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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 • August 24, 2016
by proposing to close five prisons with 1,400 beds. Item: California is facing a $20 billion budget shortfall. It costs $70 per day to house a convict in a state prison, $44 per day in a private prison. Governor ...
Article • August 24, 2016
$12,000 Settlement for Treatment at CCA Prison by Corrections Corporation of America paid $12,000 to settle a lawsuit by a prisoner Johnny A. Walsh for claims related to his treatment at the Silverdale Detention Center in Tennessee. The October 2005 confidential settlement was obtained via public records request by PLN. …
$4,000 Settlement in Assault at CCA Prison by Corrections Corporation of America paid $4,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a guard at the Shelby Training Center in Tennessee assaulted a juvenile, Brandon D. Jones. The April 2006 confidential settlement was obtained via public records request by PLN. The complaint was …
are rampant in some halfway houses. Community Education Centers The largest private influence in the halfway house system is Community Education Centers (CEC), a West Caldwell, New Jersey company that manages ...
Illinois Jail Doctor Leaves Trail of Medical Misery Across Several States by Matthew Clarke A doctor has been associated with the medical maltreatment of multiple jail prisoners across several states during close to two decades of practice. Some of the prisoners died. Yet Dr. Stephen Austin Cullinan of Peoria, Illinois …
Texas Federal Jury Awards $2.25 Million in Private Prison Medical Neglect Case by On October 24, 2012, a Texas federal jury awarded $2.25 million to the survivors of a federal prisoner who ...
Article • August 23, 2016
have done prior to his receiving the additional injuries. Jones 'as subsequently incarcerated at SCI-Gatersford and various Philadelphia-area jails. Prison Health Services was the contracted health care ...
Article • August 23, 2016
millions to Community Education Centers (CEO), a "politically connected company that dominates the halfway-house system," the Times reported. New Jersey Democrats say that Gov. Chris Christie, a potential ...
Tattoo Artist Dies in California Jail Detox Cell by Since the for-profit California Forensic Medical Group (CFMC) took over healthcare at the Santa Cruz County Jail last year, the medical ...
Deaths at Louisville Jail Prompt Investigations, Corizon Changes by Five of eight prisoner deaths since 2011 at the Metro Corrections jail in Louisville, Ky., are currently under ...
for prison privatization. At the time of his reappointment, five of the state's 15 prison complexes were already operated by private companies: two by Utah-based Management & Training Corporation (MTC ...
at preventing prisoner-on-prisoner violence. He also required CCA to formally respond to the report and his letter. Once again, we can see that CCA has dropped the ball. Private prisons have many reasons ...
Article • August 23, 2016
at the notorious Logan Hall halfway house to run rampant, including a mass escape of fifteen prisoners. Although designated a "halfway house," Logan Hall, which is operated by Community Education Centers (CEC ...
Article • August 23, 2016
Avalon Correctional Services Settles Suit Over Alleged Corporate Irregularities by Matthew Clarke On November 16, 2012, Avalon Correctional Services, Donald Smith and Tiffinay Smith agreed ...
Federal Consent Decree Bans Isolation at Mississippi Youth Prison by Matthew Clarke In February 2012, the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) agreed to stop housing juveniles at a privately-run prison in Leake County, Mississippi and enact multiple reforms to protect both the juveniles and the adult prisoners who will remain …
Article • August 23, 2016
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Colorado DOC Toughens Private Prison Contracts by G.A. Bowers In response to a scathing audit, the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) told state lawmakers in October 2005 ...
Article • August 23, 2016
CMC Nurse Arrested for Having Sex With Syracuse Jail Prisoner by Beth A. Ours, 37, a Correctional Medical Care (CMC) nurse who worked at the Justice Center jail in Syracuse, New York ...
$1 Million Settlement in Oklahoma City Jail Fatal Prisoner Beating Suit by Matt Clarke by Oklahoma County approved a $1 million settlement in a civil rights suit involving a prisoner who was first denied his anti-seizure medication then fatally beaten by guards when he had a seizure in an Oklahoma …
More Private Prison Money Flows to Arizona Politicians by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has been criticized for the influence Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) has upon her and her ...
Article • August 22, 2016
Sale of Texas Private Prison Falls Through by The City of Littlefield, Texas sold the Bill Clayton Detention Center (BCDC) at an auction, but the deal fell through. The BCDC is a 363-bed ...
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