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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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Florida: Private Prison Company Allowed to Overcharge State, Mistreat Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An audit personally overseen by Florida state Rep. David Richardson ...
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Report Slams Takeover of Washington DOC Food Services by Correctional Industries by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton In October 2016 report by Prison Voice Washington detailed the adverse effects of a takeover of food services in Washington state prisons by Correctional Industries (CI). The report, titled “Correcting Food Policy in …
Article • January 3, 2018
3 Murders in 10 Months at Oklahoma Prison Run by CCA by Joe Watson by Joe Watson Three prisoners were murdered in a span of 10 months at an Oklahoma facility run by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the largest for-profit prison operator in the country. The trio of homicides …
contract compliance. As PLN reported, MDOC tossed Aramark Correctional Services as its food service vendor following a  highly publicized failure to perform.  Aramark, who had a three year, $145 ...
filed in federal district court in Manhattan. “I don’t think anyone can recall a case where the abuse and mistreatment was more egregious.” Corizon Health, a private health care provider ...
Publication • January 1, 2018
Lawsuits against Correct Care Solutions as of 2018 Claimant Abbott, James Defendant Correct Care Solutions State Missouri Abdulkarim, Noreeldeen Correct Care Solutions Tennessee Abila, George ...
, management and sale of five specific prisons. Management and Training Corporation (MTC) and Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) took advantage of the provision. MTC contracted to operate and manage North ...
Perez said in a cover letter to Governor Rick Scott. Then, in September 2012 DJJ announced it was closing the Thompson Academy, which was run by Youth Services International (YSI). That announcement came ...
Article • December 27, 2017
BOP Agrees to Pay Attorney's Fees in Failed Attempt to Stop Construction of Private Prison in Pennsylvania by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The federal Bureau of Prisons agreed via ...
Article • December 26, 2017
that appropriation of funds to pay for the constitutional duty was warranted. The trial court’s ruling was affirmed. See: Armor Correctional Health Services v. The Board of County Commissioners of Oklahoma ...
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 ...
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