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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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Brief • September 19, 2016
) days after the HSB is formally adopted and continuing thereafter, the FDOC shall comply with this HSB, and ensure that any future medical contractor or private prison contractor complies with this HSB ...
Brief • September 16, 2016
Copeland v. Jones, FL, Opt-Out Statement, Corizon Refusal of Hernia Surgery, 2016 Case 4:15-cv-00452-RH-CAS Document 72-5 Filed 09/19/16 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT ...
GEO Group Fined More Than $100,000 (by OSHA) by Prison profiteer GEO Group was cited by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) in a June 2012 report with six safety and health violations—totaling $104,000 in fines—at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility, which the company formerly managed. OSHA said that, …
Arizona Fines Wexford SIOK for Neglect, Hep-C Exposure by Arizona's Department of Corrections (ADC) disciplines private contractors like parents who banish teenagers to the cozy confines ...
indifference by individual defendants, vicarious liability of Correctional Medical Care, Inc. ("CMC"), and professional malpractice. Peter D'Agostino, a prisoner in the Montgomery County Correctional Facility ...
One Guard killed, Sixteen Staff and Three Prisoners Injured in Mississippi Private Prison Riot by Matthew Clarke On May 20, 2012, violence erupted at a 2,567-bed private prison near Natchez ...
Lucas's mental state change was never called. Medical services at the jail are contracted to Corizon, the nation's largest private prisoner health care provider. Headquartered in St. Louis, Corizon--which ...
Article • September 9, 2016
the Florida-based private-prison company has cut staff at one prison but continues to charge New Mexico's Corrections Department (NMCD) as if it's still employing the same number of staff. A June 2012 report ...
Article • September 8, 2016
Some Small Town Private Prison Bonds in Default by Matthew Clarke The Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC) in Ocilla, Georgia is an example of everything that is wrong with small-town ...
prison for undocumented immigrants—albeit a prison that's 920 miles from Eloy in Dilley, Texas. Eloy's good fortune is the result of what private-prison critics say is a shady deal between U.S ...
Publication • September 7, 2016
Filed under: Correct Care Solutions
Coos County Sheriff's Office Contract Summary With Correct Care Solutions, LLC, 2016 coos co UNTY FILING COVER SHEET TO: Coos County Clerk - Filing FROM: Office of Legal Counsel COOS COUNTY ...
. Medical care at the facility was provided by Tennessee-based Correct Care Solutions, LLC, which was also criticized by the BOP OIG report for its persistent short-staffing, which raised  Correct-Cares ...
Hollingsworth v. IDOC, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016 Case: 1:15-cv-01595 Document #: 53 Filed: 09/06/16 Page 1 of 10 PageID #:142 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ARTERO HOLLINGSWORTH, Plaintiff, v. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, LOGAN CORRECTIONAL CENTER, SHERIDAN CORRECTIONAL CENTER, WEXFORD MEDICAL CORPORATION, …
Advanced Correctional Healthcare’s Business Model Blamed for Prisoner Deaths, Injuries by The business model of Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc. (ACH) includes “severe cost control measures” and reliance on the company’s insurance provider to cover liability verdicts that result from inadequate medical care, according to lawsuits filed by the estates of …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Filed under: Correct Care Solutions
health care system.” [See: PLN, June 2014, p.44]. To meet his obligations under the consent decree, Gusman entered into a five-year, $83 million contract with Nashville, Tennessee-based Correct Care ...
on taxpayers. Everyone on Wall Street, meanwhile, agreed that locking up immigrant families was a boon for private prison firms like Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and GEO Group, which received ...
Private Prison Firms: Family Detention, Federal Contracts and For-profit Reentry Services by Bob Libal by Bob Libal, Holly Kirby and Cristina Parker In July 2016, executives from private ...
criticism of the Bureau of Prisons’ private contractors. “Advocates have been arguing for years that research shows private prisons have higher levels of violence, partly due to their business ...
was within Corizon policies and procedures.” Lane County terminated its contract with Corizon in mid-2015, and California Forensic Medical Group now provides medical care at LCJ. The county filed a cross ...
Publication • September 1, 2016
Assurance of Discontinuance - Correctional Medical Care, OAG, 2014 ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK In the Matter of CORRECTIONAL MEDICAL CARE, INC. Assurance No.: 13-495 ASSURANCE ...
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