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Lawyers Bilk Cornell for Millions, San Francisco Jail Scammed
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In an attempt to recoup millions of dollars, privateprison operator Cornell Companies, Inc., has filed lawsuits against
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Lewis v. PrisonHealthServices, GA, Medical Death Suit, 2005, Complaint
Case 1:05-cv-02434-TWT
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Filed 09/19/2005
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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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
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by John E. Dannenberg
PrisonHealthServices (PHS), a subsidiary of America Service Group, Inc
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the $75,000 from Newsom but also been paid $135,000 over five years from the BobbyRossGroup, a Texas company that specializes in juvenile prisons.
Prosecutors offered Whitworth a deal of 5 years probation
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of scandal and corruption.
Money Trail
For over three years Whitworth earned $3,000 a month as a paid consultant for the BobbyRossGroup, a Texas-based privateprison company. BRG specializes
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Tide Turns Against Prison Privatization
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North Carolina, Georgia, Utah and Louisiana are among states that experimented with privateprisons and because of problems encountered have
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. By then, atrophy had set in.
At time, Roderick Edmond was the jail medical director. He was employed by WexfordHealthService, a for-profit entity that had contracted with the county to provide medical services
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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
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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 privateprison. Row long before Disney
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Georgia DOC Turns to PrivatePrisons
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
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when he developed a psychological condition called "conversion reaction" that made him unable to walk. The jail contracted with a private company, PrisonHealthServices (PHS), to provide medical care
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Managed Care Infects PrisonHealthServices
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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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