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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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Ninth Circuit: Prisoner’s Service of Process for Other Prisoner Not Protected Conduct by Mark Wilson Ninth Circuit: Prisoner’s Service of Process for Other Prisoner Not Protected Conduct by Mark Wilson On September 10, 2013, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a prisoner’s retaliation claim, holding that …
Larsgard v. Ryan et al, AZ, Order, 8th Am Wexford medical neglect indifference, 2014 i Case 2:12-cv-02149-SPL Document 266 Filed 05/12/14 Page 1 of 17 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 7 John Kristoffer Larsgard, 8 CV-12-2149-PHX-SRB (JFM) Plaintiff -vs- 9 Charles L. …
Placing Rival Gang Members in Same Cell Not Per Se Unconstitutional by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals applied the harmless error test in finding that a district court’s late Rand summary judgment notice did not deprive a prisoner of substantial rights. Additionally, the appellate court held prison officials were …
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detention facilities, as well as the fact that privateprison firms lobby on immigration-related issues and have been implicated in Arizona's enactment of a harsh anti-immigrant law, SB 1070. [See, e.g., PLN
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already operated by private companies: two by Utah-based Management & TrainingCorporation (MTC), including a medium-security facility in Kingman, and three by Florida-based GEO Group, the nation’s second
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America Eats its Young: Arizona Communities Embrace Use of PrivatePrison Employees in Drug Raids at Public Schools
by Beau Hodai
In Arizona an unsettling trend appears to be underway
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Unfortunately, like other privateprison medical care companies, Wexford has a poor track record in terms of placing profits over adequate treatment for prisoners. [See: PLN, June 2011, p.12; Dec. 2010, p.27; Nov
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PrivatePrison Industry Exerts Political Influence in Arizona
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Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and other state policymakers have been criticized for their close connections with privateprison
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; the latter company was formed following the merger of PrisonHealthServices and Correctional Medical Services in June 2011.
In April 2012, Wexford was awarded a three-year, $349 million contract. This works
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organization of Prison Legal News) and the ACLU of Hawaii, represents the Nunuha family.
“Privateprisons are known to have higher levels of violence due to understaffing and high staff turnover that result
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,” with a requirement that privateprisons cost at least seven percent less than state facilities. Studies have been unable to substantiate such cost savings.
The CPC quickly became involved in financing
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EEOC Files Suit Against GEO Group for Sexual Harassment at Arizona Prisons
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On September 29, 2010, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit against privateprison
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and Wackenhut are major players in today’s big-business world of privatizedprisons.
A carpenter by training, Sandoval had come to this country to work in construction. Although a resident of Baja, California
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concerning the July 30 escape of three prisoners from a privately-operated prison in Kingman, Arizona. The report was highly critical of Management and TrainingCorporation (MTC), the for-profit firm that runs
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. This prison, though owned by the county, is operated by Management and TrainingCorporation (MTC), a privateprison firm based in Utah.
Willacy County’s “tent city” facility, consisting of several massive dome
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a third potential bidder, Utah-based Management & TrainingCorporation (MTC).
Aside from the $100 million upfront payment being a nonstarter, some lawmakers and state prison officials questioned
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Corrections Corp. of America (CCA), the nation’s largest privateprison company.
PLN filed the lawsuit in September 2009, claiming that CCA’s Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona only allowed prisoners
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