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GEO Cancels Contract at Pennsylvania Jail, Looks Elsewhere for Business

Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Wexford Health Services, Community Education Centers, Contractor Misconduct, Lobbying, HIV/AIDS, Medication, Respiratory, Conditions of Confinement, Staffing, Contractor Liability, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides

medical care is unlikely to be any different. On January 1, 2009, another private prison company, Community Education Centers (CEC), took over GEO’s contract to operate GHCF in Delaware County. While ...

Pennsylvania Private Prison Construction Halted For Environmental Assessment

Article • March 15, 2009

Filed under: Cornell Corrections, DOC/BOP misconduct, Conditions of Confinement, Environmental Law, Settlements, Administrative Procedures Act (Federal), National Environmental Policy Act

procedural compliance. The BOP contracted the building of a private prison in Clearfield County in 1999 with Cornell Corrections, Inc. (Cornell), to house over 1,000 federal prisoners. A 10 year deal ...

Pennsylvania Prison Medical Firm’s Performance Called into Question

Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Medical Misconduct, Medical, OB/GYN, Hepatitis

he was fired by Pittsburgh-based Wexford Health Services, another prison medical care firm, in Sept. 1999. While he was employed with Wexford, Zaloga had disagreed with the introduction of a new ...

PA Prisoner’s Civil Rights Action Viable Because Factual Dispute Exists

Article • August 15, 2008

Filed under: Private Prisons, Primecare Medical, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Contractor Liability

PA Prisoner’s Civil Rights Action Viable Because Factual Dispute Exists by Vincent Cortlessa, a Pennsylvania state prisoner, sued guards and Primecare Medical, a private health care company ...

Allison v. GEO Group, PA, Complaint, Strip Search Class Action, 2008

Brief • March 28, 2008

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Strip Searches

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Pennsylvania County Jail System Overcrowded, Under-Regulated

Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Civigenics, Primecare Medical, Guard Misconduct, Threats by Staff, Jail Misconduct, Organizing, Prison Rebellion, Systemic Medical Neglect, Skin, OB/GYN, Criminal Prosecution, Failure to Protect (General), Overcrowding, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Wrongful Imprisonment, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides, ACA, State Legislation

PrimeCare Medical, Inc., a for-profit firm, to provide jail healthcare services. In Northampton County alone, 16 prisoner lawsuits were filed between 1999 and 2005 alleging lack of care by PrimeCare ...

Prison Privatization Launders Taxpayer Dollars into Political Contributions

Article • August 15, 2007 • from PLN August, 2007

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Financing, Prison Health Services, Wexford Health Services, Armor Correctional Health Services, Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Medical Records, Staffing, Employee Litigation, State Legislation

]. Armor's Chief Executive Officer, Doyle H. Moore, had founded Prison Health Services (PHS) in 1978. According to a 2005 New York Times article, "Prison Health proved adept at integrating itself with local ...

PA Jail Immune from Suit in Medical Services Contract Case

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Correctional Medical Care, MHM Inc., Medical, Private Contractors, Municipal Liability

PA Jail Immune from Suit in Medical Services Contract Case by Correctional Medical Care, Inc. (CMC) entered into a contract with MHM Services, Inc. (MHM) to jointly bid for a health care ...

PA Long-Arm Statute Reaches Out-of-State Civil Rights Violations in TransCor Suit

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Transport Companies, Medical, HIV/AIDS, Transportation

PA Long-Arm Statute Reaches Out-of-State Civil Rights Violations in TransCor Suit by PA Long-Arm Statute Reaches Out-of-State Civil Rights Violations in TransCor Suit On May 5, 2000, Jerry Irons, an AIDS patient was arrested in Maryland on an Ohio warrant. On May 17, TransCor, a company that transports prisoners, took …

Court Denies Jail Staff Motion to Dismiss in Death Suit

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Private Contractors, Summary Judgment, Complaints, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Court Denies Jail Staff Motion to Dismiss in Death Suit by The plaintiff sued over the decedent's death in jail. A nurse, a doctor, and a private medical provider moved for a more definitive (sic) statement, asserting that language in the complaint such as "inter alia" and "is not limited …

Third Circuit: PHS Subject to Successor Liability, Relation-Back Statute Inapplicable

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Prison Health Services, Correctional Physician Services, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Title VII, Immunity/Liability, Contractor Liability

involving a Title VII discrimination suit against Correctional Physician Services (CPS), the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that the company's buyer, Prison Health Services (PHS), was subject ...

