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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 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013
verdict that found Corizon Health, Inc., formerly Prison Health Services (PHS), had a policy or custom of refusing to send prisoners to hospitals. The appellate court also held it was reasonable ...
Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013
The Color of Corporate Corrections: Overrepresentation of People of Color in the Private Prison Industry by Christopher Petrella by Christopher Petrella and Josh Begley While data generated ...
provider, Corizon, with Correct Care Solutions, another national company. “The change has been positive,” he said, adding that he receives far fewer complaint letters from prisoners. He’s gotten control ...
Colorado: CCA Doctor Disciplined for Role in Prisoner’s Death by In December 2012, the Colorado Medical Board concluded its inquiry into a complaint filed against Dr. David Mark Sakai Oba, who provided medical services at the CCA-operated Bent County Correctional Facility (BCCF), and issued an admonishment. Terrell D. Griswold, 26, …
Bid-Rigging, Sex, and Politicians: Welcome to Oklahoma by Brandon Sample A $10 million-a-year contract awarded to the Ada Youth Academy Authority for a new juvenile facility has been put ...
Article • March 15, 2013
Filed under: Private Prisons
Israeli Supreme Court: Private Prisons Violate Human Dignity by "The very existence of a prison that operates on a profit making basis reflects a lack of respect for the status of (prisoners ...
LaSalle Corrections: A Family-Run Prison Firm by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Unique circumstances have combined to make northern Louisiana a prime location for private prisons ...
Reintroducing the Private Prison Information Act: An Interview by Mel Motel Christopher Petrella and Alex Friedmann are leading a coalition of organizations urging U.S. Representative Sheila ...
contractor, Corizon, Inc., of serious constitutional violations,” Zahn wrote. She even claimed that dissemination of Stern’s findings would amount to libel. However, lead plaintiffs’ attorney Allison Blackman ...
from his abusive treatment of a prisoner. Dr. John F. Noak was the medical director for Prison Health Services (PHS), which provided medical care for the Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC ...
Supreme Court: No Bivens Actions for Federal Prisoners in Private Prison by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In an 8-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that federal prisoners housed ...
– the latter being a subsidiary of private prison firm GEO Group. One potential incentive to privatize is to reduce the center’s operating costs, which are expected to rise. A 2011 study by the Department ...
New Mexico Slaps Private Prison Companies with $1.4 Million in Fines by The departure of Bill Richardson as New Mexico’s governor has changed the previously lax business environment ...
Nation’s Largest Private Prison Companies Trying to Do the REIT Thing by In early January 2013, both Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and the GEO Group – the nation’s two largest ...
Henson, the Director of Nursing for Prison Health Services (PHS), the company that provided medical care to Santa Rita jail prisoners. According to Davis, who worked for PHS for over 15 years and received ...
America Eats its Young: Arizona Communities Embrace Use of Private Prison Employees in Drug Raids at Public Schools by Beau Hodai In Arizona an unsettling trend appears to be underway ...
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
per prisoner per day to manage the Delta facility when it reportedly had daily costs of $34.15 for each medium-security prisoner. State law requires private prisons to operate for 10 percent less than ...
in Vermont state court against Prison Health Services (PHS, now operating as Corizon Health, Inc.). As part of the settlement PHS agreed to produce records related to its resolution of legal claims against ...
private prison companies – CCA, Management and Training Corporation (MTC) and the GEO Group – make more money when more people are incarcerated. But it’s largely believed to be in the public interest ...
Private Prison Companies Use Political Influence to Increase Incarceration by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A June 2011 report by the Justice Policy Institute (JPI) reveals how for-profit ...
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