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and reporting $1.6 billion in revenue for 2008), spent millions of dollars successfully lobbying against two pieces of federal legislation: the Public Safety Act, which would have outlawed privateprisons
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largest privateprison firm, had settled a class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Kansas that raised claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) on behalf of current and former CCA employees
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Spurlock v. Townes, NM, Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2009 Case 1:09-cv-00786-LH-DJS Document 1 Filed 08/12/2009 Page 1 of 12 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO HEATHER SPURLOCK, & SOPHIA CARRASCO, Plaintiff, v. No. 1:09-cv-00786 ANTHONY TOWNES & BARBARA WAGNER in their individual capacities, & CORRECTIONS …
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Services ("CMS") provided medical services to Defendant NMWCF.
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Corporation of America ("CCA") maintained and operated NMWCF
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procedural compliance.
The BOP contracted the building of a privateprison in Clearfield County in 1999 with CornellCorrections, Inc. (Cornell), to house over 1,000 federal prisoners. A 10 year deal
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was operated for the federal government by Esmor Correctional Services (Esmor); the company later changed its name to CorrectionalServicesCorp., which was acquired by GEO Group – the nation’s second largest
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Barnwell v. CCA, KS, Memo in Support of Plf Mot for Class Cert, FLSA employee litigation, 2008 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS AT KANSAS CITY KEITH E. BARNWELL, et al. On Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, vs. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF …
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The plaintiff had no ADA or Rehabilitation Act claim because there was no evidence that he had been excluded from programs or denied other benefits afforded to others. See: Moore v. PrisonHealthServices, 24
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Federal Prisons Not Subject to ADA by The hearing-impaired plaintiff complained of his treatment in a Wackenhut facility while awaiting deportation. Since he has now been deported, his claim about conditions is moot, and the court lacks jurisdiction to overturn his deportation even though he says he elected not to …
MTC Stiffs Guards and Other Employees $169,105
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Prison guards are among the 393 employees of Management and TrainingCorporation (MTC), a company that shorted $169,105 in wages for work
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PrivatePrison Corporation Not Entitled to 11th Amendment or Sovereign Immunity
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PrivatePrison Corporation Not Entitled to 11th Amendment or Sovereign
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The U.S. Northern
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Sexually Harassed Prison Kitchen Worker Awarded $90,000 by On August 20, 2002, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky awarded $90,000 to a prison kitchen worker who was sexually harassed by a prison captain. The judgment was against her former employer, Kellwell Food Management (KFM). While working …
Dismissal, Summary Judgment Against Prisoner's Medical Claims Affirmed by The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, affirming the U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, held that a prisoner failed to prove that Washington prison officials were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs when they treated him with anti-psychotic …
involving a Title VII discrimination suit against CorrectionalPhysicianServices (CPS), the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that
the company's buyer, PrisonHealthServices (PHS), was subject
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Right-To-Sue Letter Not Required For ADEA Claims by The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York held that Title VII procedural requirements mandate that a claimant obtain a right-to-sue letter from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), but a right-to-sue letter is not necessary for actions …
plaintiffs could establish an ATCA claim against Esmor and the Esmor Officers.
Plaintiffs conceded that their Bivens claims for constitutional violations against Esmor were barred by CorrectionalServices
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million contract with PrisonHealthServices (PHS) is illegal. Under New York law, profit-making corporate medical providers are required to be controlled by doctors. The reasoning is that business
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Fair Labor Standards Acts Minimum Wage Provision Not Applicable to PrivatePrisons
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Fair Labor Standards Acts Minimum Wage Provision Not Applicable to PrivatePrisons
The Seventh Circuit
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Class Action Challenges Treatment of Florida's "Sexual Predator" Civil Detainees by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A federal class action has been filed in the Federal District Court in Ft. Myers by eight residents of the Florida Civil Commitment Center (FCCC), seeking to enforce their rights to mental health …
Jersey and Michigan contract their state prison medical program to for-profit Correctional Medical Services, Inc. (CMS), based in St. Louis, Missouri. The tension of this arrangement is obvious: states
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