$2,500 Awarded in Pennsylvania False Arrest Claim

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Wrongful Imprisonment, Police, False Arrest, Arrest Warrants

$2,500 Awarded in Pennsylvania False Arrest Claim by The plaintiff in this case alleged that Wackenhut Corrections Corporation falsely imprisoned him due to mistaken identity, and failed to immediately release him when it was informed of the mistake by a parole officer. Plaintiff was stopped for a traffic violation in …

Private Juvenile Sex Offender School Not a State Actor

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Private Prisons, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Juvenile Prisons

Private Juvenile Sex Offender School Not a State Actor by The plaintiff alleged that he was physically abused by staff members of a private school specializing in the treatment and education of juvenile sex offenders. The school and its staff did not engage in state action, since the plaintiff's placement …

Aramark to Pay $65,000 for Overbilling Pennsylvania Prison

Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006

Filed under: Private Prisons, Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Contractor Misconduct

Aramark to Pay $65,000 for Overbilling Pennsylvania Prison by Pennsylvania's Dauphin County Prison (DCP) will receive $65,000 from its food service vendor due to overbilling. The settlement ...

Estate of Pennsylvania Prisoner Killed By Wexford Health Sources Settles Suit for $2.15 Million

Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006

Filed under: Private Prisons, Wexford Health Services, Medication, Respiratory, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Estate of Pennsylvania Prisoner Killed By Wexford Health Sources Settles Suit for $2.15 Million by Michael Rigby Wexford Health Sources and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have agreed to pay $2.15 million to the family of an asthmatic prisoner who died after her medication was denied at the State Correctional Institution …

Wackenhut Settles Pennsylvania Suicide Suit For $125,000

Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides

Wackenhut Settles Pennsylvania Suicide Suit For $125,000 by On May 11, 2005, Wackenhut Corrections Corporation (now known as Geo Group) agreed to settle for $125,000 a lawsuit arising from the suicide death of a prisoner in the Wackenhut-operated George W. Hill Correctional Facility, also known as the Delaware County prison. …

Prisons Nationwide Fail to Treat HCV Epidemic

Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004

Filed under: CMS, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Hepatitis

Prisons Nationwide Fail to Treat HCV Epidemic by John E Dannenberg Prisons Nationwide Fail To Treat HCV Epidemic by John E. Dannenberg The JeopardyTM answer is: "The national average treatment rate for HCV-infected prisoners." The winning question is: "What is approximately 1%?" With HCV [Hepatitis-C] infection rates in state prisons …

America's Prisons Turn a Blind Eye to HCV Epidemic

Article • August 15, 2003 • from PLN August, 2003

Filed under: CMS, Workplace Injury, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors, Medical Records, Hepatitis, Contagious Disease -- Misc., Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Employee Litigation

prison system and its contract medical care provider, Correctional Medical Services (CMS), to properly diagnose and treat HCV infected prisoners. The Inquirer reported that its investigation revealed ...

No Interlocutory Appeal for Good Faith Defense

Article • September 15, 2001 • from PLN September, 2001

Filed under: Private Contractors, Civil Procedure, Defenses, Appeals, Qualified Immunity, Contractor Liability

No Interlocutory Appeal for Good Faith Defense by The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that the requirements of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) do not apply to properly characterized habeas corpus petitions under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2241, 2254, or 2255, finding that those actions are not …

Environmental Concerns Halt Construction of Pennsylvania Prison

Article • September 15, 2001 • from PLN September, 2001

Filed under: Cornell Corrections, Conditions of Confinement, Environmental Law, Administrative Procedures Act (Federal)

by the end of 2001, and all prisoners there transferred to federal or privately operated prisons. One of the resulting private prisons has been contracted by the BOP for construction by Houston based ...

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