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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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More Private Prison Money Flows to Arizona Politicians
Article • August 22, 2016
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, Government Misconduct
More Private Prison Money Flows to Arizona Politicians by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has been criticized for the influence Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) has upon her and her ...
A Deadly Dust is Plaguing Hawaii Prisoners in Arizona
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contagious Disease -- Misc., Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Medical Neglect/Malpractice
A Deadly Dust is Plaguing Hawaii Prisoners in Arizona by Valley fever is widespread in the Southwest, yet Hawaii’s prison officials haven’t paid much attention to it, despite the recent deaths of at least two Hawaii prisoners who had the disease. by Rui Kaneya, Civil Beat In the spring of …
Jail’s Private Medical Employees Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity
Article • July 29, 2016
Filed under: Corizon, Contractor Misconduct, Private Contractors, Malpractice, Qualified Immunity, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Jail’s Private Medical Employees Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity by An Arizona federal district court concluded that employees of Corizon Health, a private company providing care ...
AZICA Meeting Minutes, February 11, CCA fined by Industrial Commission of Arizona, 2016
Publication • May 26, 2016
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic
AZICA Meeting Minutes, February 11, CCA fined by Industrial Commission of Arizona, 2016 MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF ARIZONA Held at 800 West Washington Street Conference Room 308 Phoenix, Arizona 85007 Thursday, Febrnary 11, 2016-1:00 p.m. Present: Dale L. Schultz Joseph M. Hennelly, Jr. Scott P. LeMarr …
Contracted Private Prisons Assessment, AZ DOC, 2015
Publication • May 26, 2016
Filed under: Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Management and Training Corporation, Corrections Audits
and uniformity. The three GEO facilities all had identical ERP’s which were well written, but not individualized to the specific facilities. The Management and Training Corporation (MTC) ERP was not written ...
Oyenik v. Corizon Health, Inc., AZ, Reply Brief, Deliberate Indifference Medical Treatment, 2016
Brief • May 6, 2016
Filed under: Corizon, Cancer, Private Contractors, Failure to Treat, Eighth Amendment, Contractor Liability
of the Court for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit using the appellate CM/ECF system. Counsel for Corizon Health, Inc. are registered CM/ECF users and will be served by the appellate CM ...
Larsgard v. Ryan et al, AZ, Notice of Settlement, 8th Am Wexford medical neglect indifference, 2016
Brief • March 30, 2016
Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Malpractice, Eighth Amendment
to be filed electronically with the Clerk of Court through the 10 CM/BCF System for filing; and served on counsel of record via the Court's CM/BCF 11 system. 12 /s/ Martin Lucero 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ...
Segregation Unit Policy - Saguaro Correctional Facility AZ, CCA, 2009
Publication • February 25, 2016
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement
Segregation Unit Policy - Saguaro Correctional Facility AZ, CCA, 2009 The CCA CCA/Saguaro Correctional Facility 1250 E Arica Road EIoy, AZ 85231 ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF TITLE Warden Assistant Warden Assistant Warden Chief of Security Assistant Chief of Security Chief of Unit Management Classification Supervisor Principal Chaplain Health Services Administrator Business Manager …
Civil Rights Advocates Laud Healthcare Settlement with Arizona Prison System
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Corizon, DOC/BOP misconduct, HIV/AIDS, Cancer, Kidney, Hepatitis, Failure to Treat, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
lawsuit filed against the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) in the wake of scores of prisoner deaths and preventable injuries stemming from medical treatment so poor that one private prison healthcare ...
Oyenik v. Corizon Health, Inc., AZ, Opening Brief, Deliberate Indifference Medical Treatment, 2016
Brief • January 27, 2016
Filed under: Corizon, Cancer, Private Contractors, Failure to Treat, Eighth Amendment, Contractor Liability
Plaintiff’s complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a), and dismissed as defendants ADC Director Charles Ryan and Wexford Health Services, Inc. ER 108-110. Wexford was contracted with ADC to provide prisoner health ...
United States District Court Magistrate Rules on Discovery Issues in Prison Gang Death
Article • November 10, 2015
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Evidentiary Ruling, Discovery, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death)
United States District Court Magistrate Rules on Discovery Issues in Prison Gang Death by United States District Court Magistrate Rules on Discovery Issues in Prison Gang Death On November 21, 2013, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, a magistrate judge denied in part and granted in …
Inside the Small California Town with a Lot of Prisons, but Not Much Opportunity
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Cost of Prison Systems, Rural Prisons
, providing beds for up to 3,340 prisoners. Two of these facilities are privately owned and operated by GEO Group, one of the U.S.’s largest private prison operators. The San ...
EEOC v. Geo Group, AZ, Complaint, Sexual Harassment, 2015
Brief • September 23, 2015
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Staff-Staff Harassment, Employee Litigation
EEOC v. Geo Group, AZ, Complaint, Sexual Harassment, 2015 Case 2:15-cv-01909-SPL Document 1 Filed 09/23/15 Page 1 of 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mary Jo O'Neill, AZ Bar #005924 Hillary K. Valderrama, TX Bar #24075201 Mark J. Sorokin, AZ Bar #031960 William R. Hobson, AZ Bar #006887 …
AFSC, Arizona - Assessment of Riots in Management & Training Corp Kingman Prison 2015
Publication • September 11, 2015
Filed under: Management and Training Corporation, Prison Rebellion
AFSC, Arizona - Assessment of Riots in Management & Training Corp Kingman Prison 2015 Assessment of the 2015 Riots in Management and Training Corporations’ Kingman, Arizona Prison BY CAROLINE ISAACS ...
32 Deaths at CCA-operated Immigration Detention Facilities Include at Least 7 Suicides
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Immigration, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides
was fined multiple times for staff vacancies.   Sources: Tucson Sentinel, Tucson Weekly, www.kpho.com ...
32 Deaths at CCA-operated Immigration Detention Facilities Include at Least 7 Suicides
Article • June 20, 2015
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Immigration, Suicides
; Previously, CCA’s Eloy facility was fined multiple times for staff vacancies.   Sources: Tucson Sentinel, Tucson Weekly, www.kpho.com LIST OF DEATHS IN CCA Immigration Detention Facilities ...
Larsgard v. Ryan et al, AZ, Order, 8th Am Wexford medical neglect indifference, 2015
Brief • March 7, 2015
Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Malpractice, Eighth Amendment
^"-^J»<^Sment on the ^ ^ CM Plaintiff ' (9fl. Cir. hff may ...
GEO Group Agrees to End Sexual Harassment; Pays $140,000 Settlement and Implements New Policies
Article • January 13, 2015
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Staff-Staff Harassment, Title VII, Employee Litigation
GEO Group Agrees to End Sexual Harassment; Pays $140,000 Settlement and Implements New Policies by GEO Group Agrees to End Sexual Harassment; Pays $140,000 Settlement and Implements New Policies The nation&rsquo;s second-largest for profit prison company, the GEO Group, agreed to pay $140,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought …
Ethics Charge Against Former U.S. Marshal Ends in Pre-Trial Diversion
Article • December 3, 2014 • from PLN December, 2014
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Police Misconduct
charge filed against a former U.S. Marshals Service agent in Arizona who had applied for a job with a private prison company he previously monitored has been dropped, and prosecutors let him enter a pre ...
Arizona DOC Cancels 5,000 Bed Private Prison Contract
Article • October 3, 2014
Filed under: Private Prisons, Management and Training Corporation, Cost of Prison Systems
beds, bringing up the escapes from a Kingman, Arizona prison operated by Management and Training Corporation (MTC) that resulted in a bloody murder spree. According to them, MTC took full blame ...
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