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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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of Prison Health Services and Correctional Medical Services – would be paid $229 million annually to provide care for prisoners in Florida's northern and central regions (FDOC Regions I, II and III), while ...
, who previously served as Senior Vice President for Operations of Community Education Centers (CEC), a private prison firm that runs 17 jails and 34 halfway houses. Vose currently serves on CEC's Board ...
Research Study Finding Benefits from Prison Privatization Funded by Private Prison Companies by In April 2013, two professors at Temple University in Philadelphia released a study, titled ...
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
CCA Pays $100,000 after Exiting Contract to Operate Florida Jail by A mediation agreement between Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and Hernando County, Florida has resolved a dispute over $1.86 million after CCA and the county ended their contract for operation of the Hernando County Detention Center (HCDC), which CCA …
TransCor May Face Punitive Damages for Prisoner's Death by Christopher Zoukis TransCor America, LLC, a for-profit prisoner transportation company and subsidiary of Corrections Corporation ...
of his complaint on that basis was improper. See: Davis v. Prison Health Services, 679 F.3d 433 (6th Cir. 2012). Following remand, Davis voluntarily dismissed his suit so it could be re-filed after he ...
. CCA, U.S.D.C. (N.D. Texas), Case No. 3:11-cv-01006-P. "Private prisons siphon public taxpayer dollars into corporate profit," noted PLN managing editor Alex Friedmann. "They slash [medical] services ...
of June, 2013, I filed the foregoing electronically through the CM/ECF system, which caused the following parties or counsel to be served by electronic means, as more fully reflected on the Notice ...
, 2013, IDOC issued a press release (a copy of which is attached as "Exhibit 1") that states in relevant pati (emphasis added): The private contractor operating the Idaho Conectional Center (ICC) south ...
The Overrepresentation of People of Color in Private Prisons Petrella Radical Criminology 2013 [ insurgencies ] The Color of Corporate Corrections, Part II: Contractual Exemptions ...
Brief • 2013
Ewing v. Doe, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2013 RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS In consideration of the payment to the undersigned of Sl,000.00 ( ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NO CENTS), the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged. the undersigned, being of lawful age, does hereby release and forever discharge, Partha Ghosh, …
Martinez v. Garcia, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2013 RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS In consideration of the payment to the undersigned of $32,000.00 (THIRTY TWO THOUSAND· DOLLARS AND NO CENTS) with the draft payable to "John Martinez and Dykema Gossett PLLC," the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned, being …
Mason v. Ghosh, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2013 RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS 1. In consideration of the payment to the undersigned of $2,000.00 ( Two Thousand Dollars and No Cents), the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned, Anthony Mason, being of lawful age, does hereby release and forever …
Smith v. Hardy, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2013 03/29/2013 11:11 618B261139 AW OFFICE PAGE SETILEMENT AG,BEEMENI This Settlement Agreement ("Agreement") ls entered into between TERRANCE SMITH Plaintiff'1) and SYLVIA MAHONE, SARA MAYS and JESSICA SMITI-1 (''Defendants"), collectively "Parties.11 ( 41 RECITAL§ Whereas, l"laintift filed a lawsuit in FedeJ"al District Court, …
Tenny v. Ghosh, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2013 SETILEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS 1. Upon consideration of the payment to the undersigned of $2,000.00 ( Two Thousand Dollars and No Cents), the undersigned, Robert Tenney, being of lawful age, does hereby release and forever discharge, Dr, Partha Ghosh, …
Knox v. Furlong, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2013 I . FULL AND FINAL RELEASE WHEREAS the Plaintiff, TED KNOX, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, entitled Knox v. Doctor Furlong (Dennis Furlong, DDS), Terry Caliper, Kathy (Kathie) Butler, Marilyn Melton, Carroll …
Phillips v. Chandler, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2013 CHARYSH & SCHROEDER, LTD. ATTORL~EYS AT LAW 33 N. DEARBORN STREET, SUITE 1300 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60602 Telephone: (312) 372-8338 Fax: (312) 372-0222 Michael .J. Charysh Email: mcharysh@cslaw~chicago.com January 17, 2013 Re: George Phillips v. Lawrence Ngu, M.D. Claim No.: Ct 28809 Claimant: …
Publication • 2013
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Crowley Prison Riot and the Evils of the Private Prison System, 2013 Trine | TRINE’S TALES The Crowley Prison Riot and the Evils of the Private Prison System By Bill Trine, Esq. F ollowing ...
) and GEO Group, the nation’s two largest private prison companies, were converting their corporate structure into real estate investment trusts (REITs), primarily to benefit from the tax advantages ...
Prison Health Care Provider under Fire in Illinois by Christopher Zoukis In 2011, the State of Illinois signed a 10-year, $1.36 billion contract with Wexford Health Sources, a for-profit company, to provide medical services to Illinois prisoners. Since the contract went into effect there have been numerous complaints concerning the …
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