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$250,000 Settlement in Florida Auto Accident Claim Against Geo
Article • April 15, 2011
Filed under: Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Transportation
$250,000 Settlement in Florida Auto Accident Claim Against Geo by The Geo Group paid $250,000 to settle an auto accident claim. The settlement came in a lawsuit filed by Elsworth Noel Seals. In her complaint, Seals alleged that on March 1, 2006. While approaching an intersection in her vehicle in …
Florida Department of Corrections and Wackenhut Corrections Corporation Paid $35,000 Settlement in Discrimination Lawsuit
Article • April 15, 2011
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, EMSA, Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, Retaliation against Staff, Employee Litigation
protected class. Then in September 1993, Shams applied for and accepted a position with “EMSA” Correctional Care at South Florida Reception Center in Miami. Shams resigned from GCI to work in Miami. Shams ...
GEO Group Car Accident Settlement
Article • April 15, 2011
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Conditions of Confinement, Transportation
GEO Group Car Accident Settlement by The GEO Group Inc. paid $20,000 to settle a car accident suit with injuries. In his complaint, plaintiff Keven Freeze claimed on May 1, 2006, that Harold Eades, an employee of the GEO Group, was operating a motor vehicle in a reckless manner causing …
Wackenhut Corrections Corporation Paid $29,900 to Settle Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
Article • April 15, 2011
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Sexual Harassment, Staff-Staff Harassment, Supervisory Liability, Employee Litigation
Wackenhut Corrections Corporation Paid $29,900 to Settle Sexual Harassment Lawsuit by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation paid $29,900 to settle a lawsuit claiming sexual harassment. In her complaint, Marsha Senatti claims fellow Wackenhut employee Lee Jackson did unlawfully touch, in a sexual manner, her private parts and genitalia, including “rubbing his penis …
Wackenhut Pays $32,500 in Negligence Lawsuit
Article • April 15, 2011
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Work, Workplace Injury, Work Conditions/Safety
Wackenhut Pays $32,500 in Negligence Lawsuit by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation paid $32,500 to settle a negligence lawsuit filed by Florida prisoner Michael Wyzykowski. In his complain, Wyzykowski claimed he was ordered to cut “maiden cane” with a weed whacker that was altered by Wackenhut guards, replacing the original head and …
Wackenhut Settles Wrongful Death Suit for $300,000
Article • April 15, 2011
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Medical, Cardiovascular, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Wackenhut Settles Wrongful Death Suit for $300,000 by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation paid $300,000 to settle a wrongful death suit filed by the minor children of prisoner Lisa Ann Lowdermilk. The complaint alleged that while at Broward County work release, Lowdermilk died due to the negligence of Wackenhut employees Kenneth Day, …
Legacy of Corruption: GEO Buys Off the Florida Political Establishment
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Lobbying, Criminal Prosecution
Group and another private prison company, Civigenics, for operation of the facilities. On October 28, 2004, 13 days after her resignation from the Schwarzenegger administration, Arduin was elected ...
Florida: Cost Savings and Benefits of Prison Privatization Non-Existent
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut
Florida: Cost Savings and Benefits of Prison Privatization Non-Existent by David Reutter by David M. Reutter “Florida’s experience with privatized prisons raises serious questions about ...
Thou Shalt Not: Sexual Misconduct by Prison and Jail Chaplains
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Staff-Staff Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Staff-Staff Harassment, Supervisor-Staff Harassment, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Clergy, Failure to Protect (Juveniles), Juvenile Prisons
Thou Shalt Not: Sexual Misconduct by Prison and Jail Chaplains by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Traditionally, the role of a chaplain in the correctional setting is to serve as a spiritual advisor to prisoners and help them meet the requirements of their religious faiths. Equally traditionally, chaplains have …
PLN Prevails in Public Records Suit Against GEO Group
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Disclosure of Records, Freedom of Information Act, Media, PLN Litigation
GEO Group (formerly Wackenhut Corrections), the nation’s second-largest private prison company. PLN filed the suit in 2005 under Florida’s public records law after GEO failed to produce documents ...
