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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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Publication • September 1, 2016
Shutting Down the Profiteers - Why and How the Department of Homeland Security Should Stop Using Private Prisons, ACLU, 2016 Tribute: The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and WRP Staff SHUTTING DOWN ...
may disclose the tenns of this Agreement as required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (hereinafter "CMS"). Defendant and its insurers reserve the right to disclose such infonnation ...
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 • August 26, 2016
Healthcare Privatization Blamed for AZ Prisoners' Exposure to Hepatitis-C by Less than two months into its $349-million contract with Arizona's Department of Corrections (ADC), Pittsburgh-based Wexford Health Sources, Inc. made a rather dubious, life-threatening first impression with the prison population and prisoner advocates. On Aug. 27, 2012, a nurse already …
2006 to Corizon, a for‑profit company that will he paid $28 million in 2012 to provide basic care for prisoners. While MDOC says that Corizon is saving taxpayers millions of dollars, prisoners see ...
with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which sent notification of such filing to the following: Brown & James Kevin J. Adrian 800 Market Street, Ste. 1100 St. Louis, MO 63101 T: 314-242-5200 F: 314 ...
Article • August 25, 2016
Filed under: Private Prisons
Private Prisons Are a Risky Business for Local Governments by Matthew Clarke Local governments in Texas and across the nation are bearing high costs for building private prisons that are now ...
Williams v. Obaisi, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016 Case: 1:15-cv-09207 Document #: 35 Filed: 08/25/16 Page 1 of 65 PageID #:395 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION MICHAEL WILLIAMS (#K-65461) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. DR. SALEH OBAISI, WEXFORD HEALTH …
Lyles v. Wexford, IL, Merit Review, Medical Neglect, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-00838-NJR-DGW Document 7 Filed 08/25/16 Page 1 of 14 Page ID #51 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WILLIAM LYLES, #R-29099, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., ) …
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 ...
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 ...
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