Perez said in a cover letter to Governor Rick Scott. Then, in September 2012 DJJ announced it was closing the Thompson Academy, which was run by Youth Services International (YSI). That announcement came ...

was requested, which Corizon’s utilization management denied.  An alternative plan was for the prisoner to see a surgeon, but that had not been requested or completed when the CMA’s report ...

the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) and Corizon, the department’s former private medical provider, denied hernia operations to prisoners to save money.  Groin hernias are very common ...

Derks v. Corizon Medical, et al., FL, settlement, failure to treat back injury, 2017 ...

Florida Lawmaker Visits Prisons, Audits Private Prison Contracts by David Reutter by David Reutter In prison after prison across the state, over a period of two years, Florida state ...

FDOC and Centurion of Florida Contract Agreement-Amendment #1 AGREEMENT #A3881 AMENDMENT #1 AGREEMENT AMENDMENT BETWEEN THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND CENTURION OF FLORIDA, LLC ...

Female Prisoner Raped By Florida Sheriff's Deputy Settles Lawsuit for $91,666 by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton Shortly before the scheduled date of trial in the case, a woman who said she was raped by a Bay County, Florida, sheriff's deputy during a transport run to another jail agreed to …

Butzer v. CoreCivic, FL, Complaint, Juvenile Sexual Assault, 2017 Case 5:17-cv-00360-JSM-PRL Document 1 Filed 08/07/17 Page 1 of 8 PageID 1 Fl LED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 2Dl1 AUG - 7 AH 9: 33 CASE NO. ('" ' .. ., LESLEY BUTZER, as Mother and Next …

of Corrections personnel. Corizon, a private company with contracts all over the country, was brought in by Gov. Rick Scott, a former healthcare tycoon, promising to slash medical costs and save money. Corizon ...

the right questions, and collecting all the evidence, then it’s too late by the time the tests come back to retrace the trail.” The Ellington family lawsuit also blames Corizon, the private ...

Hoffer v. Jones, FL, HIPAA Qualified Protective Order, Failure to Provide HepC Treatment, 2017 Case 4:17-cv-00214-MW-CAS Document 27 Filed 06/27/17 Page 1 of 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Tallahassee Division CARL HOFFER, RONALD MCPHERSON, And ROLAND MOLINA, individually and on behalf of a Class of persons …

An Examination of Florida's Prison Population Trends, 2017 Table of Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................ 2 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 3 National Overview: Florida in Context ......................................................................................................... 3 Overview of Florida Adult Criminal Justice System ................................................................. 6 Crime Rate Trends ........................................................................................................................................ 6 Felony Filing Trends ..................................................................................................................................... 7 Sentencing Trends ........................................................................................................................................ 8 Jail Population …

profit before any semblance of real care [See: PLN, June 2013, p.24]. Corizon Health won a $1.2 billion, five year contract to care for prisoners in about 44 prisons. Wexford Health Services received ...

Brewer v. Judd, et al., FL, settlement, overdose, 2017

to privatize prisons was blocked by a court and failed in the next legislative session. The move to privatize prisoner medical care, however, moved forward. Anyone who makes even a cursory investigation ...

Gaffney v. Corizon Health, et al., FL, settlement, herniated disc, 2017 ...

as the worst sexual predators in the state, is necessary to ensure public safety. For Correct Care Recovery Solutions, a spin-off company of the GEO Group, one of the nation’s largest private prison ...

cannot answer the basic question of whether private prisons are operating at less cost than public prisons, as required by law. Consequently, the Department is limited in its ability to negotiate new ...

GEO Group Still Invests in Florida Politics by Prison Legal News has long reported on the financial partnership between for-profit prison firm GEO Group and Florida politicians – a “legacy of corruption,” as detailed in PLN’s March 2011 cover story. GEO’s Political Action Committee (PAC) in Florida, where the company …

Copeland v. Jones, FL, Class Action Claim Form, Corizon Refusal of Hernia Surgery, 2016 Case 4:15-cv-00452-RH-CAS Document 72-7 Filed 09/19/16 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN ...