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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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beds, bringing up the escapes from a Kingman, Arizona prison operated by Management and Training Corporation (MTC) that resulted in a bloody murder spree. According to them, MTC took full blame ...
Article • October 3, 2014
Correctional Services for mental health care. That contract was worth $28,858,200. Effective July 1, 2012, TDOC contracted with Corizon, which was created by Correctional Medical Services and Prison Health ...
Article • October 3, 2014
; By Derek Gilna   Her position as Vice-Chairman of Management and Training Corporation (MTC), third largest private prison operator in the United States, proved to be the undoing of Jane Marquardt, who ...
Article • October 3, 2014
Private Probation Firms Costing Georgia Taxpayers by Private Probation Firms Costing Georgia Taxpayers   After several probation companies operating in Georgia were sued last year, a TV news investigation on private probation yielded some persuasive perspectives.   Some probationers explained to WSB-TV that private probation firms–which account for about 40% …
Medical Neglect Killing Prisoners at CCA-Run Texas Prison? by Matthew Clarke Medical Neglect Killing Prisoners at CCA-Run Texas Prison?   by Matthew Clarke   Family members and former Dawson State Jail prisoners are alleging medical neglect led to the recent deaths of two prisoners at the Corrections Corporation of America …
Article • October 3, 2014
the prisoner healthcare system into decline.   Wexford and the ADC abruptly decided to cancel the company’s contract in January 2013, and rival prison medical services firm Corizon took over the ADC ...
. • MICHIGAN: With Republicans in firm control of both houses of the legislature, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has advanced an extreme privatization agenda. When private contractor Aramark took over prison food ...
Publication • September 27, 2014
CCA fines levied from 2004 to 2011 from Lake Erie OH RFP DRC001 Rev. 5/6/11 Page 84 ATTACHMENT FIVE OFFEROR PERFORMANCE FORM The Offeror under its current corporate name or identity, or any previous corporate name or identity, must provide the following information for this section for the past seven …
Attorney General of the State of New York, Settlement, In the Matter of Correctional Medical Care Inc., 2014 ...
incentives (financial bonuses) and disincentives (potential loss of contracts), private contractors can be motivated to meet specified standards. Future recidivism performance measures by the Pennsylvania DOC ...
Article • September 18, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
around 4½ years before being released. Aragon was also known for flip-flopping on the issue of prison privatization. Initially opposed to private prisons, he changed his mind after being hired ...
retaliation claim, none of these apply to Corizon. Corizon and Defendant McCort fall within the scope of the New Mexico Tort Claims Act protections, and grant of sovereign immunity. See Lymon v. Aramark Corp ...
Lee v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2014 Case: 1:13-cv-03255 Document #: 18 Filed: 09/17/14 Page 1 of 13 PageID #:70 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION DANNY LEE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC.; ) …
Publication • September 16, 2014
PA DOC recidivism performance measures for private halfway houses 2013 APPENDIX L Recidivism Monitoring Recidivism Monitoring At a minimum, facilities operated by selected contractors must maintain a baseline rate of recidivism. Facilities reducing recidivism rates below the baseline recidivism range will be eligible to receive a price increase during the …
CCA Has Long History of Wage Violations, Poor Treatment of Employees by CCA Has Long History of Wage Violations, Poor Treatment of Employees On August 20, 2014, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest for-profit prison operator, issued a press release that attempted to put a positive spin on …
Collins v. Bustamante, NM, Settlement (Lisa Jaramillo), Sexual Assault and Rape, 2014 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE For the consideration of the sum of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND AND 00/100 ($200,000.00), paid by CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA on behalf of ARLENE HICKSON and ROBERT ULIBARRI, the receipt and sufficiency of which is …
explained that it was hard to get comfortable in his bunk because of the lipoma’s location at the base of his head. Dr. Fenoglio measured the lipoma as 8.8 cm by 10 cm and noted that the lipoma interfered ...
Publication • September 5, 2014
Mercenary Criminal Justice, Wayne Logan and Ronald Wright, University of Illinois Law Review, 2014 WRIGHT.DOCX (DO NOT DELETE) 9/5/2014 10:54 AM MERCENARY CRIMINAL JUSTICE Wayne A. Logan* Ronald F. Wright** To some degree, money has always figured in criminal justice. Early on, private enforcers of the criminal law received payments …
Doe v. CCA, TX, Complaint, Jail Sexual Assault, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-00840 Document 1 Filed 09/03/14 Page 1 of 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DIVISION JOHN DOE, Plaintiff v. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, EDUARDO CARMONA, and OFFICER JOHN ROE § § § § § § § …
Hoddenback v. Cater, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2014 Case: 3:11-cv-50348 Document #: 134 Filed: 08/19/14 Page 1 of 25 PageID #:1476 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION KEITH HODDENBACK (N11582), ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ) v. ) ) ) DR. IMHOTEP CATER, DR. …
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