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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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Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
$60,000 Settlement in GEO Group Employee’s Sexual Harassment Case by The GEO Group -- one of the nation's largest private prison firms, which is frequently the subject of scandal arising ...
agency within the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), issued an audit of the federal Bureau of Prisons’ contract with private prisoner company CoreCivic, formerly known as Corrections Corporation ...
Florida Lawmaker Visits Prisons, Audits Private Prison Contracts by David Reutter by David Reutter In prison after prison across the state, over a period of two years, Florida state ...
Article • October 9, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
;s for-profit medical contractor, Correct Care Solutions, LLC, is named as a defendant. See: Kincanon v. Randall County, U.S.D.C. (N.D. Tex.), Case No. 2:17-cv-00055-C.    Source ...
Brief • October 8, 2017
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Casaus v. Centurion, LLC, et al., NM, Complaint, Medical Malpractice, 2017 Centurion 000061 FILED IN MY OFFICE DISTRICT COURT CLERK 10/8/2017 8:15:36 PM Toinette Garcia Marlene Villasana THIRTEENTH ...
Springs v. Schwartz, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2017 Case: 1:15-cv-05437 Document #: 93 Filed: 10/06/17 Page 1 of 15 PageID #:258 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION RYAN SPRINGS, Plaintiff, vs MARY DIANE SCHWARZ, WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES INC., and TARRY WILLIAMS Defendants. …
Donaldson v Lashbrook IL Order 2017 Case 3:17-cv-00942-MJR-SCW Document 11 Filed 10/03/17 Page 1 of 5 Page ID #61 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS ANTHONY DONALDSON, Plaintiff, vs. JACQUELINE LASHBROOK, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 17-cv-942-MJR-SCW …
Brief • September 28, 2017
”) functions in compliance with Eighth Amendment standards. Defendants are Idaho Department of Correction (“IDOC”) officials who allege that they and their contract medical provider, Corizon, Inc., have brought ...
) ) ) ) ) Plai11tiff(s) V. Wexford Health Services, Inc.; Saleh Obaisi, M.D.; Major James Burzinski; Lieutenant Anthony Robinson; and Sergeant Rogelio Nelson De.fendant(s) ) ) ) Civil Action No. 1:17-CV-01861 ...
("Plaintiff' or "Releasor"), The GEO Group, Inc. (hereinafter "GEO"), Warden Jeff Wrigley and Corizon, LLC (hereinafter known as "Corizon"). Corizon & GEO explicitly includes all employees and independent ...
Brief • September 20, 2017
State of Washington v. The Geo Group, WA, Complaint, Wage Theft, 2017 E-FILED IN COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE PIERCE COUNTY, WASHINGTON September 20 2017 9:34 AM KEVIN STOCK COUNTY CLERK 1 NO: 17-2-11422-2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR PIERCE …
Brief • September 20, 2017
State of WA v. The GEO Group, WA, Complaint, Immigrant Detainee Wages, 2017 E-FILED IN COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE PIERCE COUNTY, WASHINGTON September 20 2017 9:34 AM KEVIN STOCK COUNTY CLERK 1 NO: 17-2-11422-2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR …
Article • September 13, 2017
Dismissal of Ill. Prisoner's Dental Care Lawsuit Affirmed By Seventh Circuit by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On February 15, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit decided that a lower court's dismissal of Illinois state prisoner's lawsuit against a private medical contractor and a prison dentist …
Brief • September 8, 2017
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Wright v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Complaint, Medical Malpractice, 2017 ..,JV C) Centurion 000045 FILED IN MY OFFICE DISTRICT COURT CLERK 9/8/201 t 3:27:26 ...
that on September 6, 2017, the above-mentioned document was electronically filed with the Clerk of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, using the CM/ECF filing system. All ...
Publication • September 6, 2017
/130051DC - Privatization of All Correctional Health Services The Contract is hereby amended as follows: 1. Contract Sanctions: The existing contract sanctions cap of $90,000 per month shall remain in place ...
Article • August 31, 2017
Illinois Court Allows Medical Indifference Case to Proceed to Trial, Denies Summary Judgment to Prison Officials for Prisoner's Tooth Pain by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton In a Memorandum and Order dated November 7, 2016, U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen C. Williams of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District …
out its substance abuse counseling program to a private company, Corizon, Incorporated. Ripberger sued Corizon alleging she lost her job because of her support for Connie Orton-Bell, a fellow counselor ...
Mississippi Closes Troubled Former Youth Prison by Citing budgetary cuts, the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) finally closed the troubled, privately-operated Walnut Grove Correctional Facility (WGCF) on September 15, 2016. As previously reported in PLN, Walnut Grove had been under a federal consent decree since 2012 over allegations of guards …
was the start of “Operation Zero Tolerance,” which includes surprise searches at prisons statewide. Shakedowns were performed at the state’s two other private prisons – the East ...
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