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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Inspection Finds Improvements at CCA-Owned Ohio Facility Following Rocky Start by Inspection Finds Improvements at CCA-Owned Ohio Facility Following Rocky Start A September 2013 re-inspection report cited improvements in conditions at a privately-owned prison near Cleveland, Ohio compared to an inspection performed a year earlier, when state auditors identified numerous …
Florida: Sheriff’s Office and Medical Provider Pay $1 Million for Prisoner’s Death
by Gary Hunter
In July 2013, ArmorCorrectionalHealthServices agreed to settle a wrongful death suit
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officials, privateprison operators, prison guards unions and county sheriffs – are exploring changing discourse and cosmetic reform in order to avoid systemic restructuring. In the business world
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and the Public Accountability Initiative, also noted that Management and TrainingCorporation (MTC), the nation’s third-largest privateprison firm, borrows money from Wells Fargo.
The report argued
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incentives in our criminal justice system has grown. Privateprison corporations such as Corrections Corporation of America and GEO Group have come under increasing scrutiny and pressure for cutting corners
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California Exhaustion Requirement Extends to Independent Contractors by Mark Wilson California Exhaustion Requirement Extends to Independent Contractors by Mark Wilson On December 6, 2013, the California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, held that prisoners must exhaust administrative remedies before suing independent contractors employed by the prison system. California prisoner …
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The suit was filed in July 2012 on behalf of five women incarcerated at Fluvanna, and names as defendants the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC), ArmorCorrectionalHealthServices and both VDOC
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had held that a privateprison company was required to comply with the state’s public records law, joining decisions by courts in Tennessee, Florida and Vermont. [See: PLN, July 2013, p.42; June
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beds, bringing up the escapes from a Kingman, Arizona prison operated by Management and TrainingCorporation (MTC) that resulted in a bloody murder spree. According to them, MTC took full blame
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Correctional Services for mental health care. That contract was worth $28,858,200. Effective July 1, 2012, TDOC contracted with Corizon, which was created by Correctional Medical Services and PrisonHealth
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Another Failed Experiment: Minnesota’s PrivatePrison Health Care Saves Money but Costs Lives
by David Reutter
Another Failed Experiment: Minnesota’s PrivatePrison Health Care Saves
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By Derek Gilna
Her position as Vice-Chairman of Management and TrainingCorporation (MTC), third largest privateprison operator in the United States, proved to be the undoing of Jane Marquardt, who
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Private Probation Firms Costing Georgia Taxpayers by Private Probation Firms Costing Georgia Taxpayers After several probation companies operating in Georgia were sued last year, a TV news investigation on private probation yielded some persuasive perspectives. Some probationers explained to WSB-TV that private probation firms–which account for about 40% …
Medical Neglect Killing Prisoners at CCA-Run Texas Prison? by Matthew Clarke Medical Neglect Killing Prisoners at CCA-Run Texas Prison? by Matthew Clarke Family members and former Dawson State Jail prisoners are alleging medical neglect led to the recent deaths of two prisoners at the Corrections Corporation of America …
the prisoner healthcare system into decline.
Wexford and the ADC abruptly decided to cancel the company’s contract in January 2013, and rival prison medical services firm Corizon took over the ADC
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incentives (financial bonuses) and disincentives (potential loss of contracts), privatecontractors can be motivated to meet specified standards. Future recidivism performance measures by the Pennsylvania DOC
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around 4½ years before being released.
Aragon was also known for flip-flopping on the issue of prison privatization. Initially opposed to privateprisons, he changed his mind after being hired
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represented the company. He estimated losses in MDI’s finances and reputation at greater than $10 million, though he noted the exact amount was difficult to calculate.
MDI and Wells Fargo had been
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CCA Has Long History of Wage Violations, Poor Treatment of Employees by CCA Has Long History of Wage Violations, Poor Treatment of Employees On August 20, 2014, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest for-profit prison operator, issued a press release that attempted to put a positive spin on …
superior court held that CommunityEducationCenters (CEC), a privateprison contractor, was not required to disclose its records under the state’s Open Public Records Act (OPRA), N.J.S.A. § 47:1A
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