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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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CCA Facility Cited for Sex Scandal

Article • March 15, 2000 • from PLN March, 2000

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Guard Misconduct, Lockdowns, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings

" of the 200-person staff at the private prison had quit or been fired. CCA spokesperson Susan Hart declined to comment. Up to fifteen female employees, including guards and nurses, are suspected of having ...

Private Transportation Company Liable Under 42 USC § 1983

Article • October 15, 1999 • from PLN October, 1999

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Transport Companies, Contractor Misconduct, Contractor Liability

Private Transportation Company Liable Under 42 USC § 1983 by Private Transportation Company Liable Under 42 USC § 1983 A federal district court in Colorado held that alleged sexual ...

Washington Prisoners Damage Colorado Private Prison

Article • June 15, 1999 • from PLN June, 1999

Filed under: Classification, Out of State Transfers, Esmor/CSC, Prison Rebellion, Clothing, Restraints

Washington Prisoners Damage Colorado Private Prison by Amajor prisoner uprising rolled through a for-profit prison at Olney Springs, Colorado, for six hours, causing extensive damage. State ...

Washington Prisoners Brutalized in Colorado Private Prison

Article • June 15, 1999 • from PLN June, 1999

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Esmor/CSC, Prison Rebellion, Food, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Shootings

Washington Prisoners Brutalized in Colorado Private Prison by Waldo Waldron-Ramsey [Editor's Note: The corporate media in Colorado and Washington alike reported on the uprising by Washington ...

Juvenile Crime Still Pays -- But at What Cost?

Article • January 15, 1999 • from PLN January, 1999

Filed under: Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Esmor/CSC, Rebound, Inc., GEO Group/Wackenhut, Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Prison Rebellion, Systemic Medical Neglect, Respiratory, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Failure to Protect (Juveniles)

Plains Youth Center in Brush, Colorado, a 180-bed facility operated by Denver-based Rebound, Inc., was closed by state officials last April following an investigation that revealed abuse and mismanagement ...

Escaped Prisoner Rides into Sunset

Article • November 15, 1997 • from PLN November, 1997

Filed under: Private Prisons, Transport Companies, Contractor Misconduct, Escapes

Escaped Prisoner Rides into Sunset by Eight federal prisoners being transported in a van operated by Federal Extradition Agency escaped July 30 near Ordway, Colorado. Two guards working for the private transport firm were driving nine prisoners across Colorado when they stopped to drop one prisoner off at the Crowley …

Private Prison Disciplinary Action Subject to Colorado Court Review

Article • July 15, 1997 • from PLN July, 1997

Filed under: Private Prisons, Disciplinary Litigation

Private Prison Disciplinary Action Subject to Colorado Court Review by The Colorado court of appeals held that state prison disciplinary codes apply to private prisons and are subject ...

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