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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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ACLU Request for Investigation into Violations at the Reeves County Detention Center, 2009
Brief • February 5, 2009
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Guard Misconduct, Medical, Failure to Treat, Totality of Conditions, Food, Overcrowding, Ventilation, Plumbing
that house more than 2000 prisoners and was not brought under control until the afternoon of February 1. GEO Group, Inc., the private prison company that operates RCDC, reports that no injuries occurred during ...
Could the Fall of Lehman Brothers Signal Trouble for Private Prison Corporations?
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Cornell Corrections, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides
to for-profit private prison firms such as Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the GEO Group (formerly Wackenhut) and Cornell Corrections, while at the same time provided those companies with a safety net ...
Private Prisons a Public Disgrace in Texas
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Management and Training Corporation, Lobbying, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Juvenile Prisons, News, State Legislation
Correctional Services Corp. (later acquired by GEO Group) after a juvenile offender died as a result of gross medical neglect. What is most amazing is that for years the state has failed to monitor the private ...
Harris County, Texas Sends 600 Jail Prisoners to Private Pen in Louisiana
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Private Prisons, Emerald Correctional Management, Overcrowding, Telephone Rates
prisoners incarcerated at the West Carroll Detention Center (WCDC) in Epps, Louisiana to 600. WCDC is owned and operated by Emerald Correctional Management. Harris County, which includes the City of Houston ...
Guard Aided Escape Results in Murder, Rape and Texas Federal Prisoner's Death Sentence
Article • August 15, 2008
Filed under: Civigenics, Guard Misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Escapes, Death Penalty
Guard Aided Escape Results in Murder, Rape and Texas Federal Prisoner's Death Sentence by Federal prisoner Sherman Fields filed a direct appeal of his convictions and death sentence for murder and rape following his armed escape from the privately-operated McClennan County Detention Center (MCDC) in Waco, Texas. His convictions and …
Squalor, Corruption Cause Cancellation of GEO Group’s TYC Contract
Article • July 15, 2008 • from PLN July, 2008
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Staffing, Sanitation, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Suicides, Failure to Protect (Juveniles), Juvenile Prisons
was to immediately cancel the state’s contract with GEO Group, Inc., the private prison contractor that operated the facility. GEO (formerly Wackenhut Corrections) had run the center since it opened in 1994. Over ...
Flurry of Escapes Emphasizes Prisoners' Desperation
Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008
Filed under: Classification, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Industries, Prison Labor, Sanctions (Disciplinary Hearings), Prison/Jail Murders, Escapes, Premises Liability, Suicides
Flurry of Escapes Emphasizes Prisoners' Desperation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Last September produced a bumper crop of prison and jail escapes around the country, including a desperate escape by two Texas prisoners that resulted in the death of a guard, a car jacking and two shootouts. Plus a …
San Antonio Sheriff Pleads No Contest to Corruption Charges, Resigns
Article • March 15, 2008 • from PLN March, 2008
Filed under: Louisiana Correctional Services, Contractor Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Elections, Criminal Prosecution, Conditions of Confinement, Food
to LCS for construction of a 880-bunk private prison. Glower signed a $20,000 campaign ?loan? to Olivarez?s picked successor, former Chief Deputy Sheriff Jimmy Rodriguez, who won the primary but lost ...
