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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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Sarasota, FL Sheriff's Office Contract with Armor Correctional Health Services, 2012
Publication • August 8, 2012
Filed under: Armor Correctional Health Services
Sarasota, FL Sheriff's Office Contract with Armor Correctional Health Services, 2012 ...
Garland v. Corizon Health, FL, settlement, unlawful termination, 2012
Brief • July 13, 2012
Filed under: Corizon, Work
Garland v. Corizon Health, FL, settlement, unlawful termination, 2012 ...
Bearden v. McKitten, FL, Expert Report Hayward, Suicide Prevention in Prisons, 2012
Brief • May 17, 2012
Filed under: Correctional Healthcare Solutions, Coastal Correctional Health Care, Medical, Dental Care, Failure to Treat, Drug Overdose, Cross Examination, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides
Bearden v. McKitten, FL, Expert Report Hayward, Suicide Prevention in Prisons, 2012 James V. Cook Law Office of James Cook 314 West Jefferson Street Tallahassee, Florida 32301 (850) 222-8080; 561-0836 fax (904) 417-8087 Attorney for Plaintiffs May 17, 2012 Dear Mr. Cook: Based on my review and analysis of the …
Florida Lawmakers Disband Correctional Medical Authority
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
Filed under: Private Prisons, Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors, State Legislation
the taxpayers more.” That is particularly true considering the Florida Department of Corrections has contracted with two for-profit companies to provide prisoner medical care: Corizon and Wexford Health Services ...
Florida Citizen Fights CCA over Public Records Request
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Disclosure of Records, Federal Statutory Law, Freedom of Information Act, State Legislation
Florida Citizen Fights CCA over Public Records Request by Prison officials tend to frown on public records requests. In fact, employees at a Florida facility operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) were so ruffled by a citizen’s request for records that they called the cops. Joel Chandler, 47, has …
Florida Senate Rejects Privatization of 27 State Prisons – but Just Barely
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Guards/Staff, Guard Unions
as benefiting Boca Raton, Florida-based GEO Group, the nation’s second-largest private prison firm. The backdoor proviso attempt failed, however, after the Florida Police Benevolent Association (PBA), which ...
Exec with GEO Group, which Operates Immigration Detention Facilities, Intimidates Immigrant In-Law
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Contractor Misconduct, International, Immigration
against his son. It is important to note that Thomas Wierdsma is a high ranking official in the GEO Group, Inc., a private prison corporation ... with direct involvement with detention and deportation ...
FBI Looks into Relationship between GEO Group and Former Florida House Speaker
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Filed under: Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Elections, Lobbying
of Florida’s Blackwater River Correctional Institution (BRCI), which is operated by GEO Group, the nation’s second-largest private prison firm. BRCI was opened at a time when there was excess bed space ...
Politics as Unusual: Senate President Crosses the Line
Article • February 15, 2012
Filed under: Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut
be justified if there were no controversy concerning prison privatization. But there is a great deal of legitimate disagreement about the benefits of privatizing prisons. There is no evidence that privatized ...
PLN Exclusive! Exec with GEO Group Informs Daughter-in-Law He will Report Her to Immigration Authorities
Article • February 15, 2012
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Contractor Misconduct, International, Immigration
Wierdsma is a high ranking official in the GEO Group, Inc., a private prison corporation ... with direct involvement with detention and deportation.” The counterclaim alleged claims of victim intimidation ...
Florida Provides Lesson in How Not to Privatize State Prisons
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Management and Training Corporation, Lobbying, Conditions of Confinement, Overcrowding, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Guard Unions, ACA, State Legislation
privatizing state prisons. But first some background. Private Prisons in the Sunshine State Florida’s Department of Corrections – the third largest in the nation – has been in a constant mode of expansion ...
GEO Group Ends Florida PAC
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Filed under: Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Contractor Misconduct, Elections, Lobbying
GEO Group Ends Florida PAC by An audit by the Florida Department of State found that the GEO Group, Inc., the nation’s second-largest private prison company, had been violating Florida law ...
Florida, Arizona Sell and Lease Back Prisons and Other State Buildings
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
Filed under: Private Prisons, Government Misconduct
,” with a requirement that private prisons cost at least seven percent less than state facilities. Studies have been unable to substantiate such cost savings. The CPC quickly became involved in financing ...
CCA Psychiatrist’s License Restricted for Sexual Misconduct with Florida Female Prisoners
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Sexual Harassment, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Medical Misconduct
CCA Psychiatrist’s License Restricted for Sexual Misconduct with Florida Female Prisoners by Florida’s Department of Health (FDH) issued an emergency order in March 2011 that placed restrictions on a psychiatrist accused of sexual misconduct while treating female prisoners at the Hernando County Jail (HCJ). At the time of the alleged …
Garland v. Corizon Health, FL, unlawful termination, 2011
Brief • September 30, 2011
Filed under: Corizon, Discrimination, Pain, Mental Health
Garland v. Corizon Health, FL, unlawful termination, 2011 ...
$1.2 Million Awarded Against PHS After Florida Jail Prisoner Paralyzed
Article • August 15, 2011 • from PLN August, 2011
Filed under: Private Prisons, Prison Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Nervous System, Skeletal Injury, Private Contractors, Skeletal Disorder, Failure to Treat, Malpractice
indifference to his serious medical needs while he was incarcerated at the Lee County Jail. The jury found that the jail’s for-profit medical provider, Prison Health Services (PHS), was solely liable. Before ...
Insider Trading Charges Against Private Prison Consultant Rejected
Article • August 15, 2011 • from PLN August, 2011
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Correctional Services Corp., Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution
Insider Trading Charges Against Private Prison Consultant Rejected by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Florida federal district court has rejected insider trading charges brought against ...
$24,500 Settlement in Slip and Fall Suit
Article • April 15, 2011
Filed under: Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Premises Liability
$24,500 Settlement in Slip and Fall Suit by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation paid $24,500 to settle a slip and fall and negligent maintenance suit filed by Florida prisoner Randolf Bailey. The incident occurred on October 2, 2002 at South Bay Correctional Facility. In his complaint, Bailey claims he was exiting the …
$35,000 Settlement in Florida Prisoner’s Negligence Claim, Failure to Correct Dangerous Condition Against Geo Group
Article • April 15, 2011
Filed under: Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Premises Liability
$35,000 Settlement in Florida Prisoner’s Negligence Claim, Failure to Correct Dangerous Condition Against Geo Group by The Geo Group, Inc., Florida Correctional Finance Corporation, South ...
$75,000 Settlement in Prisoner’s Negligence Claim Injury Due to Failure to Correct Dangerous Condition
Article • April 15, 2011
Filed under: Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Workplace Injury, Work Conditions/Safety, Premises Liability
$75,000 Settlement in Prisoner’s Negligence Claim Injury Due to Failure to Correct Dangerous Condition by The Wackenhut Corrections Corporation paid $75,000 to settle a prisoner’s negligence claim. The settlement came in a lawsuit filed by Florida prisoner Thomas Less Stevens. Stevens alleged in his complaint against Wackenhut that on December …
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