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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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making the employees sick.” Some of the workplace complaints also note that hazardous mold conditions are making prisoners sick. Three separate complaints cite the GEO Group, a leading private ...
to “save money” by operating detention facilities for less than what the government spends. Following the DOJ’s decision to phase out private prisons, the resulting 40% drop in CCA’s ...
Article • November 8, 2016 • from PLN November, 2016
Preliminary Injunction Granted in Class-action Suit Challenging Private Probation Services in Tennessee by David Reutter Another victory in the fight against debtors’ prisons was achieved with the grant of an injunction by a Tennessee federal district court. The preliminary injunction, issued in a class-action lawsuit in December 2015, prohibits a …
Southern Health Partners to Face Liability in Kentucky Pre-trial Detainee’s MRSA Death by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a grant of summary judgment to Southern Health Partners, Inc. (SHP) in a civil rights action alleging the company failed to train and supervise its nurses at Kentucky’s Hopkins County …
Challenge to Ohio Private Prison Confinement Not Cognizable in Habeas Corpus by Mark Wilson The Ohio Court of Appeals has affirmed the dismissal of a prisoner’s habeas corpus petition ...
announced on August 29, 2016 that it was conducting a review of privately-operated immigration detention facilities, following a decision by the Department of Justice to phase out federal private prisons ...
]. The facility is operated by private prison firm Management & Training Corp.; it was previously operated by GEO Group before the company discontinued its contracts in Mississippi in 2012. [See: PLN, Nov. 2013 ...
Marshall v. Wexford Health Services, IL, Order, Medical Malpractice, 2016 Case 3:14-cv-00722-SCW Document 126 Filed 11/07/16 Page 1 of 6 Page ID #1019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ...
Gill v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016 Case: 1:16-cv-05160 Document #: 13 Filed: 11/07/16 Page 1 of 17 PageID #:55 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION TYRONE GILL (N-10443), Plaintiff, v. WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., RANDY PFISTER, SALEH OBAISI, LATANYA WILLIAMS, and ALMA MARTIJA, ) …
Abdullah v. Wexford, IL, Merit Review, Medical Neglect, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-00920-NJR-DGW Document 12 Filed 11/04/16 Page 1 of 14 Page ID #37 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS SALIK ABDULLAH, Plaintiff, vs. WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, DR. LOUIS SCHICKER, VIPEN SHAH, MARK SCOTT, CHRISTINE BROWN, …
a religious philosophy that regards Satan as the symbol of pride, liberty, and individualism, qualities that are often maligned by mainstream religions. Thus, Satan serves, not as a deity to be worshipped ...
Private Prison Company Not Liable for Guard's Death in Riot by Lonnie Burton Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) successfully moved in federal court to dismiss a suit brought ...
Tennessee Jail Seizure Death Claims Survive Dismissal; Physician Claims Dismissed for No Deliberate Indifference Allegations by Mark Wilson A Tennessee federal court dismissed deliberate indifference claims against a jail doctor for a prisoner's seizure death, absent allegations of his personal involvement or awareness. The court refused to dismiss claims brought …
certify that on October 26, 2016, I electronically filed a copy of the foregoing Third Amended Complaint with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system. By: /s/Paul Patten 17 ...
Spurlock v. Townes, NM, Settlement, Sexual Assault, 2016 SETTLEMENTAGREEMENT,RELEASEAND COVENANTOF NON-DISCLOSURE For the consideration of the sum of SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND AND 00/100 ($700,000.00), paid by CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, HEATHER SPURLOCK, SOPHIA CARRASCO, and NINA CARRERA do hereby release, acquit …
Filing • October 25, 2016
NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. MANAGEMENT & TRAINING CORPORATION, a Utah Corporation; RICK MARTINEZ, individually and in his official capacity; DOES 1-10 ...
Article • October 24, 2016
. Initially, it housed male and female immigration detainees. In 2009, Emerald Correctional Management took over operation of the center, located in San Luis, Arizona. Emerald initiated a 368-bed expansion ...
Brief • October 24, 2016
NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. MANAGEMENT & TRAINING CORPORATION, a Utah Corporation; RICK MARTINEZ, individually and in his official capacity; DOES 1-10, individually ...
, that determines whether his actions can fairly be attributed to the State.”); see Rosborough v. Mgmt. & Training Corp., 350 F.3d 459, 461 (5th Cir. 2003) (per curiam) (ruling as to a “private prison-management ...
Armbruster v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-00544-MAB Document 33 Filed 10/18/16 Page 1 of 17 Page ID #82 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EAST ST. LOUIS DIVISION GERRY ARMBRUSTER, Plaintiff, v. WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC.; BHARAT SHAH; RON VITALE; LORETTA …
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