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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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Letter: Senators Schatz, Gillibrand, Harris and Murray and Congressmen Nadler and Lee address Inspector General Michael Horowitz, BOP standards of employee conduct, re: Frank Lara, 2018

Publication • October 19, 2018

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Management and Training Corporation, Conditions of Confinement, Guards/Staff

Letter: Senators Schatz, Gillibrand, Harris and Murray and Congressmen Nadler and Lee address Inspector General Michael Horowitz, BOP standards of employee conduct, re: Frank Lara, 2018

Arabella Advisors: Understanding and Confronting the Prison-Industrial Complex - An Overview for Philanthropists, 2018

Publication • October 11, 2018

Filed under: Private Prisons, Financing, Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Prison Labor, Statistics/Trends, Totality of Conditions, Food, Transportation, Money/Property, Bail Bonds, Telephone Monitoring, Guards/Staff

, and Management and Training Corporation were more 10 UNDERSTANDING AND CONFRONTING THE PRISON-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX violent, abusive, and dangerous than publicly operated prisons.3 Inmates in these private prisons ...

CoreCivic Vt 2018 Standard-contract-for-services-37036

Publication • October 1, 2018

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic

CoreCivic Vt 2018 Standard-contract-for-services-37036 STA TE OF VERMONT Contract# 37036 Page 1 of63 STANDARD CONTRACT FOR SERVICES I. Parties. This is a contract for services between the State of Vermont, Department of Corrections (hereinafter called "State"), and CoreCivic, with a principal place of business in Nashville, TN, (hereinafter called "Contractor"). …

USCIS' Medical Admissibility Screening Process Needs Improvement, Office of Inspector General, 2018

Publication • September 21, 2018

Filed under: Correctional Medical Care, Medical, Immigration

USCIS' Medical Admissibility Screening Process Needs Improvement, Office of Inspector General, 2018 USCIS’ Medical Admissibility Screening Process Needs Improvement September 21, 2018 OIG-18-78 DHS OIG HIGHLIGHTS USCIS’ Medical Admissibility Screening Process Needs Improvement September 21, 2018 Why We Did This Audit USCIS is responsible for verifying that foreign nationals applying …

PrimeCare Medical of New York Inc., Re: Proposal for Comprehensive Services - Putnam County, 2018

Publication • September 14, 2018

Filed under: Private Prisons, Medical, Private Contractors

PrimeCare Medical of New York Inc., Re: Proposal for Comprehensive Services - Putnam County, 2018 Putnam County Correctional Facility Inmate Health Care Services RFP – 7-18 Table of Contents ...

ACLU Virginia -- Women in the Criminal Justice System - Pathways to Incarceration in Virginia, 2018

Publication • August 1, 2018

Filed under: Private Prisons, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Racial Discrimination, Gay/Lesbian, War on Drugs, Jail Specific, Mental Health

ACLU Virginia -- Women in the Criminal Justice System - Pathways to Incarceration in Virginia, 2018 PHOTO: NARAL PRO-CHOICE OF AMERICA/FLICKR WOMEN IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: PATHWAYS TO INCARCERATION IN VIRGINIA Acknowledgement First and foremost, we would like to thank the residents of Friends of Guest House in Fairfax, …

The PEW Charitable Trusts: State Prisons and the Delivery of Hospital Care, 2018

Publication • July 1, 2018

Filed under: Private Contractors, Surgery, Security Systems, Mental Health

and pay for hospital care for their incarcerated population and how such care supplements on-site prison health services. Its findings include: •• Off-site care costs are a significant part of correctional ...

FDOC and Centurion of Florida Contract Agreement-Amendment #2

Publication • June 28, 2018

Filed under: Private Contractors

FDOC and Centurion of Florida Contract Agreement-Amendment #2 AGREEMENT #A3881 AMENDMENT #2 AGREEMENT AMENDMENT BETWEEN THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND CENTURION OF FLORIDA, LLC ...

Sign-on letter in support of the Private Prison Information Act 2017

Publication • June 27, 2018

Filed under: Private Prisons, Disclosure of Records, HRDC Sign on Letters

Sign-on letter in support of the Private Prison Information Act 2017 June 27, 2018 Re: Endorsement of the Private Prisons Information Act of 2017 Dear Senator: The undersigned organizations ...

