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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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Former Guard's Sexual Harassment Suit Against CCA Dismissed by The United States District Court for the District of Columbia held that a former guard suing CCA of Tennessee under the District of Columbia Human Rights Act (DCHRA) had not proven she was subjected to a hostile work environment, that lack …
Right-To-Sue Letter Not Required For ADEA Claims by The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York held that Title VII procedural requirements mandate that a claimant obtain a right-to-sue letter from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), but a right-to-sue letter is not necessary for actions …
$450,000 Award Against CMS, County In Death of Illinois Jail Prisoner by On May 16, 2002, a jury found Correctional Medical Services (CMS) of Illinois and Kane County liable for the death ...
Article • May 15, 2007
. The Circuit Court's order was affirmed. See: Prison Health Services v. The Lakeland Ledger Publishing Company, 718 So.2d 204 (Fla. 2nd Dist. 1998). ...
Article • May 15, 2007
Missouri Attaches Prisoner's Award Against CMS, 8th Cir Remands by On July 28, 2003, the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a district court to reconsider whether the State ...
Article • May 15, 2007
Constant Complaints of Pain May State 8th Amendment Claim In February of 2002, Robert Taylor, a Missouri state prisoner, injured his knee. A Correctional Medical Services (CMS) doctor named Steven ...
Article • May 15, 2007
Nebraska Prisoner Not in Private Prison Denied Standing to Challenge State Private Prison Contracting Act by Nebraska Prisoner Not in Private Prison Denied Standing to Challenge State ...
Article • May 15, 2007
. Transcor America Inc., a private prison transportation company, was contracted by the state of North Dakota to transport Bell to a maximum security prison in Oregon. Bell escaped. The North family alleges ...
Article • May 15, 2007
but no treatment except pain killers and referrals to mental health. After release, he had to have two additional surgeries on his shoulder. A private medical care provider (EMSA in this case) is not a municipality ...
Article • May 15, 2007
had committed medical malpractice. Therefore, they were not entitled to summary judgment. The case was remanded to the Circuit Court to proceed to trial. See: Proffitt v. Prison Health Services, Inc ...
Article • May 15, 2007
Private Juvenile Sex Offender School Not a State Actor by The plaintiff alleged that he was physically abused by staff members of a private school specializing in the treatment and education of juvenile sex offenders. The school and its staff did not engage in state action, since the plaintiff's placement …
Article • May 15, 2007
to provide the U.S. Marshals Service with space for federal pre-trial detainees. The plaintiff initially sued the Detention Facility, which is a building, rather than the Cornell Corrections Corp. The court ...
Article • May 15, 2007
Doctor Employed by Private Medical Company's Firing Upheld by The plaintiff physician complained that she was fired by a private corporation providing medical care to prisoners because she gave a prisoner a 7-Up to drink. Prison officials denied her further access to the prison and the corporation cited that fact …
Court Rules on Consolidated Suits against CMS in New Jersey by The court disposes of summary judgment motions in 15 consolidated cases concerning medical care provided by Correctional ...
Article • May 15, 2007
Florida's Private Prison Industry Corporation Sues Spinoff by Florida's private prison industry corporation, Prison Rehabilitation Industries and a Diversified Enterprises (PRIDE), has sued ...
Tennessee Prison Contracting Official Engaged to Contractor by The Tennessee Department of Corrections (TDOC) is investigating whether a romance between a prison contract oversight official and a prison contractor involved any impropriety. TDOC purchasing director Nola Butler disclosed her romantic relationship with prison commissary contractor Martin Jennen, president of American …
that handles part of Yale University's $12 billion endowment, has sold all of its shares in Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation's largest private prison operator. Farallon, which controls ...
of Corrections (FDOC) rebid the contract on October 20, 2006, PHS won again ? but now with a bid for $707 million. Low-bidder Wexford Health Services protested the contract award, citing its bid of $689 million ...
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
the program will work and sees it as a future commodity. ?Once we put a dollar amount on it we can market it,? she said. Dr. John E. Barnett of Prison Health Services Inc. (PHS) points out that prisoners ...
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