Florida Jail Prisoner Paralyzed by MRSA Sues Prison Health Services
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Filed under: Private Prisons, Prison Health Services, Skeletal Injury, Private Contractors, Skin, Failure to Treat
Florida Jail Prisoner Paralyzed by MRSA Sues Prison Health Services by When Brett A. Fields entered Florida’s Lee County Jail to be booked on charges of criminal mischief, violating ...
Private Prisons Don’t Make Better Prisoners
Article • December 15, 2009 • from PLN December, 2009
Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Statistics/Trends, Rehabilitation/Recidivism
Private Prisons Don’t Make Better Prisoners by Andrew L. Spivak by Prof. Andrew L. Spivak The incarceration rate, which from the 1920s to the early 1970s hovered between about 100 to 120 ...
Florida Law Enforcement Officials on the Wrong Side of the Law
Article • December 15, 2009 • from PLN December, 2009
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Health Services, Armor Correctional Health Services, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Police Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Escapes, Crime, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Wrongful Death, Murder by Escapees, Juvenile Prisons
Balkwill had awarded a three-year, $9 million contract to Armor Correctional Health Services after receiving gifts from the company, including expensive dinners and a fishing trip. PHS, which was providing ...
Florida to Allow Exportation of Prisoners to Other States
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Filed under: Classification, Out of State Transfers, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, State Legislation
Florida to Allow Exportation of Prisoners to Other States by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Florida lawmakers have handed a victory to the private prison industry by passing a bill (SB ...
Florida DOC and Keefe Gouge Prisoners on Commissary Sales
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Filed under: Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Conditions of Confinement, Food
Florida DOC and Keefe Gouge Prisoners on Commissary Sales by David Reutter by David M. Reutter While the economic downturn has caused the price of goods and commodities to decrease in the free world, the cost of items in Florida’s prison canteens has skyrocketed under a new contract. Florida law …
Aramark Discontinues, Loses Prison Food Service Contracts
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Filed under: Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Work, Prison Industries, Prison Labor, Prison Rebellion, Food
is prepared. Taking back food operations from a private contractor is “quite unprecedented for a department of corrections,” noted Aramark spokeswoman Sarah Jarvis. In addition to Florida, Aramark has suffered ...
Florida’s Private Prisons Still Lack Meaningful Oversight
Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Contractor Misconduct, Telephones, Telephone Rates
Florida’s Private Prisons Still Lack Meaningful Oversight by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Florida’s Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) has issued ...
Florida and Oregon Prison Employees Face Sex Charges
Article • July 15, 2009 • from PLN July, 2009
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic
Florida and Oregon Prison Employees Face Sex Charges by On November 7, 2008, prison guard Geno Lewis Hawkins was arrested by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and the Inspector General’s Office of the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) on a charge of sexual battery. In August 2008, FDLE …
PHS’s Policy of Profits over Medical Care Results in Death of Pregnant Prisoner’s Fetus
Article • July 15, 2009
Filed under: Prison Health Services, EMSA, OB/GYN, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Civil Procedure, Costs, Qualified Immunity, Municipal Liability, Contractor Liability
., a subsidiary of Prison Health Services (PHS) – were deliberately indifferent to her serious medical needs. The district court’s summary judgment ruling was based on Goebert’s failure to exhaust administrative ...
Bearden v. Lippman, FL, Request to Deffendant, Mental Health Services, 2009
Brief • 2009
Filed under: Prison Health Services, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
Bearden v. Lippman, FL, Request to Deffendant, Mental Health Services, 2009 Combined Discovery Requests to Defendant Frank McKeithen 1. Statement: There is no indication during this time that Ms. Bearden received intensive psychological and psychiatric services within a structured inpatient setting during her last incarceration at the Bay County Jail. …
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