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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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While DMS Has Improved Monitoring... (FL Audit Report on Private Prison Monitoring), Oppaga, 2008
Publication • February 19, 2016
Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Audits
While DMS Has Improved Monitoring... (FL Audit Report on Private Prison Monitoring), Oppaga, 2008 December 2008 Report No. 08-71 While DMS Has Improved Monitoring, It Needs to Strengthen Private ...
GEO Addendum - Moore Haven Correctional Facility, FDOC, 2009
Publication • February 16, 2016
Filed under: Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut
GEO Addendum - Moore Haven Correctional Facility, FDOC, 2009
GEO Contract - Graceville Correctional Facility, FDOC, 2009
Publication • February 16, 2016
Filed under: Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut
, Exhibits and Addendums OMS Contract No. 04/05-057 REDACTED for PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST Michael Weber, Chief Private Prison Monitoring 01/29/2009 We serve those who serve Florida. _ • R ...
GEO Contract for Moore Haven Facility, FDOC, 2009
Publication • February 12, 2016
Filed under: Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut
RECORDS REQUEST Michael Weber, Chief Private Prison Monitoring 01129/2009 We serve those who serve Florida. MOORE HAVEN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OPERATIONS & MANAGEMENT SERVICES CONTRACT Moore Haven ...
Florida’s Department of Corrections: A Culture of Corruption, Abuse and Deaths
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Corizon, Guard Misconduct, Threats by Staff, DOC/BOP misconduct, Whistleblowing, Failure to Treat, Staffing, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Burning, Failure to Train/Supervise, Wrongful Death, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Failure to Protect (Staff), Staff Training
of what really occurs within facilities operated by the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) or its private contractors. The FDOC has historically strived to preserve this lack of transparency ...
Will Lawsuits and Exposés Lead to Reform of Florida’s Brutal Prisons?
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Filed under: Corizon, Guard Misconduct, Threats by Staff, DOC/BOP misconduct, Food, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Burning, Failure to Train/Supervise, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides
the Department of Corrections and Corizon, the facility’s private healthcare contractor at the time, alleging that “the FDOC knew about widespread abuse by correctional officers upon inmates ...
FDOC and Centurion Contract -Feb. 2016
Publication • February 1, 2016
Filed under: Centurion
inmates and inmates housed at private prisons. The Contractor shall be entitled to reimbursement for services provided to Wexford Health Sources inmates and inmates housed at private prisons in accordance ...
JPay v. Kobel, FL, Def. Notice of Removal - Arbitration Demand re Unlawful Conduct - Money Transfer (2016)
Brief • January 8, 2016
Filed under: Private Prisons, JPay, Inc., Money/Property
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA MIAMI DIVISION JPAY, INC., A Delaware Corporation, Case No._____________ Plaintiff. v. CYNTHIA KOBEL, an individual, and SHALANDA HOUSTON ...
Copeland v. Jones, FL, Unsworn Declaration, Failure to Treat Hernias, 2015
Brief • December 24, 2015
Filed under: Corizon, DOC/BOP misconduct, Medical, Medical Records, Hernias, Failure to Treat, Guards/Staff
, in her ) official capacity as Secretary of the ) Florida Department Corrections; and ) CORIZON, LLC, an out of state ) corporation registered and doing business ) in Florida, ) ) Defendants ...
State Prison Systems Privatizing Prisoner Accounts for Commissions
Article • November 13, 2015
Filed under: JPay, Inc., Trust Accounts
State Prison Systems Privatizing Prisoner Accounts for Commissions by State Prison Systems Privatizing Prisoner Accounts for Commissions by David M. Reutter Three state prison systems have ...
Florida City Can Deny Water Service to CCA Site Outside its Boundaries
Article • October 23, 2015
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Water
Florida City Can Deny Water Service to CCA Site Outside its Boundaries by Florida City Can Deny Water Service to CCA Site Outside its Boundaries Florida’s Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court held that the City of Pembroke Pines has no duty to provide water and sewage services to a site owned …
$1 Million Paid by Wexford in Florida Prisoner’s death
Article • September 22, 2015
Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
$1 Million Paid by Wexford in Florida Prisoner’s death by $1 Million Paid by Wexford in Florida Prisoner’s death Wexford Health Services paid $1 million to settle a lawsuit stemming ...
Florida Appeals Court Invalidates Private Company Traffic Tickets
Article • September 21, 2015
Filed under: State Law Claims, Private Corrections Industry News
Florida Appeals Court Invalidates Private Company Traffic Tickets by Florida Appeals Court Invalidates Private Company Traffic Tickets On October 14, 2014, Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeals found for Appellee Eric Arem, contesting a traffic citation issued by a private company that installed, implemented, and enforced a red-light camera ticketing …
Copeland, et al. v. Jones, et al., FL, complaint, failure to treat hernia with surgery, 2015
Brief • September 16, 2015
Filed under: Corizon, Pain, Hernias, Failure to Treat, Eighth Amendment
Copeland, et al. v. Jones, et al., FL, complaint, failure to treat hernia with surgery, 2015
Copeland v. Jones, FL, Class Action Complaint, Corizon Refusal of Hernia Surgery, 2015
Brief • September 16, 2015
Filed under: Corizon, Hernias, Failure to Treat
Copeland v. Jones, FL, Class Action Complaint, Corizon Refusal of Hernia Surgery, 2015 Case 4:15-cv-00452-RH-CAS Document 1 Filed 09/16/15 Page 1 of 45 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT ...
Court Finds for Defendants in Juvenile Class-Action Against Florida County Sheriff and Corizon
Article • September 9, 2015
Filed under: Corizon, Restraints, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Juvenile Prisons
Court Finds for Defendants in Juvenile Class-Action Against Florida County Sheriff and Corizon by On March 15, 2012, suit was brought against Grady Judd, Sheriff of Polk County, Florida ...
Fitzgerald v. Corrections Corporation of America, FL, Judgement, Medical Failure to Treat, 2015
Brief • August 20, 2015
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Pain, Failure to Treat, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights
Fitzgerald v. Corrections Corporation of America, FL, Judgement, Medical Failure to Treat, 2015 Case 5:13-cv-00261-MW-EMT Document 79 Filed 08/20/15 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PANAMA CITY DIVISION MARK WALLACE FITZGERALD VS CASE NO. 5:13-cv-00261-MW-EMT CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, ET AL CLERK’S JUDGMENT This …
Gaffney v. Corizon Health, et al., FL, complaint, medical, herniated disc, 2015
Brief • July 13, 2015
Filed under: Corizon, Medication, Pain, Skeletal Injury, Failure to Treat, Eighth Amendment
Gaffney v. Corizon Health, et al., FL, complaint, medical, herniated disc, 2015 ...
Model Immigrant Detention Center Dehumanizing and Wasteful
Article • June 12, 2015
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Cost of Prison Systems, Immigration
Model Immigrant Detention Center Dehumanizing and Wasteful by Model Immigrant Detention Center Dehumanizing and Wasteful Americans for Immigrant Justice (AI Justice) released a report that details the stories of persons detained at the Broward Transition Center (BTC) to exhibit how that facility needlessly detains immigrants in inhumane conditions, wasting millions …
Derks v. Corizon Medical, et al., FL, amended complaint, failure to treat back injury, 2015
Brief • May 15, 2015
Filed under: Corizon, Pain, Failure to Treat, Eighth Amendment
Derks v. Corizon Medical, et al., FL, amended complaint, failure to treat back injury, 2015 ...
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