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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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Temple University letter re private prison study ethics complaint 2014 ...
Clemons v. CCA, TN, Order Sanctioning CCA for Spoliation, Death of Pregnant Prisoner's Child, 2014 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA COUNTESS CLEMONS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) 1:11-CV-339 v. ) ) Judge Curtis L. Collier CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF ) AMERICA, INC., et al., ) ) …
Article • July 11, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014
, Okoro’s health deteriorated when he suffered from schizophrenia and stopped monitoring his diabetes. Williamson County contracts with Health Professionals, Ltd. (HPL) to provide medical care ...
SEC Rejects CCA, GEO Group Shareholder Resolutions to Reduce Prison Phone Rates by SEC Rejects CCA, GEO Group Shareholder Resolutions to Reduce Prison Phone Rates On February 18, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) granted a request filed by for-profit prison company GEO Group to exclude a shareholder resolution …
been fired in the wake of allegations that the chief of security sexually assaulted a female prisoner at the facility. The 285-bed jail is operated by the New Jersey-based Community Education Centers ...
Prison Closures Cause Economic Turmoil by Shrinking state budgets across the country are leading to prison closures that in turn have a negative impact on communities that depend on the facilities as a source of jobs and revenue. [See: PLN, June 2013, p.1; April 2009, p.1]. Small towns in Kentucky, …
-managed prisons,” said Friedmann. “This is presumably due to the business model of the private prison industry, which must cut costs in order to generate profit. Those cuts, particularly ...
Brief • July 8, 2014
Filed under: Corizon, Wrongful Death
Brewer v. Judd, et al., FL, complaint, overdose, 2014
The Effects of Male Incarceration Dynamics on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Infection Rates among African American Women and Men, Chicago Journals, 2014 The University of Chicago The Booth School of Business of the University of Chicago The University of Chicago Law School The Effects of Male Incarceration Dynamics on Acquired …
Brief • June 16, 2014
officer at the Burlington County Jail who was in charge of ensuring that the health, safety and welfare of the inmates. At 9. all times relevant Systems and Corizon Health, medical services hereto ...
Publication • June 12, 2014
of Representatives 2160 Rayburn Building Washington, DC 20515 Re: Private Prison Information Act of 2014 Dear Representative Jackson Lee, We, the undersigned not-for-profit criminal justice, civil rights and public ...
Article • June 7, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014
Seventh Circuit: Jail Social Worker Ignored Detainee’s Suicide Risk by Seventh Circuit: Jail Social Worker Ignored Detainee’s Suicide Risk On August 12, 2013, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a jail social worker could be held liable for ignoring a detainee’s obvious risk of committing suicide. Algerian citizen …
. See: Carithers v. CCA, U.S.D.C. (S.D. Miss.), Case No. 5:13-cv-00066-DCB-MTP. CCA is not the only for-profit prison company that has experienced problems in Mississippi. Private prison firm GEO Group ...
the Court’s CM/ECF electronic filing system: Michael J. Charysh John J. Beribak Charysh & Schroder, Ltd. 33 N. Dearborn Street, Suite 1300 Chicago, Illinois 60601 Joseph Lombardo Cassiday Schade LLP 20 North ...
practice. Ultimately, the importance of Brown’s initiative may actually be in realigning the CDCR with private prison providers.While California has largely avoided private prisons, with Brown under ...
Article • June 5, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014
Florida Prisoner Awarded $1.2 Million for Burn Injuries by Florida Prisoner Awarded $1.2 Million for Burn Injuries A Florida jury has awarded a prisoner $1.2 million in a negligence suit against the GEO Group, the nation’s second-largest for-profit prison company, following a trial that was delayed more than a year …
Cooper v. Morgan, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2014 Case: 1:12-cv-05625 Document #: 72 Filed: 06/04/14 Page 1 of 10 PageID #:378 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION DARNELL COOPER, Plaintiff, v. KARYN MORGAN et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Cole v. Fahim, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2014 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS AND CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT The undersigned, Ricky Cole, being oflawful age, for the sole consideration of $3,613.00 (Three Thousand Six Hundred and Thirteen Dollars and NO/100s) ($2,500 of which shall be paid to Mr. Cole; $1,11 3 …
, but most did not seek medical treatment. Representatives from PrimeCare Medical, the contractor that provides healthcare for all West Virginia jails, did not respond to a request for comment. In February ...
Publication • 2014
and the reports available fail to take into account material factors that affect costs); Oppel Jr., supra note 18, at A4 (noting that research financed by private prison companies often shows private prisons ...
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