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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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Oklahoma’s Davis Correctional Facility (DCF) have endured an unprecedented amount of bloodletting at the lockup, which is operated by Tennessee-based private prison giant CoreCivic: Between New Years ...
of 50 people gathered outside the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Washington. They were there to support a hunger strike staged by some 100 detainees held inside by private prison giant GEO ...
of County Commissioners of Florida’s Citrus County voted to deduct $116,250 off its December 2022 bill from private prison operator CoreCivic to run the county jail. The fine represents a daily fee ...
Brief • March 1, 2023
Cain v. JPay, Inc., CA, Order Denying Dft's Motion to Compel, Prepaid Debit Card, 2023 Case 2:21-cv-07401-FLA-AGR Document 89 Filed 03/01/23 Page 1 of 8 Page ID #:500 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES ...
Brief • February 28, 2023
Filed under: JPay, Inc., Money/Property
., 523 F.3d 602 (5th Cir. 2008) ....................................................................................................... 8 JPay, Inc. v. Kobel, 2017 WL 3218218 (S.D. Fla. July 28, 2017 ...
Brief • February 15, 2023
Filed under: Corizon, Bankruptcy
Amended- Tehum DBA Corizon Health Services, Inc.-Voluntary Petition for Filing Bankruptcy, 2023 Case 23-90086 Document 3 Filed in TXSB on 02/15/23 Page 1 of 8 Fill in this information to identify ...
Brief • February 13, 2023
Filed under: Corizon, Bankruptcy
Tehum DBA Corizon Health Services, Inc.-Voluntary Petition for Filing Bankruptcy, 2023 Case 23-90086 Document 1 Filed in TXSB on 02/13/23 Page 1 of 8 Fill in this information to identify the case ...
. Greg Abbott (R), relies on private contractors to run the treatment centers. But as noted by KLBK in Lubbock, the “treatment program is not clearly defined by legislators, and it leaves room ...
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
’s Bucks County Correctional Facility (BCCF), the county has agreed to pay a total of $959,000. Its privately contracted jail healthcare provider, PrimeCare Medical, reportedly agreed to pay another ...
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Investigation Reveals “Black Market in Broad Daylight” for Prison Food by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart No one in prison expects to eat fine cuisine. The food served is merely intended to keep prisoners alive, with no thought given to how much it is or isn’t enjoyed. Yet certain people …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
. Knowlton, Powers filed suit in federal court for the District of Arizona against DOC Director David Shinn and other officials, as well as Corizon Health, Centurion of Arizona, MHM Health Professionals ...
, in a case accusing private prison giant CoreCivic of a Tennessee prisoner’s wrongful death, a federal magistrate judge issued a gag order restricting public comments on the case made by Plaintiff&rsquo ...
Brief • January 30, 2023
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Marler v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2023 01/30/2023 12:25 PM FAX 5752573812 FIRST NATIONAL BANK Ii!] 0002/0010 ...
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
lawsuit alleging that private prison operator The GEO Group misled investors in its stock, causing them to suffer losses. For the last three decades, GEO Group has contracted with the Federal Bureau ...
ACLU Accepts $37,500 Settlement Over Redacted Records From New Mexico Prison Healthcare Provider by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart Wexford Health Sources had been sued over 50 times in just four years when the state of New Mexico terminated the firm’s contract to provide healthcare to state prisons. That was …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Filed under: Centurion, Failure to Treat
-fungal medication to stave off a relapse of Valley Fever. He returned to the Arizona State Prison Complex in Tucson, just as DOC changed over to Centurion from its previous healthcare provider, Corizon ...
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
$450,000 Settlement to Illinois Prisoner Whose Untreated Boil Left Him Paraplegic by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On August 17, 2021, after the IllinoisDepartment of Corrections (DOC) paid $450,000 to settle claims of medical neglect that cost him the use of his legs, a state prisoner successfully petitioned a federal …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
demand for payment of $1.9 million to Utah-based private prison operator Management and Training Corporation (MTC) for violating its contractual agreement to fully staff the Marshall County Correctional ...
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
with privately operated detention facilities. DOJ is the parent agency of both the federal Bureau of Prisons, which uses no private prisons, and the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), which uses nothing else. The order ...
Brief • December 30, 2022
Filed under: JPay, Inc., Telephone Rates
Linear v. Securus Technologies Dba Jpay LLC, WA, Statement of Claims, Unfair Charges, 2022 1 2 3 4 5 AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION 6 7 MICHAEL LINEAR, 8 9 10 11 12 NO. 01-22-0000-3053 Claimant, CLAIMANT MICHAEL LINEAR’S STATEMENT OF CLAIMS AND DAMAGES v. SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES, d.b.a. JPAY, LLC, Defendant. 13 …
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