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PrivatePrisons: Just Bit Players in Mass Incarceration
by James Kilgore
PrivatePrisons: Just Bit Players in Mass Incarceration
by James Kilgore  
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"Research to date on privateprisons has found that they perform no better than publicly operated facilities, are not guaranteed to reduce correctional costs, and provide an incentive for increasing
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Federal Court Denies Former Prisoner Right to Catholic Television by Federal Court Denies Former Prisoner Right to Catholic Television The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s equal protection suit as frivolous. Raymond Gutierrez, a California prisoner housed at …
Nevada: Incorrect Analysis of Fact and Law is Harmless Error in Denying Motion for New Trial by Nevada: Incorrect Analysis of Fact and Law is Harmless Error in Denying Motion for New Trial The Nevada Supreme Court held that a trial court abused its discretion by wrongly categorizing a fact …
, being held beyond their release date for this very reason.
The irony here is that VDOC is so overcrowded that it pays $17 million annually to house up to 660 prisoners in privateprisons in Kentucky
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is governed by minimal federal guidelines. Prisoner transportationcompanies are required to notify local law enforcement only if they have a scheduled stop in that state. They are also required to conduct
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$425,000 Settlement in Suit over South Carolina Jail's Failure to Treat Diabetic Prisoner by Matthew Clarke $425,000 Settlement in Suit over South Carolina Jail's Failure to Treat Diabetic Prisoner by Matt Clarke In June 2013, Sumter County, South Carolina and Southern Health Partners, Inc. (SHP), the contract provider of health …
No Qualified Immunity for Private Doctor Working in Prison by No Qualified Immunity for Private Doctor Working in Prison On August 12, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that a private doctor under contract at a prison is not entitled to assert a defense …
New Mexico County Jail Pays $1.5 Million to Mentally Ill Prisoner by Derek Gilna New Mexico County Jail Pays $1.5 Million to Mentally Ill Prisoner by Derek Gilna In February 2014, Valencia County, New Mexico agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a federal civil rights complaint alleging deliberate indifference …
PLN Settles Censorship Suit against GEO Group at Indiana Prison by PLN Settles Censorship Suit against GEO Group at Indiana Prison In August 2015, Prison Legal News settled a federal lawsuit against The GEO Group, the nation’s second-largest for-profit prison company, over First Amendment violations at the New Castle Correctional …
CCA Prison in Ohio Loses BOP Contract by CCA Prison in Ohio Loses BOP Contract The privately-owned Northeast Ohio Correctional Center (NOCC) in Youngstown no longer holds prisoners for the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) after the federal agency declined to renew its contract with Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). According …
with disabilities.” [See: PLN, June 2014, p.1].
The defendants, including the County of Monterey, Monterey County Sheriff’s Office and CaliforniaForensicMedicalGroup (CFMG), filed motions to dismiss
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, 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 privateprison operators. The San
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care. CMA of NY has the same corporate address as Brentwood, Tennessee-based Corizon, and prior to 2012, CDA of NY was registered as PHS Dental Services, Inc. PHS, or PrisonHealthServices
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$1 Million Paid by Wexford in Florida Prisoner’s death
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$1 Million Paid by Wexford in Florida Prisoner’s death
WexfordHealthServices paid $1 million to settle a lawsuit stemming
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Florida Appeals Court Invalidates Private Company Traffic Tickets by Florida Appeals Court Invalidates Private Company Traffic Tickets On October 14, 2014, Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeals found for Appellee Eric Arem, contesting a traffic citation issued by a private company that installed, implemented, and enforced a red-light camera ticketing …
California District Court Orders Financial Disclosure in Corizon Health, Inc. Suit
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California District Court Orders Financial Disclosure in Corizon Health, Inc. Suit
On March 29, 2014
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Paulo, the privatization of prisons is a Brazilian model that shares certain elements of US privateprisons, as well as the British model, which allows for private capital to finance public infrastructure
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videos about DismasCharities, the nonprofit group that runs the halfway house. Named for St. Dismas, the penitent thief who was crucified alongside Jesus, it operates 30 residential reentry centers in 13
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CCA Pays $25,000 in Wrongful Death of Overweight Tennessee Prisoner by CCA Pays $25,000 in Wrongful Death of Overweight Tennessee Prisoner Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $25,000 to settle a lawsuit involving the death of a prisoner at the Silverdale Detention Center in Tennessee. When received by CCA, prisoner …
