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BOP Ad-Seg Rules Create a Liberty Interest

Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005

Filed under: Private Prisons, Liberty Behavioral Health Corp., Ad-Seg Hearings

BOP Ad-Seg Rules Create a Liberty Interest by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Eleventh Circuit court of Appeals has held that BOP administrative segregation policies create a liberty interest. The Court reversed a Georgia federal district court's order granting prison officials' motion to dismiss under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) for …

PHS Redux: Sued In A Dozen States, Contract Losses, Stock Plummets, Business Continues

Article • December 15, 2003

Filed under: Prison Health Services, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, OB/GYN, Stroke, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

PHS Redux: Sued In A Dozen States, Contract Losses, Stock Plummets, Business Continues by by John E. Dannenberg Prison Health Services (PHS), a subsidiary of America Service Group, Inc ...

Corruption Catches Up With Georgia Corrections Chief

Article • December 15, 2003

Filed under: Cornell Corrections, Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Parole Board Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Criminal Prosecution

the $75,000 from Newsom but also been paid $135,000 over five years from the Bobby Ross Group, a Texas company that specializes in juvenile prisons. Prosecutors offered Whitworth a deal of 5 years probation ...

Georgia Parole Corruption Deepens

Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN March, 2003

Filed under: Bobby Ross Group, Contractor Misconduct, Parole Board Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Retaliation, Whistleblowing, Criminal Prosecution, Parole, State Legislation

of scandal and corruption. Money Trail For over three years Whitworth earned $3,000 a month as a paid consultant for the Bobby Ross Group, a Texas-based private prison company. BRG specializes ...

Tide Turns Against Prison Privatization

Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Financing, Cornell Corrections, Contractor Misconduct, State Legislation

Tide Turns Against Prison Privatization by North Carolina, Georgia, Utah and Louisiana are among states that experimented with private prisons and because of problems encountered have ...

No Immunity for Private Prison Physician

Article • December 15, 2000 • from PLN December, 2000

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Injury -- Misc., Private Contractors, Muscular, Civil Procedure, Defenses, Qualified Immunity, Contractor Liability

. By then, atrophy had set in. At time, Roderick Edmond was the jail medical director. He was employed by Wexford Health Service, a for-profit entity that had contracted with the county to provide medical services ...

$600,000 In GA Medical Neglect Suit

Article • May 15, 2000 • from PLN May, 2000

Filed under: CMS, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Skeletal Injury, Damages, Settlements

against Correctional Medical Systems (CMS). Stitt fell and injured her back while playing volleyball at the Baldwin State Prison. The Georgia Department of Corrections has contracted its medical care out ...

Go Directly to Jail: At the Academy in Alpharetta, Men Pay Big Bucks to Pretend They're in Prison

Article • October 15, 1999 • from PLN October, 1999

Filed under: Private Prisons, Gay/Lesbian, Prison Tourism/Consumerism

permission. PLN originally reported on the Academy in its News in Brief section several years ago. We thought our readers would be interested in learning about the latest private prison. Row long before Disney ...

Georgia DOC Turns to Private Prisons

Article • October 15, 1998 • from PLN October, 1998

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Cornell Corrections, Overcrowding

Georgia DOC Turns to Private Prisons by Alex Friedmann According to a report by the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles, by July 2003 the state will have just 42,000 prison beds ...

Health Care Contractor Subject to Monell Liability

Article • March 15, 1998 • from PLN March, 1998

Filed under: Private Prisons, Prison Health Services, Private Contractors, Municipal Liability, Contractor Liability, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

when he developed a psychological condition called "conversion reaction" that made him unable to walk. The jail contracted with a private company, Prison Health Services (PHS), to provide medical care ...

Managed Care Infects Prison Health Services

Article • October 15, 1997 • from PLN October, 1997

Filed under: CMS, Prison Health Services, EMSA, Contractor Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Medication, Cardiovascular, Private Contractors, Damages, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Mental Health

Managed Care Infects Prison Health Services by by Adrian Lomax In September, 1996, Melody Bird complained to guards at Florida's Pinellas County Jail that she was experiencing severe chest ...

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