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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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Brief • November 19, 2014
M.H. v. County of Alameda, CA, Declaration of Heaney, Corizon Alcohol Withdrawal Death, 2014 Case3:11-cv-02868-JST Document306 Filed11/19/14 Page1 of 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 MICHAEL J ...
Article • November 17, 2014
population is held in private prisons. But, as Rae's experience and recent news stories have demonstrated, private companies have found other ways to profit from bodies in government-run prisons. Services ...
Brief • November 14, 2014
Menocal et al v. GEO Group, CO, Order on Mot for Interlocutory Apppeal, DHS ICE immigration forced labor minimum wage, 2015 Case 1:14-cv-02887-JLK Document 11-1 Filed 11/14/14 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 13 EXHIBIT A Case 1:14-cv-02887-JLK Document 11-1 Filed 11/14/14 USDC Colorado Page 2 of 13 5.8 Voluntary Work …
Brief • November 14, 2014
Menocal et al v. GEO Group, CO, Exhibits, DHS ICE immigration forced labor minimum wage, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-02887-JLK Document 11-1 Filed 11/14/14 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 13 EXHIBIT A Case 1:14-cv-02887-JLK Document 11-1 Filed 11/14/14 USDC Colorado Page 2 of 13 5.8 Voluntary Work Program I. Purpose and Scope …
Brief • November 14, 2014
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on November 14, 2014, I electronically filed Defendant’s MOTION TO DISMISS with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification ...
Piercy v. Whiteside County, IL, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2014 Case: 1:14-cv-07398 Document #: 33 Filed: 11/12/14 Page 1 of 21 PageID #:101 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION AARON PIERCY, Plaintiff v. WHITESIDE COUNTY, Illinois; SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT OF WHITESIDE COUNTY; KELLY WILHELMI, …
Inspection Finds Improvements at CCA-Owned Ohio Facility Following Rocky Start by Inspection Finds Improvements at CCA-Owned Ohio Facility Following Rocky Start A September 2013 re-inspection report cited improvements in conditions at a privately-owned prison near Cleveland, Ohio compared to an inspection performed a year earlier, when state auditors identified numerous …
Florida: Sheriff’s Office and Medical Provider Pay $1 Million for Prisoner’s Death by Gary Hunter In July 2013, Armor Correctional Health Services agreed to settle a wrongful death suit ...
officials, private prison operators, prison guards unions and county sheriffs – are exploring changing discourse and cosmetic reform in order to avoid systemic restructuring. In the business world ...
and the Public Accountability Initiative, also noted that Management and Training Corporation (MTC), the nation’s third-largest private prison firm, borrows money from Wells Fargo. The report argued ...
Brief • November 4, 2014
Filed under: Corizon, Censorship
, Inc.’s Request to not produce mortality and sentinel event reviews requested by Plaintiffs. (ECF No. 122.) For the following reasons, Corizon’s Request will be denied. I. BACKGROUND 1 This is a class ...
by GEO Group in 2013 and (acquired by Correct Care Solutions in April, 2014) is the only private prison corporation involved in this segment. They operate five residential psychiatric treatment hospitals ...
Publication • October 30, 2014
. An audit of the State’s $60 million contract with CCA is necessary to ensure that Hawaii taxpayers are getting the value they are paying for when housing inmates in mainland private prisons. For full ...
Publication • October 30, 2014
against Prison Health Services (PHS) – a for-profit prison medical services company – in Vermont Superior Court, Washington Unit, Case No. 622-8-10. We had submitted a records request to PHS seeking records ...
incentives in our criminal justice system has grown. Private prison corporations such as Corrections Corporation of America and GEO Group have come under increasing scrutiny and pressure for cutting corners ...
Roberts v. Corrections Corporation of America, TN, Complaint, CCA Guards FLSA Class Action, 2014 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION SARA L. ROBERTS, ROBIN THOMAS, MICHAEL LOWERY, MACHELLE BRUSH, MICHAEL SHANE SULLIVAN, MELISSA NUCE, CHARLES REECE, ETHAN HOWELL, JAMES FLEMING, JAMES POLK, ANTHONY BENNETT, KENDRICK SANDERS, …
Roberts et al v. Corrections Corporation of America, TN, Class Action Complaint, FLSA employee overtime understaffing, 2014 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION SARA L. ROBERTS, ROBIN THOMAS, MICHAEL LOWERY, MACHELLE BRUSH, MICHAEL SHANE SULLIVAN, MELISSA NUCE, CHARLES REECE, ETHAN HOWELL, JAMES FLEMING, JAMES POLK, ANTHONY …
Madrid v. CoreCivic, NM, Settlement, Medical Neglect Leading to Permanent Brain Damage, 2014 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, RELEASE AND COVENANT OF NON-DISCLOSURE For the consideration of the sum of two million and seven hundred and fifty dollars AND 00/100 ($2,750,000.00), paid by CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA and its insurer STEADFAST INSURANCE COMPANY, …
Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014
California Exhaustion Requirement Extends to Independent Contractors by Mark Wilson California Exhaustion Requirement Extends to Independent Contractors by Mark Wilson On December 6, 2013, the California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, held that prisoners must exhaust administrative remedies before suing independent contractors employed by the prison system. California prisoner …
had held that a private prison company was required to comply with the state’s public records law, joining decisions by courts in Tennessee, Florida and Vermont. [See: PLN, July 2013, p.42; June ...
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