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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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ofAmerica Inc., and Corizon, Inc., No. 1:13-cv-0 1118-JB-LAM, which was pending before the United States District CoU11for the Disttict of New Mexico. In consideration for $72,500.00 and in exchange ...
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
New Mexico County Jail Pays $1.5 Million to Mentally Ill Prisoner by Derek Gilna New Mexico County Jail Pays $1.5 Million to Mentally Ill Prisoner by Derek Gilna In February 2014, Valencia County, New Mexico agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a federal civil rights complaint alleging deliberate indifference …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
PLN Settles Censorship Suit against GEO Group at Indiana Prison by PLN Settles Censorship Suit against GEO Group at Indiana Prison In August 2015, Prison Legal News settled a federal lawsuit against The GEO Group, the nation’s second-largest for-profit prison company, over First Amendment violations at the New Castle Correctional …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
CCA Prison in Ohio Loses BOP Contract by CCA Prison in Ohio Loses BOP Contract The privately-owned Northeast Ohio Correctional Center (NOCC) in Youngstown no longer holds prisoners for the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) after the federal agency declined to renew its contract with Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). According …
with disabilities.” [See: PLN, June 2014, p.1]. The defendants, including the County of Monterey, Monterey County Sheriff’s Office and California Forensic Medical Group (CFMG), filed motions to dismiss ...
, providing beds for up to 3,340 prisoners. Two of these facilities are privately owned and operated by GEO Group, one of the U.S.’s largest private prison operators. The San ...
Article • September 24, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
care. CMA of NY has the same corporate address as Brentwood, Tennessee-based Corizon, and prior to 2012, CDA of NY was registered as PHS Dental Services, Inc. PHS, or Prison Health Services ...
Arrieta v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2015 Case: 1:14-cv-00003 Document #: 53 Filed: 09/24/15 Page 1 of 12 PageID #:187 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION JOSEPH ARRIETA, ) Plaintiff, ) V. ) WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., ) 14 CV 00003 DR. S. …
Brief • September 23, 2015
EEOC v. Geo Group, AZ, Complaint, Sexual Harassment, 2015 Case 2:15-cv-01909-SPL Document 1 Filed 09/23/15 Page 1 of 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mary Jo O'Neill, AZ Bar #005924 Hillary K. Valderrama, TX Bar #24075201 Mark J. Sorokin, AZ Bar #031960 William R. Hobson, AZ Bar #006887 …
Article • September 22, 2015
$1 Million Paid by Wexford in Florida Prisoner’s death by $1 Million Paid by Wexford in Florida Prisoner’s death Wexford Health Services paid $1 million to settle a lawsuit stemming ...
Article • September 21, 2015
Florida Appeals Court Invalidates Private Company Traffic Tickets by Florida Appeals Court Invalidates Private Company Traffic Tickets On October 14, 2014, Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeals found for Appellee Eric Arem, contesting a traffic citation issued by a private company that installed, implemented, and enforced a red-light camera ticketing …
Article • September 21, 2015
California District Court Orders Financial Disclosure in Corizon Health, Inc. Suit by California District Court Orders Financial Disclosure in Corizon Health, Inc. Suit On March 29, 2014 ...
Article • September 16, 2015
videos about Dismas Charities, the nonprofit group that runs the halfway house. Named for St. Dismas, the penitent thief who was crucified alongside Jesus, it operates 30 residential reentry centers in 13 ...
Brief • September 16, 2015
Copeland, et al. v. Jones, et al., FL, complaint, failure to treat hernia with surgery, 2015
Brief • September 16, 2015
Copeland v. Jones, FL, Class Action Complaint, Corizon Refusal of Hernia Surgery, 2015 Case 4:15-cv-00452-RH-CAS Document 1 Filed 09/16/15 Page 1 of 45 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT ...
Navarro v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, NM, Settlement, False Imprisonment, 2015 SETTLFiMENTA MEMENT AND RELF.A E For the consideration of the sum of ONE THOUSAND NJNE FIUNDRED AND 0/100 DOLLARS ($l,900.00), paid by CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA ("CCA"), the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, MlCHAEL NAVARRO ("Relensor") …
Article • September 11, 2015
CCA Pays $25,000 in Wrongful Death of Overweight Tennessee Prisoner by CCA Pays $25,000 in Wrongful Death of Overweight Tennessee Prisoner Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $25,000 to settle a lawsuit involving the death of a prisoner at the Silverdale Detention Center in Tennessee. When received by CCA, prisoner …
$650,000 Settlement in Prisoner’s Preventable Death at CCA Prison by David Reutter $650,000 Settlement in Prisoner’s Preventable Death at CCA Prison by David Reutter Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $650,000 to settle a matter involving the death of a prisoner at the Metro-Davidson County Detention Center (MDCDC). In a …
$120,000 Settlement in Suicide of CCA Prisoner by David Reutter $120,000 Settlement in Suicide of CCA Prisoner by David M. Reutter Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $120,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging it failed to provide proper psychiatric care for a prisoner at the Whiteville Correctional Facility, resulting in …
$75,000 Settlement in CCA Prisoner’s Suicide by David Reutter $75,000 Settlement in CCA Prisoner’s Suicide by David M. Reutter Corrections Corporation of America paid $75,000 to settle a lawsuit seeking redress for its failure to provide care to prevent a prisoner’s suicide. Whiteville Correctional Facility prisoner, Lawrence Ware, Jr., was …
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