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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 • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
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 …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
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 ...
on any given day. Allegheny Correctional Health Services (ACHS), a nonprofit organization affiliated with the county’s health department, previously provided medical services to prisoners before ...
that resulted from the so-called War on Drugs and tough-on-crime initiatives, private prison companies such as CCA cashed in, but at the same time gained a sullied reputation for prioritizing profits over public ...
Private Prison Information Act Reintroduced in Congress with PLN’s Help by Private Prison Information Act Reintroduced in Congress with PLN’s Help On December 10, 2014, U.S ...
Article • February 4, 2015 • from PLN February, 2015
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut
A student-led coalition against naming the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) football stadium after private prison firm GEO Group claimed victory in April 2013, when the company withdrew its $6 million ...
Private Prison Companies Reject Resolutions to Fund Rehabilitative, Reentry Programs by Private Prison Companies Reject Resolutions to Fund Rehabilitative, Reentry Programs On December 23 ...
, weakness and difficulty walking. The prison system’s health care provider, Correctional Medical Services (CMS), failed to properly diagnose or treat him for six months. As a result he did not receive ...
contracted with the for-profit California Forensic Medical Group (CFMG) to provide health care at the jail as a money-saving measure, but the grand jury panel found the company only partly to blame ...
Article • January 15, 2015
to a medication given to him while he was in prison. The lawsuit continues against Corizon Health. On June 4, 2007, Teddy A. Korf arrived at the Minnesota Correctional Facility -St. Cloud. At that time, he ...
Article • January 13, 2015
CMC Nurse Arrested for Having Sex with Syracuse Jail Prisoner by CMC Nurse Arrested for Having Sex with Syracuse Jail Prisoner Beth A. Ours, 37, a Correctional Medical Care (CMC) nurse who ...
Article • January 13, 2015
GEO Group Agrees to End Sexual Harassment; Pays $140,000 Settlement and Implements New Policies by GEO Group Agrees to End Sexual Harassment; Pays $140,000 Settlement and Implements New Policies The nation’s second-largest for profit prison company, the GEO Group, agreed to pay $140,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought …
Article • January 13, 2015
, arguing it not only submitted a cheaper bid, but that Centurion lacks the requisite experience to bid. Corizon, a company created by the merger of Prison Health Services and Correctional Medical Services ...
North Carolina DOC Medical Overpayments Exceed 10% of Total Bills by North Carolina DOC Medical Overpayments Exceed 10% of Total Bills The North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Division of Corrections (DOC), is in need of the services of a professional recovery audit firm, an audit by the state’s Auditor …
Article • January 12, 2015
than it should pay for private prison costs,” concluded the 100-page report from a Legislative Finance Committee audit team. As of March 2007, New Mexico housed 6,574 prisoners. Of those, 2,790 ...
industry is Community Education Centers (CEC), a New Jersey-based for-profit company that manages jails, prisons and transitional centers throughout the United States. The firm operates six large halfway ...
Tennessee Man Sues for Placement in Women’s Facility for Three Years by Tennessee Man Sues for Placement in Women’s Facility for Three Years "How can you not tell a vagina from a penis?” asked Carla Brenner, aka Lamonda Fuller, a female impersonator who filed suit against the City of Nashville, …
, resulting in litigation in those states. [See: PLN, April 2014, p.35; July 2013, p.42]. Additionally, the company has lobbied against the Private Prison Information Act – federal legislation that would ...
Controversy, Criticism Plague Brooklyn Halfway House by Derek Gilna Controversy, Criticism Plague Brooklyn Halfway House by Derek Gilna Community First Services, Inc., established by Jack ...
. But in March of last year, the Virginia Department of Corrections informed her that JPay Inc., a private company in Florida, would begin handling all deposits into prisoners’ accounts. Sending a money ...
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