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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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bids were submitted, and CMS was awarded the contract over Prison Health Services. The new contract, valued at a not-to-exceed $168 million over two years, went into effect April 1, 2005. The OIG's ...
Plunk v. CCA, TN, Settlement, failure to treat lymphona medical neglect, 2008 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0052 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0053 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0054 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0055 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0056 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0057
. It was clear, however, that the DDOC?s for-profit medical vendor, Correctional Medical Services (CMS), had no plan to provide adequate staff and training. In fact, the information the Monitor received ?tends ...
Article • January 15, 2008
Nebraska Tort Law Notice Inapplicable to Medical Contractor by In partially reversing a Nebraska federal district court's grant of summary judgment, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has held the Nebraska State Tort Claims Act (NSTCA) does not apply to contracted medical service providers. That ruling came in the appeal …
Article • January 15, 2008
screening for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). As part of the screening process, a medical technician with Cermak Health Services shoved a cotton swab into the prisoners' penises to collect a sample ...
that the failure of Prison Health Services (PHS) to monitor her lithium levels fell under the common knowledge exception of N.J.Stat.Ann. § 2A:53A-27, and granted her motion for reargument. Upon admission to New ...
Article • January 15, 2008
that had been removed to federal court. Missouri prisoner Edward Moore successfully sued Correctional Medical Services (CMS) for deliberate indifference to his serious dental needs. A jury awarded Moore ...
Bivens Action Inapplicable to Private Prison Employees by The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that individual employees of a privately-operated prison are not subject to Eighth ...
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 ...
Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007
, New Jersey, and Correctional Health Services (CHS) paid $700,000 to settle with the family of a man who died from insulin deficiency after being misdiagnosed at a county jail. Henry Sipp was arrested ...
Dallas, Texas, Jail Pays $950,000 for Neglecting Mentally Ill Prisoners by Michael Rigby On February 20, 2007, the Dallas County, Texas, Jail agreed to pay $950,000 for its negligent mistreatment of three mentally ill individuals, one of whom died, while imprisoned at the jail awaiting competency hearings. In 2004, James …
and requiring fees for others. Dean had brought an action to compel the production of documents from various Tennessee Department of Corrections personnel, Prison Health Services, Inc. (PHS), and their employees ...
after an x-ray. After he was returned to his cell, his condition worsened and he died in the hospital from his injuries. The matter was settled by the parties paying as follows: Prison Health Services ...
OK Prisoners' Argument, Raised for First Time on Appeal, Not Considered by On November 15, 2001, Leticia Smedley was arrested by police in Tulsa, Oklahoma on suspicion of being intoxicated. She was jailed at the David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center, a facility operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). …
Article • December 15, 2007
Wisconsin Jail Heart Attack Case Settled for $25,000 by Waukesha County, Wisconsin, paid a prisoner $25,000 to settle claims related to a heart attack he suffered while imprisoned. Mr. Blavat was denied his prescribed heart medication while confined in Waukesha County Jail, causing him to suffer a heart attack. Blavat …
Keller v. Feinerman, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2007 Case 3:06-cv-00661-RHM Document 16 Filed 12/07/07 Page 1 of 7 Page ID #86 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS HILTON LLOYD KELLER, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) ADRIAN FEINERMAN, M.D. and DR. ) …
PHS Fails Benchmarks In NYC Jail Medical Contract; Fined $250,000 by Prison Health Services (PHS), nearing the end of its three-year $359.6 million contract to provide medical, dental ...
medical provider, Prison Health Services, has been the subject of numerous previous reports in PLN. [See, e.g.: PLN, Nov. 2006, p.1]. On September 4, 2006, three days after reporting to jail to serve a 26 ...
Development International (MDI), a Florida-based firm that provides similar services to 27 federal Bureau of Prisons facilities. MDI's scheduling efforts reportedly reduced CDCR's medical specialist backlog ...
Hambrick v. CCA, TN, Settlement, slip fall water, 2007 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0006 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0007 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0008 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0009 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0010
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