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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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State Auditor Blasts Colorado DOC's Private Prison Oversight Failures by Matthew T. Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke In June 2005, the Colorado State Auditor released its April 2005 report ...
also repeatedly complained of back pain, shortness of breath and chest pains in January and February. Her frequent complaints caused the private prison's doctor to order psychiatric care for her. Every ...
Myers v. CCA, VT, Complaint, Denying Treatment Medical Neglect, 2006 STATEMENT OF CLAIM 1). While incarcerated at West Tennessee Detention Mason Tennessee 38049 I was serving my prison sentence for the state of Vermont under a interstate contract agreement between the State of Vermont and CCA. CCA for the purpose …
been provided by Tennessee-based Prison Health Services (PHS) since 2000, is in disarray. Prisoners sometimes receive the wrong medicine or none at all; records are poorly kept; physical exams are often ...
was then taken to the Schenectady County Jail to be seen by a nurse employed at that facility by EMSA Correctional Care [later bought out by Prison Health Services (PHS)]. The nurse placed him on the medical tier ...
Hambrick v. CCA, TN, Complaint, slip fall water, 2006 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0011 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0012 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0013
definitions of what constitutes largest, the company with the most market share is constantly changing. At any given time either CMS or its rival Prison Health Services (PHS) will be the largest" private prison ...
Louisiana's 2002 Exhaustion Requirement (Act 89) Not Retroactive by The Louisiana Supreme Court held that retroactive application of a 2002 law, requiring exhaustion of administrative remedies by prisoners before bringing a state tort action, would unconstitutionally deprive prisoners of a vested right. Therefore, the court held that the law has …
Lewis v. Prison Health Services, GA, Medical Death Suit, 2005, Complaint Case 1:05-cv-02434-TWT Document 1-1 b Filed 09/19/2005 Page 1 of 30 R I G I Ni' ,'_ IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ...
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Summary Judgment for CMS/NJ DOC Reversed in Physical Therapy Suit by A New Jersey state appellate court issued an unpublished opinion reversing a lower court's grant of summary judgment ...
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Seventh Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment for CMS, Prison Doctor by In an unpublished decision, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a grant of summary judgment to a prison doctor ...
Manning v. CCA, TN, Complaint, poor medical care pregnant infant death, 2005 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0099 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0100 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0101 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0102 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0103 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0104 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0105 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0106 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0107 CCA-AF (6/2/14 …
, Individually and as Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF JUAN IGNACIO SANCHEZ, Deceased, and FELIMON SANCHEZ, Plaintiffs, vs. No. CV 05-784 JB/WDS MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING CORPORATION, a Delaware ...
governments have shown less patience, Prison Health has survived, and even grown, by buying rivals like Correctional Health Services, of Verona, N.J. In 1999, its biggest purchase, EMSA Government Services ...
Article • August 15, 2005 • from PLN August, 2005
Wackenhut Settles Suit Over Premature Birth for $98,000 by On August 12, 2004, Wackenhut Corrections Corporation, now known as GEO Group, Inc., settled a suit alleging that inadequate medical care at a 640-bed Wackenhut-run jail caused a prisoner to give birth prematurely. Melissa Villarreal, 32, a former prisoner at the …
Article • August 15, 2005 • from PLN August, 2005
medication supply. Any mental health evaluations and treatment of HIV-positive prisoners shall conform with the settlement agreement in Bradley v. Haley. ADOC presently employs Tennessee-based Prison Health ...
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
California State Auditor Criticizes Prison Outside-Hospital Contract Costs by In a detailed 98 page report to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the California Legislature, the California State Auditor criticized the California Department of Corrections' (CDC) lax management of contract outside-hospital medical services for CDC prisoners. The July 27, 2004 report observed …
PHS Responsible For Deaths Of New York Prisoners by by Michael Rigby Prison Health Services (PHS) has killed another patient. According to a highly critical 10-page report released ...
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