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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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United States District Court Magistrate Rules on Discovery Issues in Prison Gang Death by United States District Court Magistrate Rules on Discovery Issues in Prison Gang Death On November 21, 2013, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, a magistrate judge denied in part and granted in …
Article • November 10, 2015
, showing that making money trumps rehabilitation. According to the report, “the interstate transfer of prisoners to for-profit private prisons across the U.S. impedes prisoner rehabilitation ...
Cunningham v. FBOP, CO, Order on CLA Assn Standing, Mental Health in Prisons, 2015 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 12-cv-01570-RPM HAROLD CUNNINGHAM, CARLTON DUNBAR, JOHN W. NARDUCCI, JR., JEREMY PINSON, JOHN J. POWERS, ERNEST NORMAN SHAIFER, and MARCELLUS WASHINGTON, each individually …
Article • November 2, 2015
On December 20, 2013, the Vermont Supreme Court held that Corizon Health, Inc. – formerly Prison Health Services, Inc. (PHS) – was required to defend the State against a wrongful death action ...
LeClair v. Hoffmann, VT, Complaint, personal injury negligence, 2005 I I 7-... , ._..7 "Oe STATE OF NERMONT WASHINGTON .COUNTY I. SS. . WALTER LECLAIRE V Ig 100 41 i I: •• ; . ) DOCRET'NO. ROB HOFMANNf: COMMISSIONER.r VT ) DEPT. 'OF CORRECTIONS (AND) ') 'CORRECTIONS CORPORATIONHOF — ) …
Kwiatkowski v. County of Onondaga, NY, Summons and Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2015 FILED: ONONDAGA COUNTY CLERK 10/30/2015 01:30 PM NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1 INDEX NO. 2015EF4455 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 10/30/2015 2015EF4455 2015EF4455
Norwood v. Obaisi, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2015 Case: 1:14-cv-07059 Document #: 41 Filed: 10/30/15 Page 1 of 10 PageID #:168 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION KELVIN NORWOOD, ) ) Plaintiff, ) No: 14-cv-7059 v. ) ) Judge Charles R. Norgle …
Brief • October 30, 2015
Bown v. Reinke, 2nd Amended Complaint, Medical Claim Against State, Heart Attack, 2015 Case 1:12-cv-00262-BLW Document 67 Filed 06/29/15 Page 1 of 17 Case 1:12-cv-00262-BLW Document 67 Filed 06/29/15 Page 2 of 17 Case 1:12-cv-00262-BLW Document 67 Filed 06/29/15 Page 3 of 17 Case 1:12-cv-00262-BLW Document 67 Filed 06/29/15 Page …
Brief • October 30, 2015
, and Richardson (hereinafter “IDOC Defendants”); and Corizon, Inc., f/k/a Correctional Medical Services, Inc., Karen B. Barrett, PA, April Dawson, MD, and Cassie Richins, LPN, (hereinafter “Corizon Defendants ...
Foster v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2015 Case: 1:15-cv-01929 Document #: 28 Filed: 10/29/15 Page 1 of 7 PageID #:89 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS TONY FOSTER Plaintiff, Case Number 15-cv-1929 v. Judge Virginia M. Kendall WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., SALEH OBAISI, M.D., and TERRY WILLIAMS, …
until it left the state in 2012. Management and Training Corporation (MTC), which currently runs WGCF and Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) continue to operate private prisons in Mississippi ...
$1,250 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Subjected to Pepper Spray by $1,250 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Subjected to Pepper Spray Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) reached a $1,250 settlement in a prisoner’s negligence claim stemming from the improper use of chemical agents and failure to provide proper medical care afterwards. While …
reversed summary judgment granted to Correctional Medical Services, Inc. ("CMS") for an alleged retaliation claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act. In spring 2007, Katherine Kelley, a licensed ...
Mauldin v. Obaisi, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2015 Case: 1:15-cv-02106 Document #: 81 Filed: 10/27/15 Page 1 of 31 PageID #:469 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION ANDRE MAULDIN, Plaintiff, v. SALEH OBAISI; IMHOTEP CARTER; WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC.; TARRY WILLIAMS; MICHAEL …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Ohio Appellate Court Orders Review of State Budget Over Private Prison Sale by Gary Hunter Ohio Appellate Court Orders Review of State Budget Over Private Prison Sale by Gary Hunter Ohio ...
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Incentive Motive for Denial of Medical Care; $325,000 Settlement by David Reutter A Pennsylvania federal district court ordered medical personnel employed by Correctional Medical Care, Inc. (CMC) to face ...
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
release that announced the filing of his bill that the private prison industry generates billions of dollars in annual revenues and employs teams of lobbyists to persuade government officials to continue ...
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
health services contracts as a result. [See: PLN, Oct. 2015, p.20; March 2014, p.1]. Further, the IDOC had previously sanctioned Corizon for substandard medical care, levying fines totaling $270,000 ...
Brief • October 25, 2015
Menocal et al v. GEO Group, CO, Docket, DHS ICE immigration forced labor minimum wage, 2015 Case: 1:14-cv-2887 As of: 10/25/2015 08:30 PM MDT 1 of 8 MJ CIV PP U.S. District Court District of Colorado (Denver) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:14−cv−02887−JLK Menocal et al v. The GEO Group, …
Article • October 23, 2015
Florida City Can Deny Water Service to CCA Site Outside its Boundaries by Florida City Can Deny Water Service to CCA Site Outside its Boundaries Florida’s Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court held that the City of Pembroke Pines has no duty to provide water and sewage services to a site owned …
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