Coos County Sheriff's Office Contract Summary With Correct Care Solutions, LLC, 2018

Publication • June 27, 2018

Filed under: Correct Care Solutions

Coos County Sheriff's Office Contract Summary With Correct Care Solutions, LLC, 2018 CJ 2018-000360 COMMISSIONERS' JOURNAL COOS COUNTY, OREGON Coos County Filing Cover Sheet TO: Coos County Clerk's ...

New York Dept. of Corrections and Community Supervision and JPay Inc., re inmate kiosks, 2018

Publication • June 13, 2018

Filed under: JPay, Inc., Conditions of Confinement, Telephones, Telephone Monitoring

New York Dept. of Corrections and Community Supervision and JPay Inc., re inmate kiosks, 2018 STATE OF NEW YORK AGREEMENT STATE AGENCY (Name & Address): New York State Department of Corrections ...

Financial Processes at the Department of Criminal Justice, State of Texas, 2018

Publication • June 1, 2018

Filed under: Private Prisons, Statistics/Trends

of the House, Joint Chair The Honorable Jane Nelson, Senate Finance Committee The Honorable Robert Nichols, Member, Texas Senate The Honorable John Zerwas, House Appropriations Committee The Honorable Dennis ...

Vermont DOC Contract Summary With Centurion 2018 - Amendment #1

Publication • 2018

Filed under: Centurion

will be required on an "as needed" basis. 15. Contractor shall submit all invoices to: AHS/Dept. of Corrections Health Services Director 280 State Drive, NOB 2 South Waterbury, VT 05671-2000 STATE OF VERMONT ...

Vermont DOC Contract Summary With Centurion 2018 - Amendment #2

Publication • 2018

Filed under: Centurion

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Vermont DOC Contract Summary With Centurion 2018

Publication • 2018

Filed under: Centurion

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Capitalizing on Criminal Justice, Eisha Jain, Duke Law Journal, 2018

Publication • 2018

Filed under: Private Prisons, Criminal justice system reform, Criminal Records

Capitalizing on Criminal Justice, Eisha Jain, Duke Law Journal, 2018 JAIN IN PRINTER FINAL (DO NOT DELETE) 4/9/2018 2:41 PM CAPITALIZING ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE EISHA JAIN† ABSTRACT The U.S. criminal justice system “piles on.” It punishes too many for too long. Much criminal law scholarship focuses on the problem of …

In the Public Interest - An Examination of Private Financing for Correctional and Immigration Detention Facilities, 2018

Publication • June 1, 2018

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Staff Assault, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Industries, Workplace Injury, Work Conditions/Safety, Prison Gangs, Staffing, Security Systems, Guard Brutality/Beatings

private prison companies, CoreCivic (formerly Corrections Corporation of America, or CCA) and GEO Group, are actively pushing governments to consider the use of private financing to build new facilities ...

CoreCiviv Commissary Price-list

Publication • 2018

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic

CoreCiviv Commissary Price-list (K) KOSHER Item Number Description of Item Price BEVERAGE 30070 30090 30060 30160 30140 30150 30180 30200 30470 30450 30250 30390 30410 46360 30510 30780 30910 31040 31050 31110 31330 31340 31350 31730 31750 31930 31880 31910 31940 31950 31990 32110 32240 32250 32340 32370 32430 32500 …

Colleton County, SC, SHP Contract Renewal, 2018 - 2019

Publication • 2018

Filed under: Private Contractors

Colleton County, SC, SHP Contract Renewal, 2018 - 2019 Southern Health Partners By Kaye B. Syfrett at 10:17 am, Jun 27, 2018 May 25, 2018 Sheriff Andy Strickland Colleton County Sheriffs Office Post Office Box 433 Walterboro, SC 29488 Re: Health Services Agreement Dear Sheriff Strickland: SHP appreciates the opportunity …

Hampton County Detention Center, SC, Policy and Procedures, 2018

Publication • 2018

Filed under: Private Contractors

Hampton County Detention Center, SC, Policy and Procedures, 2018 HAMPTON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER POLICY & PROCEDURES SUBJECT: RESPONSfflLE PHYSICIAN NUMBER: 2051 EFFECTIVE DATE: 4/13n8 .fl REVIEWED DATE: ~~ APPROVED BY: KELVIN JONES 1.0 POLICY - The responsible physician will have no restrictions imposed upon him by the facility regarding the …

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