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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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he was arrested for jaywalking. The jail contracted with Corizon Health, Inc. (formerly Prison Health Services) to provide medical care to prisoners. Zelda Sancho, a Licensed Vocational Nurse employed ...
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Illinois Prisoner Receives $12 Million Jury Award in Medical Neglect Suit by Matthew Clarke Illinois Prisoner Receives $12 Million Jury Award in Medical Neglect Suit by Matt Clarke n January 18, 2013, an Illinois federal jury awarded a state prisoner $12 million against an Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) certified …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
and secure environment to detainees” at BTC for more than a decade, the company wrote in a letter to the Sun-Sentinel when asked to comment on the lawmakers’ remarks. Yet a federal inspection found ...
on any given day. Allegheny Correctional Health Services (ACHS), a nonprofit organization affiliated with the county’s health department, previously provided medical services to prisoners before ...
that resulted from the so-called War on Drugs and tough-on-crime initiatives, private prison companies such as CCA cashed in, but at the same time gained a sullied reputation for prioritizing profits over public ...
Private Prison Information Act Reintroduced in Congress with PLN’s Help by Private Prison Information Act Reintroduced in Congress with PLN’s Help On December 10, 2014, U.S ...
Miller v. Hodge, IL, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2015 Case 3:14-cv-01071-SMY-RJD Document 45 Filed 03/03/15 Page 1 of 27 Page ID #325 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EAST ST. LOUIS DIVISION PATRICIA MILLER, as Administrator of the Estate of DeCarlo Primm, ) ) ) …
M.H. v. County of Alameda, CA, Settlement Agreement, Corizon Alcohol Withdrawal Death, 2015 Case3:11-cv-02868-JST Document442 Filed02/27/15 Page1 of 10 Case3:11-cv-02868-JST Document442 Filed02/27 ...
Navarro v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, NM, Complaint, False Imprisonment, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00156 Document 1 Filed 02/23/15 Page 1 of 11 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO MICHAEL NAVARRO, Plaintiffs, v. Civ. No. _____ _ DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, JEFF …
40. On December 27, 2009, Plaintiff sent the grievance dated November 11, 2009, to the grievance officer and another letter to the regional director of Wexford Health Services, Allan Karraher ...
protections and a culture that allowed this pervasive abuse to continue. 48. Prison health services administrators are policy makers and supervisors at the facilities where they oversee medical treatment ...
related corporations, for example, 24 Corizon, Inc. or Corizon, LLC -- which they're going to be 25 called "Corizon" for purposes of this settlement agreement -- 6 1 provide correctional health ...
Post1 Allegheny Correctional Health Services, Inc. and Allegheny County Health, Inc. are also “County Defendants” but did not join in the Motion for Summary Judgment. Case 2:09-cv-01221-DSC Document 131 ...
Brief • February 5, 2015
Buford v. IN DOC, IN, Complaint, family member banned from J-Pay video social media, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00157-SEB-TAB Document 1 Filed 02/05/15 Page 1 of 7 PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION VALERIE BUFORD, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER, INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, in his official …
Article • February 4, 2015 • from PLN February, 2015
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut
A student-led coalition against naming the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) football stadium after private prison firm GEO Group claimed victory in April 2013, when the company withdrew its $6 million ...
Private Prison Companies Reject Resolutions to Fund Rehabilitative, Reentry Programs by Private Prison Companies Reject Resolutions to Fund Rehabilitative, Reentry Programs On December 23 ...
, weakness and difficulty walking. The prison system’s health care provider, Correctional Medical Services (CMS), failed to properly diagnose or treat him for six months. As a result he did not receive ...
contracted with the for-profit California Forensic Medical Group (CFMG) to provide health care at the jail as a money-saving measure, but the grand jury panel found the company only partly to blame ...
Brief • February 2, 2015
distinguish between the 11 two. This legal distinction is crucial for a proper understanding of plaintiffs’ claims against the 12 Corizon Defendants: that they had a custom, policy or practice of improperly ...
Publication • February 1, 2015
for audit purposes. The CONTRACTOR's activities conducted and records maintained pursuant to this Contract shall be subject to monitoring and evaluation by METRO, the Department of Finance, the Division ...
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