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$17,500 Settlement for Brutal Assault of Juvenile Prisoner by CCA Guard by $17,500 Settlement for Brutal Assault of Juvenile Prisoner by CCA Guard Corrections Corporation of America paid $17,500 to settle a lawsuit alleging an employee “brutally and savagely with extreme force” assaulted a juvenile at the Tall Trees Facility. …
$12,630.50 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Who Suffered Leg Amputation by $12,630.50 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Who Suffered Leg Amputation Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $12,630.50 to settle a lawsuit by former prisoner Samuel L. Key for the failure to provide medical treatment that resulted in amputation of his left …
$12,500 Settlement for CCA’s Failure to Treat Tennessee Prisoner by $12,500 Settlement for CCA’s Failure to Treat Tennessee Prisoner Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $12,500 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner Katie J. Farr for its failure to treat her serious medical condition while held at the Silverdale Correctional …
$12,500 Settlement for CCA Guard’s Failure to Protect Tennessee Prisoner Stabbed 13 Times by $12,500 Settlement for CCA Guard’s Failure to Protect Tennessee Prisoner Stabbed 13 Times Correction Corporation of America (CCA) paid $12,500 to settle a lawsuit brought by Metro-Davidson County Detention Facility prisoner Roberto J. Gatewood. Gatewood alleged …
$8,000 Payment for CCA Prisoner for Failure to Treat Asthma by $8,000 Payment for CCA Prisoner for Failure to Treat Asthma Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $8,000 to settle the lawsuit of Silverdale Correctional Facility prisoner Robert Jackson, who alleged CCA failed proper medical treatment for him. Jackson had …
$7,900 Settlement for Juvenile Assaulted in CCA Prison by $7,900 Settlement for Juvenile Assaulted in CCA Prison Corrections Corporation of America paid $7,900 to settle a negligent hiring lawsuit that involved assault and battery of a juvenile at the Silverdale Detention Facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The complaint stemmed from a …
$1,750 Settlement in Treatment Delay at Tennessee CCA Prison by $1,750 Settlement in Treatment Delay at Tennessee CCA Prison Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $1,750 to settle a lawsuit alleging it delayed to treat the broken ankle of a prisoner at the Metro-Davidson County Detention Center. Prisoner Shannon Stanton …
$1,500 Settlement for Prisoner’s Nude Perp Walk by CCA Employees by $1,500 Settlement for Prisoner’s Nude Perp Walk by CCA Employees Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $1,500 to settle a lawsuit alleging guards at Hardeman County Correctional Institution stripped a prisoner and walked him through the prison. While working …
$250,000 Settlement for Women’s Loss of Child in CCA Tennessee Jail by $250,000 Settlement for Women’s Loss of Child in CCA Tennessee Jail Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $250,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming it provided inadequate medical care that caused her to lose her baby. Unable to make …
The Wal-Mart Model: Not Just for Retail, Now It’s for PrivatePrisons Too!
by Carl Takei
The Wal-Mart Model: Not Just for Retail, Now It’s for PrivatePrisons Too!
by Carl Takei
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corporate players in the electronic monitoring industry prompt further concern. BI, which controls about a third of the national market, is a totally-owned subsidiary of notorious privateprison operator
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Department of Corrections (DOC) operates the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution (HRYCI). On June 17, 2002, the DOC contracted with FirstCorrectionalMedical, Inc. (FCM), a for-profit company, to provide
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that Dr. Cullinan and HealthProfessionals, Ltd., a company co-founded by Cullinan and hired by Sangamon County to provide medical care at the jail, failed to adequately treat Burris’ condition beyond
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Medical Services (CMS) employee, then retaliated against for reporting that incident and the sexual assault of another prisoner by a CCA guard. The district court awarded over $222,000 in attorney fees
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he was arrested for jaywalking. The jail contracted with Corizon Health, Inc. (formerly PrisonHealthServices) to provide medical care to prisoners.
Zelda Sancho, a Licensed Vocational Nurse employed
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Illinois Prisoner Receives $12 Million Jury Award in Medical Neglect Suit by Matthew Clarke Illinois Prisoner Receives $12 Million Jury Award in Medical Neglect Suit by Matt Clarke n January 18, 2013, an Illinois federal jury awarded a state prisoner $12 million against an Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) certified …
and secure environment to detainees” at BTC for more than a decade, the company wrote in a letter to the Sun-Sentinel when asked to comment on the lawmakers’ remarks.
Yet a federal inspection found
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on any given day. Allegheny CorrectionalHealthServices (ACHS), a nonprofit organization affiliated with the county’s health department, previously provided medical services to prisoners before
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that resulted from the so-called War on Drugs and tough-on-crime initiatives, privateprison companies such as CCA cashed in, but at the same time gained a sullied reputation for prioritizing profits over public
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