic’s construction of a 2,432-bed facility in Kansas. JPMC was already the largest ...
. Prison Health Services, Inc., 769 F.2d 700 (11th Cir. 1985). Thus, the Court concluded that this claim against Plummer in his official capacity was really a suit against the County, so it also survived ...
, 2018, I filed the foregoing using the Court's CM/ECF system. This document is available for viewing and downloading via the CM/ECF system. Respectfully Submitted, Sarah R. Marmor George D. Sax Morgan G ...
to the private sector, exemplified by the growth of the private prison industry; and (2) the imposition of fines and fees on mostly low-income defendants to fund the criminal legal system. States and local ...
Brief • February 26, 2019
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS OUMER SALIM, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated § § § Plaintiff, § § vs. § § Civil Action No: 4:18-cv-00730-ALM-KPJ JPAY, INC., § § Defendant ...
that the county’s private correctional healthcare provider at the time, Corizon Health, had secured three no-bid renewals of its county contract while also donating $110,000 to Ahern’s campaign ...
Brief • February 20, 2019
/2018 12/12/2018 7 8 9 10 • 11 scanned into the Corizon computer system. This was never produced. 12 13 • • The results of the 6/13/2018 EKG taken at ASPC Tucson, Rincon Unit. • “Return from ...
Brief • February 20, 2019
Grano v. Penitentiary of New Mexico, et al., NM, Complaint, Wrongful Death (Medical), 2019 Centurion 000370 FILED 4th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT San Miguel County 2/20/2019 5:26 PM CLERK OF THE COURT ...
Brief • February 20, 2019
Brown v. Obaisi, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2019 6783 MRS/PJS/CMS UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION DAVID BROWN, Plaintiff, vs. ) ) ) ) ) No. 15 CV ...
by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (hereinafter "CMS"). Released Parties and their insurers reserve the right to disclose such information as they deem necessary in the course of any subsequent ...
Article • February 8, 2019
;The Court must place a clear and focused light on what is happening here: the State turned to a private contractor which has been unable to meet the prisoner’s health care needs.” Throughout 2018 ...
Tennessee: Class-Action Suit Against PrivatePrison Over Diabetic Care Can Proceed by In October 2018, a federal district court declined to dismiss a class-action lawsuit that claimed ...
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