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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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Tidwell v. Asselmeier, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2017 Case 3:16-cv-00041-DWD Document 119 Filed 12/26/17 Page 1 of 16 Page ID #808 In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois Cleo Tidwell, Plaintiff, v. Dr. Asselmeier, Dr. Trost, Steven Newbold, D.M.D., and Dr. John Doe, Defendants. ) …
Article • December 22, 2017
Former Ohio Politician’s Negligence Case Against CCA Goes Forward by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis James Dimora, 61, was a Cuyahoga County, Ohio commissioner when he was indicted on federal racketeering and corruption charges in April 2012. While awaiting trial at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, operated by Corrections Corporation …
Article • December 20, 2017
the private prison company LCS Corrections Services, Inc. on May 21, 2013. Captain William O. Soto alleged in his lawsuit that he assisted a female co-worker with filing a sexual harassment suit against LCS ...
Brief • December 20, 2017
Chen v. Geo Group, Initial Disclosures, Geo Countersuit, 2017 THE HONORABLE ROBERT J. BRYAN 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 8 9 CHAO CHEN, individually and on behalf of all those similarly situated, 10 11 Plaintiff, 12 13 Case …
Nixon v. Forsyth County, et al., N.C., jail neglect, wrongful death settlement, 2017 FORSYTH COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING DATE: SUBJECT: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: DECEMBER 14, 2017 15 RESOLUTION APPROVING SETTLEMENT OF THE CASE OF DIANE EMMERT NIXON, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF DINO VANN NIXON VS. …
Article • December 12, 2017
Filed under: Corizon, Medical
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 ...
Article • December 11, 2017
Private Prison Profits Drive Increase in Immigrant Detentions by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Although most of the discussion in the past several months has been the continuing decrease ...
determining that the bank finances CoreCivic and GEO Group, the nation’s two largest private prison companies. ABC also alleged that Wells Fargo engaged in unfair lending practices in minority communities ...
Private Prison Company’s Announcement to Reduce Recidivism Criticized as PR Ploy by In October 31, 2017, CoreCivic, formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation ...
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Prisoner’s Escape from Understaffed Private Prison Results in Staff Discipline by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Four guards at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Center in Central Falls ...
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Seventh Circuit: Corizon May be Liable for Failure to Coordinate Medical Care by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 21, 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in an en banc ruling ...
Austin v. Correct Care Solutions, VA, Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2017 Case 2:17-cv-00291-RJK Document 79-1 Filed 12/04/17 Page 1 of 101 PageID# 1128 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ...
Publication • December 4, 2017
Filed under: Private Prisons
Pima County Board of Supervisors Memorandum, AR, opposing for-private for-profit correctional and detention corporations, 2017
of the proceeds paid to him, he will satisfy all unpaid or unsatisfied obligations, if any, to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS 11 ) for Medicare and/or Medicaid reimbursement. Claimant further ...
Publication • November 22, 2017
Filed under: Correct Care Solutions
Coos County Sheriff's Office Contract Summary With Correct Care Solutions, LLC, 2017 ...
($100,000.00). b. Warden Vincent Horton shall make a telephone call to the Health Services Administrator for Centurion, LLC, Katherine Armijo, with GEO's counsel participating in said telephone call ...
private corporations under § 1983. Private prison employees and prison medical providers have frequent opportunities, through their positions, to violate inmates’ constitutional rights. 81. It is also less ...
Brief • November 10, 2017
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Thomason v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2017 Centurion 003220 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS RELEASE ...
Article • November 6, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
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 ...
Article • November 6, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
in the jail is not only grounded in concerns about basic human rights – it’s also about environmental justice. The 1,500-bed immigration jail, operated by the private prison giant GEO Group, sits ...
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