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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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as healthcare contractors PrimeCare Medical of West Virginia and PSIMed. McDonald was diagnosed as suicidal and suffering from seizures upon intake as a pretrial detainee on August 20, 2017. She also exhibited ...
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
, LaSalle Corrections and Management and Training Corporation. Among states that use them, private prisons hold the biggest share of state prisoners in Montana—about 50%. In Arizona, Hawaii, New Mexico ...
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Eleventh Circuit Revives Claim Against NaphCare for Wrongful Death of Atlanta Jail Detainee by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney “This appeal arises from the tragic death of Antonio May ...
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Wexford Handbook Warns That Illinois Prisoners “Can Be Very Manipulative” by A “Provider Handbook” for “Physicians, Psychiatrists, Dentists, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants” employed in Illinois state prisons by Wexford Health Sources warns that “[i]nmates can be very manipulative,” so healthcare workers are advised to “[n]ever take anything from or …
Tennessee Extends CoreCivic Contract Despite Deaths, Almost $18 Million in Fines by In a three-minute meeting on May 31, 2023, the State Building Commission of Tennessee approved a request from the Department of Correction (DOC) for budget revision, funding, and amendment to the existing CoreCivic contract to operate South Central …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
, as was Centurion Healthcare—which had replaced Corizon Health in June 2019 as DOC’s private medical provider—since there was no evidence Centurion Healthcare had delayed or denied Campbell’s ...
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
NaphCare Nurse Faces Liability in Ohio Detainee’s Death from Sickle Cell Disease by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 1, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed ...
Brief • November 17, 2023
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Robinson v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Amended Complaint, Medical Malpractice, 2023 [\]^_`abbcdecffghicjklcm[n___jodpq^rs_ht___uvw^x_``ỳgybz___{\|^_`_o}_z ...
Tennessee Private Prison Gets State’s First LGBTQ+ Group by As reported in Filter Magazine on July 26, 2023, Tennessee’s South Central Correctional Facility (SCCF) has become ...
down a suit by private prison giant CoreCivic which sought to weaponize anti-defamation law against one of the company’s more vocal critics. As previously reported by PLN, CoreCivic took exception ...
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Wexford Faces Liability for Indiana Prisoner’s Delayed Specialist Referral by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 3, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana only partly granted a motion for summary judgment filed by prison medical profiteer Wexford Health Sources, Inc. and its employees …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
v. JPAY, Inc., 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 34380 (C.D. Cal.). Florida-based JPay is owned by Texas-based Securus Technologies and its parent, Aventiv Technologies, which in turn is owned by California-based ...
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Naphcare’s Lack of Care Leads to $26.75 Million Verdict for Washington Jail Death by “The jury sent a strong message that Naphcare’s conduct was completely unacceptable,&rdquo ...
contractor CoreCivic – the massive private prison operator formerly known as Corrections Corp. of America – of failure to protect him from being stabbed by other prisoners. Due to his blindness ...
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
No Summary Judgment for Private Transportation Company in Maryland Detainee’s Suit Alleging “Horrific” 2,000-Mile Journey by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Over nine days in December 2015 ...
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Insider Trading Charges Dropped Against JPay Founder by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 5, 2022, federal prosecutors moved to dismiss insider trading charges against JPay founder Ryan Shapiro, 45. For a hefty fee, the firm provides financial and communications services to people incarcerated in jail and prisons. JPay …
Brief • August 17, 2023
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Lucero v. CoreCivic, Inc., et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2023 Centurion 003073 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGRE EMEN T THIS RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ...
Brief • August 17, 2023
Grano v. Penitentiary of New Mexico, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Wrongful Death (Medical), 2023 Centurion 003004 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT ...
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Corizon Bankruptcy Stalls Suit By Alleged Rape Victims of Rikers Island Guard by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A group of women who claimed they were raped by a physician’s assistant ...
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Corizon Executes “Texas Two-Step,” Spinning Off Debt Into Bankrupt New Firm to Avoid Paying Creditors and Lawsuit Winners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Corizon Heath, Inc. has engaged ...
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