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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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Hawaii Prisoner Awarded $7.2 Million after Losing His Fingers and Feet by Christopher Zoukis In October 2011, 30-year-old Aaron David Persin was accosted by police officers for having an open container of alcohol. When they determined that he had warrants for missing traffic court they arrested Persin, who was homeless. …
Jail’s Private Medical Employees Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity by An Arizona federal district court concluded that employees of Corizon Health, a private company providing care ...
Sanders et al v. Bottom et al, KY, Complaint, CorrectCare death medical negligence, 2016 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION at LEXINGTON [Filed Electronically] RANDY DEWAYNE SANDERS, JR., Administrator of the Estate of RANDY DEWAYNE SANDERS, SR., deceased, -andKORTNEY SANDERS, Guardian of B.R.S. and H.M.J.S., minor …
USA v. Reddix, MS, Grand Jury Charges - Health Assurance, DOC Epps corruption indictment, 2016
Publication • July 12, 2016
10 Things Correctional Nurses Need to Do to End Up in Court, Wild, 2013
. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT Armor Correctional Health Services, Inc. (“Armor”) has repeatedly submitted false and fraudulent claims to Nassau County in connection with Armor’s contract to provide jail health services ...
, VERIFIED PETITION Index No. -againstARMOR CORRECTIONAL HEALTH MEDICAL SERVICES OF NEW YORK, INC. P.C. and ARMOR CORRECTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES OF NEW YORK, INC., IAS Part _______________ Assigned to Justice ...
Rice v. Montgomery County, KY, Complaint, Wrongful Death Seizure, 2016 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION at LEXINGTON [Filed Electronically] DIANA RICE, Administratrix of the estate of RONALD CALVIN GAUNCE, deceased, and NEXT FRIEND of Mr. Gaunces’ minor child, S.C.G., PLAINTIFF v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KENTUCKY Serve: …
Congressional Black Caucus PAC Urged to Cut Ties with Private Prison Lobbyists by The Congressional Black Caucus Political Action Committee (CBC PAC) says that it works to increase ...
Private Prison Execs Continue to Make Much More than Guards by Information collected by the federal government has revealed the conspicuous inequality between private prison executives ...
Pfizer Deals Blow to Lethal Injections by Christopher Zoukis Pfizer, Inc., the world’s second-largest pharmaceutical manufacturer, recently announced new restrictions on the distribution of drugs used to execute prisoners. The May 13, 2016 announcement detailed “distribution restrictions” that the company is placing on certain drugs used in lethal injection protocols, …
Publication • June 15, 2016
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FDOC and Centurion of Florida Contract Agreement AGREEMENT #A3881 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND CENTURION OF FLORIDA, LLC This Memorandum of Agreement ...
Publication • May 26, 2016
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CASE STUDY 5: CALIFORNIA Community Education Centers Cuts Qualifications for Staff at Halfway House . . . . . . . . 5 CASE STUDY 6: PENNSYLVANIA Corizon ...
-managed prisons in Tennessee from January 2009 to June 2011, incident rates were consistently higher at the state’s three private prisons. Data obtained from the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC ...
Brief • May 22, 2016
I ! I' f f ~ I I i i l i I' I 1 Medicare as conditional payments subject to the right of repayment. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (hereinafter CMS) has a direct priority right ...
Publication • May 13, 2016
New Mexico Corrections Department and Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, general services contract, 2016 ...
of the Court for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit using the appellate CM/ECF system. Counsel for Corizon Health, Inc. are registered CM/ECF users and will be served by the appellate CM ...
, Med. Rcds.) Dr. James’s records reflect that he prescribed Gaunce daily doses of Opana, oxymorphone, and Neurontin. (DE 50-9, Med. Rcds. at CM-ECF pp. 11-12). At booking, Gaunce informed jail personnel ...
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