Scandal Rocks Texas Youth Commission; Youths Molested by School Supervisors
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Sexual Harassment, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, DOC/BOP misconduct, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Criminal Prosecution, Crime, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Wrongful Release, Suicides, Failure to Protect (Juveniles), Education (Juveniles), State Legislation
Scandal Rocks Texas Youth Commission; Youths Molested by School Supervisors by Gary Hunter During the 2006 elections, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott ran television ads touting the capture of the state's 500th Internet child predator. Shortly after elected lawmakers convened in 2007 they went to work on a bill that …
CCA-Run Immigrant Family Detention Center in Texas Violates Settlement Conditions
Article • January 15, 2008 • from PLN January, 2008
Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Settlements, Immigration
CCA-Run Immigrant Family Detention Center in Texas Violates Settlement Conditions by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 9, 2007, a federal district court in Texas held that the conditions of confinement at a privately-run facility used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to hold families detained due to immigration …
Dallas, Texas, Jail Pays $950,000 for Neglecting Mentally Ill Prisoners
Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007
Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Medication, Private Contractors, Failure to Treat, Water, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
Dallas, Texas, Jail Pays $950,000 for Neglecting Mentally Ill Prisoners by Michael Rigby On February 20, 2007, the Dallas County, Texas, Jail agreed to pay $950,000 for its negligent mistreatment of three mentally ill individuals, one of whom died, while imprisoned at the jail awaiting competency hearings. In 2004, James …
Texas GEO Prison Squalor Drives Idaho Prisoner to Suicide
Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007
Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Escapes, Suicides
Texas GEO Prison Squalor Drives Idaho Prisoner to Suicide by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Seven months after arriving at the Dickens County Correctional Center (DCCC), a private prison ...
Texas Jail Pays $200,000 to Settle Rape/Suicide Suit
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
Filed under: Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Suicides
day, she was raped in retaliation for complaining. She had also alleged that the private contractor's (GEO) guards had "physically and psychologically beat her down," causing her to relapse into a state ...
Management & Training Corp. Struggles to Maintain Market Share
Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Management and Training Corporation, Contractor Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Organizing, Prison Rebellion, Strip Searches, Arrestee Searches, Failure to Protect (General), Immigration, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides, Assaults on Staff, Employee Litigation
Management & Training Corp. Struggles to Maintain Market Share by Gary Hunter For-profit private prison operator Management & Training Corporation (MTC) has recently lost lucrative contracts ...
We’ll Lock Up Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free
Article • August 15, 2007 • from PLN August, 2007
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Totality of Conditions, International, Immigration
is bad enough. What's worse is that it is being done for profit, by the Corrections Corporation of America. CCA is the largest publicly traded private prison operator in the U.S. CCA has close to 70 ...
Move From Texas Legislator To Lobbyist Poses Ethical Question
Article • July 15, 2007 • from PLN July, 2007
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Industries, News, State Legislation
environmental stuff. We?re mostly working on Corrections stuff.? In 2003 Allen was chairman of the House Corrections Committee. Even then he was active in lobbying out-of-state for private prison interests ...
Private Prison Corporation Not Entitled to 11th Amendment or Sovereign Immunity
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Retaliation against Staff, Conditions of Confinement, Staffing, 1964 Civil Rights Act, Title VII, ADEA, Eleventh Amendment Immunity, Sovereign Immunity, Employee Litigation
Private Prison Corporation Not Entitled to 11th Amendment or Sovereign Immunity by Private Prison Corporation Not Entitled to 11th Amendment or Sovereign Immunity The U.S. Northern ...
Texas Suicide Suit Alleging Medical Malpractice Settles For $288,130
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Medical, Private Contractors, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides
Texas Suicide Suit Alleging Medical Malpractice Settles For $288,130 by On June 23, 1993, a lawsuit arising from the suicide death of a prisoner in the Jefferson County (Texas) Detention Center settled for $288,130. The suit had alleged that STAT Care, the jail's contract medical provider, failed to properly screen …
TX Private Prison Guard Can't Sue Under § 1983 For Bogus Employment Termination
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Correctional Services Corp., Retaliation against Staff, Whistleblowing, Civil Procedure, Parties, Employee Litigation
was employed as a guard at a Texas private prison owned and operated by Correctional Services Corp. (CSC). He blew the whistle on other guards for misconduct, for which he was fired. He sued in federal district ...
Wackenhut is a State Actor for Section 1983 Liability
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Medical, Skeletal Injury, Contractor Liability
Wackenhut is a State Actor for Section 1983 Liability by Wackenhut is a State Actor for Section 1983 Liability The Wackenhut Corporation and its employees are "state actors" under § 1983 with respect to their operation of a jail under contract with the state. The plaintiff's allegation that a nurse …
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