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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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Hughes et al v. Judd et al, FL, Conclusions of Law and Findings of Facts, juvenile jail Corizon mental medical neglect, 2015
Brief • April 16, 2015
Filed under: Corizon, Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Jail Specific, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Failure to Protect (Juveniles), Juvenile Prisons
Hughes et al v. Judd et al, FL, Conclusions of Law and Findings of Facts, juvenile jail Corizon mental medical neglect, 2015 Case 8:12-cv-00568-SDM-MAP Document 548 Filed 04/16/15 Page 1 of 182 ...
GEO Group’s Florida Immigration Detention Center “Horrifying”
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Immigration
and secure environment to detainees” at BTC for more than a decade, the company wrote in a letter to the Sun-Sentinel when asked to comment on the lawmakers’ remarks. Yet a federal inspection found ...
GEO Group Rescinds $6 Million Donation to Name Stadium at Florida University
Article • February 4, 2015 • from PLN February, 2015
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut
A student-led coalition against naming the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) football stadium after private prison firm GEO Group claimed victory in April 2013, when the company withdrew its $6 million ...
When Halfway Houses Pose Full-Time Problems
Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015
Filed under: Classification, Work Release, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Community Education Centers, Contractor Misconduct, Prison Rebellion, Escapes, Failure to Protect (General), Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Alternative Sentencing
industry is Community Education Centers (CEC), a New Jersey-based for-profit company that manages jails, prisons and transitional centers throughout the United States. The firm operates six large halfway ...
City of Pembroke Pines v. Corrections Corporation of America, FL, Order, City not obligated to service CCA prison, 2014
Brief • November 20, 2014
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Liability
City of Pembroke Pines v. Corrections Corporation of America, FL, Order, City not obligated to service CCA prison, 2014 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17Th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 12-7337(25) CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES, Plaintiff, vs. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC. a foreign …
Florida: Sheriff’s Office and Medical Provider Pay $1 Million for Prisoner’s Death
Article • November 8, 2014 • from PLN November, 2014
Filed under: Armor Correctional Health Services, Private Contractors, Stroke, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Florida: Sheriff’s Office and Medical Provider Pay $1 Million for Prisoner’s Death by Gary Hunter In July 2013, Armor Correctional Health Services agreed to settle a wrongful death suit ...
Captive Customers: Outsourcing Prison Services is Ruining Lives and Bilking Taxpayers
Article • October 28, 2014
Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Aramark, Contractor Misconduct, Private Contractors, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
incentives in our criminal justice system has grown. Private prison corporations such as Corrections Corporation of America and GEO Group have come under increasing scrutiny and pressure for cutting corners ...
Disability Rights Florida v. Crews, FL, Complaint, Wexford Mental Health Class Action, 2014
Brief • September 9, 2014
Filed under: Private Contractors, Totality of Conditions, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
Disability Rights Florida v. Crews, FL, Complaint, Wexford Mental Health Class Action, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-23323-XXXX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/09/2014 Page 1 of 21 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA MIAMI DIVISION DISABILITY RIGHTS FLORIDA, INC., on Behalf of its Clients and Constituents, Plaintiff, vs. Case …
Brewer v. Judd, et al., FL, complaint, overdose, 2014
Brief • July 8, 2014
Filed under: Corizon, Wrongful Death
Brewer v. Judd, et al., FL, complaint, overdose, 2014
Florida Prisoner Awarded $1.2 Million for Burn Injuries
Article • June 5, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Injury -- Misc., Failure to Protect (General), Juries
Florida Prisoner Awarded $1.2 Million for Burn Injuries by Florida Prisoner Awarded $1.2 Million for Burn Injuries A Florida jury has awarded a prisoner $1.2 million in a negligence suit against the GEO Group, the nation’s second-largest for-profit prison company, following a trial that was delayed more than a year …
Collins v. Campbell, et al., FL, settlement, medical, 2014
Brief • March 31, 2014
Filed under: Corizon, Medication, Seizures, Pain, Injury -- Misc.
Collins v. Campbell, et al., FL, settlement, medical, 2014
Florida County Agrees to Pay $4 Million to Deceased Prisoner’s Estate
Article • March 15, 2014 • from PLN March, 2014
Filed under: Prison Health Services, Eighth Amendment, Excessive Force, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
to Christie’s estate. The jail’s for-profit medical contractor, Prison Health Services (PHS), now known as Corizon, was named as a defendant in the federal lawsuit and included in the settlement agreement ...
Denial of Contraceptive Pill to Prisoner States Cause of Action
Article • November 15, 2013 • from PLN November, 2013
Filed under: Armor Correctional Health Services, Misconduct/Corruption, Medical Misconduct, Medication, OB/GYN, Failure to Treat
Spinelli, an employee with Armor Correctional Health Services, the jail’s private medical contractor, about the rape and her need to take the prescribed anti-conception pill to ensure she did not become ...
Florida Prisons End Religious Diet Accommodation
Article • August 15, 2013
Filed under: Private Prisons, Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Religious Diet
Florida Prisons End Religious Diet Accommodation by The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has ended a four-year-long program that provided Jewish and Muslim prisoners with meals that satisfy their religious requirements. Originally, the program was aimed solely at Jewish prisoners. Costs and fairness were cited as the factors to end …
Collins v. Campbell, et al., FL, complaint, medical, 2013
Brief • June 23, 2013
Filed under: Corizon, Failure to Treat, Failure to Train/Supervise, Fourteenth Amendment, rights
Collins v. Campbell, et al., FL, complaint, medical, 2013
Florida Proceeds with Privatization of Prison Medical Care
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
Filed under: Private Prisons, Prison Health Services, Wexford Health Services, Private Contractors, Employee Litigation, Guard Unions
of Prison Health Services and Correctional Medical Services – would be paid $229 million annually to provide care for prisoners in Florida's northern and central regions (FDOC Regions I, II and III), while ...
CCA Pays $100,000 after Exiting Contract to Operate Florida Jail
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic
CCA Pays $100,000 after Exiting Contract to Operate Florida Jail by A mediation agreement between Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and Hernando County, Florida has resolved a dispute over $1.86 million after CCA and the county ended their contract for operation of the Hernando County Detention Center (HCDC), which CCA …
Eleventh Circuit: Corizon Policy Led to Prisoner’s Paralysis; $1.2 Million Verdict Upheld
Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013
Filed under: Prison Health Services, Medical, Nervous System, Malpractice
verdict that found Corizon Health, Inc., formerly Prison Health Services (PHS), had a policy or custom of refusing to send prisoners to hospitals. The appellate court also held it was reasonable ...
Florida Town Rallies to Stop CCA Immigration Detention Facility
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Organizing, Protests, Immigration
Florida Town Rallies to Stop CCA Immigration Detention Facility by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Residents in a South Florida community near a proposed 1,500-bed privately-operated immigration detention center waged a successful yearlong opposition campaign that culminated in the cancellation of the project in June 2012. Corrections Corporation of …
Former Florida Sheriff Cleared in Theft Investigation and PHS Contract Fraud Suit
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
Filed under: Private Prisons, Prison Health Services, Armor Correctional Health Services, Contractor Misconduct, Police Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution
in Balkwill’s possession months after he retired. PHS’s lawsuit, filed in circuit court, claimed that Balkwill awarded a $9 million jail medical contract to Armor Correctional Health Services in August 2006 ...
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