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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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medical care is unlikely to be any different. On January 1, 2009, another private prison company, Community Education Centers (CEC), took over GEO’s contract to operate GHCF in Delaware County. While ...
is fairly consistent: They rarely function properly. A series of incidents at Ohio’s Columbiana County Jail, which is operated by CiviGenics, Inc. (a subsidiary of Community Education Centers ...
behind the contract terminations. What is unusual is that the contracts were canceled, as prison officials normally tolerate CMS’s substandard performance in order to save money; also, using a private ...
$3.6 Million Settlement in Michigan Prisoner’s Segregation Cell Death by The family of Timothy Souders has agreed to accept $3.25 to settle a wrongful death claim relating to Timothy’s death. Timothy, 21, was the subject of a May 2007 PLN cover article, and a February 11, 2007, report on 60 …
. That effort, which involved Weimar, Veco Corp. and private prison firm Cornell Corrections, was unsuccessful. Weimar had sold five Alaska halfway houses to Cornell in 1998 for $21 million, and later partnered ...
. Prison Health Services (PHS) is a contract medical provider for certain VDOC facilities. PHS’s contract requires that it “provide cost effective, quality inmate health care services for up ...
in Juvenile’s Death; $1,000,000 Verdict Upheld by Bob Williams Re-Direct, Inc., a company that provides services for juveniles for the District of Columbia, appealed the denial of a post?trial motion ...
procedural compliance. The BOP contracted the building of a private prison in Clearfield County in 1999 with Cornell Corrections, Inc. (Cornell), to house over 1,000 federal prisoners. A 10 year deal ...
Private Prison Companies Not Forthcoming About Immigration Detainee Deaths by Private Prison Companies Not Forthcoming About Immigration Detainee Deaths by Matt Clarke The private prison ...
Report Criticizes Conditions in U.S. Immigrant Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington by David Reutter Report Criticizes Conditions in U.S. Immigrant Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington by David M. Reutter Conditions at the federal immigration center in Tacoma, Washington, are substandard and not in compliance with national standards, “much less international …
Alaskan Prisoner in Arizona Can Enforce CCA Contract by The Supreme Court of Alaska held that state prisoners incarcerated at a private prison in Arizona can enforce portions of the contract ...
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
CMS Fails to Treat MRSA Infection; Florida Jail Prisoner Dies by When Dorothy Dian Palinchik was booked into Florida’s Pinellas County Jail (PCJ) on February 13, 2008 for stealing a $9.00 ...
Former PHS Doctor Arrested on Drug Charges by Former PHS Doctor Arrested on Drug Charges In July 2008, former Prison Health Services (PHS) employee John N. Mubang, 57, was arrested ...
$885,437.24 Award for CMS Massachusetts Jail Nurse Barred for Reporting Prisoner Abuse by $885,437.24 Award for CMS Massachusetts Jail Nurse Barred for Reporting Prisoner Abuse ...
) has sued the sheriff of Sarasota County, Florida for awarding the jail’s health care contract to rival Armor Correctional Health Services without taking competitive bids. The lawsuit also alleges ...
PHS Receives Three-Year $366 Million Rikers Island Medical Care Contract Renewal Despite Non-Performance Fines for Last Three Years by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Prison Health ...
plus $230,000 in attorney fees. Four private companies, including Correctional Health Services, settled their liability separately for undisclosed amounts. Yolanda Padilla was 34 when her 17-year-old ...
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
CMS Insurer Must Pay Wyoming Suicide Settlement by CMS Insurer Must Pay Wyoming Suicide Settlement The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that an insurer is required to indemnify ...
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
, was employed as a financial analyst for GEO’s mergers and acquisitions group. It is through these sources that Zachariah learned that GEO was about to acquire Correctional Services Corp., (CSC) a Florida company ...
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