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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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industry is Community Education Centers (CEC), a New Jersey-based for-profit company that manages jails, prisons and transitional centers throughout the United States. The firm operates six large halfway ...
Tennessee Man Sues for Placement in Women’s Facility for Three Years by Tennessee Man Sues for Placement in Women’s Facility for Three Years "How can you not tell a vagina from a penis?” asked Carla Brenner, aka Lamonda Fuller, a female impersonator who filed suit against the City of Nashville, …
, resulting in litigation in those states. [See: PLN, April 2014, p.35; July 2013, p.42]. Additionally, the company has lobbied against the Private Prison Information Act – federal legislation that would ...
Controversy, Criticism Plague Brooklyn Halfway House by Derek Gilna Controversy, Criticism Plague Brooklyn Halfway House by Derek Gilna Community First Services, Inc., established by Jack ...
Publication • January 10, 2015
savings that private prison companies claim can be achieved. There is extensive research on the cost effectiveness of prison privatization, and most credible studies – those not financed by the private ...
Publication • January 5, 2015
care at the jail (Allegheny Correctional Health Services), similar to the arrangement the District has with Unity. Specifically, with respect to the county’s contract with Corizon, the Controller found ...
Crandall v. Godinez, IL, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2015 1:14-cv-01401-JEH # 15 Page 1 of 26 E-FILED Monday, 05 January, 2015 10:31:04 AM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS PEORIA DIVISION ESTATE OF JOSHUA M. CRANDALL, by MARC T. CRANDALL, …
Ford v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2014 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release (" Agreement") is entered into between HUNDLEY LYNN FORD, Jr., his successors, assigns, agents, heirs, executors, administrators, beneficiaries and all others through him ("Plaintiff'), WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES INC. ("Wexford"), PARTHASARATHI GHOSH, IMHOTEP CARTER …
Publication • January 1, 2015
, Department of Corrections, hereinafter referred to as Department, and JPay, Inc., hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, for the purpose of amending the above-referenced Contract, heretofore entered ...
Publication • December 13, 2014
. [See: PLN, May 2012, p.22]. Only a few major companies dominate the industry. Corizon’s competitors include Wexford Health Sources, Armor Correctional Health Services, NaphCare, Correct Care Solutions ...
Carithers et al v. CCA, MI, Order dismissing case, 8th Am riot hit list failure to protect staff and inmates, 2014 Case 5:13-cv-00066-DCB-MTP Document 28 IN THE FOR THE UNITED STATES SOUTHERN HUGH CARITHERS, AND JOEY DEATH DISTRICT DISTRICT WESTERN Filed 12/08/14 Page 1 of 21 COURT OF MISSISSIPPI DIVISION …
. But in March of last year, the Virginia Department of Corrections informed her that JPay Inc., a private company in Florida, would begin handling all deposits into prisoners’ accounts. Sending a money ...
, there are at least five known cases of pregnant prisoners being denied adequate medical care at CCA facilities, resulting in the death of one prisoner and four of their babies. Private prison operators such as CCA ...
Article • December 3, 2014 • from PLN December, 2014
charge filed against a former U.S. Marshals Service agent in Arizona who had applied for a job with a private prison company he previously monitored has been dropped, and prosecutors let him enter a pre ...
Article • December 3, 2014 • from PLN December, 2014
agreed to “present and recommend ... approval” of the company’s application for a license. See: In the Matter of JPay, Inc., Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs ...
Filing • November 26, 2014
PLN v. GEO Group, IN, Complaint, censorship, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document 1 Filed 11/26/14 Page 1 of 12 PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Case No.: 1:14-cv-1957 Plaintiff, COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND …
Brief • November 26, 2014
PLN v. GEO Group, IN, Complaint, censorship, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document 1 Filed 11/26/14 Page 1 of 12 PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Case No.: 1:14-cv-1957 Plaintiff, COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND …
Brief • November 20, 2014
those prisons, such as the FCCW, where health care services are rendered by private contractors. Private contractors – for example, Corizon Health, Inc. (“Corizon”) and Armor Correctional Health Services ...
Brief • November 20, 2014
City of Pembroke Pines v. Corrections Corporation of America, FL, Order, City not obligated to service CCA prison, 2014 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17Th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 12-7337(25) CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES, Plaintiff, vs. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC. a foreign …
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