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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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News in Brief

Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Male Reproductive, Malpractice, Escapes, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Juvenile Prisons, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bribery/Extortion/Theft

prisoner phone use at the lockup, which is operated for the state DOC under contract by private prison giant CoreCivic. Lawson urged the state to assume control of the troubled prison. Texas: On June 6 ...

$400,000 Jury Verdict for Medical Neglect Resulting in Amputation of Alabama Prisoner’s Toes

Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Amputations, Settlements, Deliberate Indifference

cobbled together from profitable pieces of what used to be Corizon Health, whose money-losing parts were shunted into another entity called Tehum Care Services, which has filed for bankruptcy. [See: PLN ...

NaphCare: More Proof That Privatized Healthcare Deals Death and Misery to the Incarcerated to Enhance Profits

Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024

Filed under: Naphcare, Primecare Medical, Corizon, Contractor Misconduct, Seizures, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Private Contractors, Staffing, Vermin, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

, Wellpath Holdings, PrimeCare Medical and Armor Correctional Health Services, as well as Corizon Health, which has now been split between new prison healthcare contractor YesCare and Tehum Care Services ...

Lawsuit Over Alabama Private Mega-Prison Leases Dismissed

Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic

into any further lease deals. The judge dismissed those claims too. Ziegler has been an outspoken critic of the leasing plan, and played a role in the recent withdrawal of financing for the scheme [See PLN ...

Ziegler v. Ivey, AL, Complaint, Private Prison Contracts, 2021

Brief • April 27, 2021

Filed under: Private Prisons, Cost of Prison Systems, Constitution, state

Ziegler v. Ivey, AL, Complaint, Private Prison Contracts, 2021 DOCUMENT 2 ELECTRONICALLY FILED 4/27/2021 4:53 PM 03-CV-2021-900447.00 CIRCUIT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ALABAMA GINA J. ISHMAN, CLERK ...

Ray v. Judicial Corrections Services, AL, Memo, Paying Court Debts, 2018

Brief • October 22, 2018

Filed under: Private Prisons, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

Ray v. Judicial Corrections Services, AL, Memo, Paying Court Debts, 2018 Case 2:12-cv-02819-RDP Document 709 Filed 10/22/18 Page 1 of 59 FILED 2018 Oct-22 PM 10:36 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION GINA KAY RAY, et al., Individually and on …

In the Public Interest - An Examination of Private Financing for Correctional and Immigration Detention Facilities, 2018

Publication • June 1, 2018

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Staff Assault, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Industries, Workplace Injury, Work Conditions/Safety, Prison Gangs, Staffing, Security Systems, Guard Brutality/Beatings

private prison companies, CoreCivic (formerly Corrections Corporation of America, or CCA) and GEO Group, are actively pushing governments to consider the use of private financing to build new facilities ...

Braggs v. Dunn, AL, Interim Agreement, Systemic Medical Neglect, 2017

Brief • January 12, 2017

Filed under: MHM Inc., Corizon, Staffing, Suicides

treatment hub on the weekends and holidays. 2. Any employee of ADOC, MHM, or Corizon (or any other contractor retained to provide medical or mental health care in ADOC facilities) may present a person ...

Alabama Forced to Confront Criminal Justice Reform

Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Corizon, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect (General), Overcrowding, Hygiene Supplies, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Failure to Train/Supervise, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Excessive Force (Wrongful Death)

staff had not been trained in the use of the defibrillator or oxygen bottles. Her estate filed suit against Correctional Medical Services (which later merged with Prison Health Services to form Corizon ...

Burdette et al v. Town of Harpersville, Al, Order, JCS private parole deptors prison, 2010

Brief • July 11, 2012

Filed under: Private Prisons, Contractor Misconduct, Indigent Defense, Parole

Burdette et al v. Town of Harpersville, Al, Order, JCS private parole deptors prison, 2010 ELECTRONICALLY FILED 7/11/2012 3:26 PM CV-2010-900183.00 CIRCUIT COURT OF SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA MARY HARRIS, CLERK

LCS Granted Writ of Mandamus on the Basis of Res Judicata

Article • April 15, 2011

Filed under: Louisiana Correctional Services, Court Access, Law Library Access/Adequacy, Mandamus, Res Judicata

that was previously adjudicated by a Louisiana court of competent jurisdiction. On October 3, 2006, Carl Braxton Toole, an Alabama state prisoner housed in a private prison in Louisiana operated by LCS, Inc., filed ...

$750,000 Settlement in Alabama Prisoner’s Heat Death

Article • March 15, 2010 • from PLN March, 2010

Filed under: Prison Health Services, MHM Inc., Exposure to Heat, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Mental Health, Involuntary Treatment/Drugging

the defendant: Prison Health Services/Dr. Robbins $80,000; MHM Correctional Services/Dr. McGinn $370,000; former KCF Warden Arnold Holt $300,000. The estate was represented by Southern Center for Human Rights ...

Flurry of Escapes Emphasizes Prisoners' Desperation

Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008

Filed under: Classification, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Industries, Prison Labor, Sanctions (Disciplinary Hearings), Prison/Jail Murders, Escapes, Premises Liability, Suicides

Flurry of Escapes Emphasizes Prisoners' Desperation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Last September produced a bumper crop of prison and jail escapes around the country, including a desperate escape by two Texas prisoners that resulted in the death of a guard, a car jacking and two shootouts. Plus a …

Alabama Prisons Sell Land to Finance Prison Building, Repair

Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Financing, Conditions of Confinement, Overcrowding, State Legislation

to Alabama. To create further bed space, a new 400-prisoner community education center in Columbiana is being built for non-violent prisoners, plus a new 300-bed women?s facility. The Alabama Department ...

42 Alabama AIDS Prison Deaths In Five Years Spurs Major Medical Suit Settlement

Article • August 15, 2005 • from PLN August, 2005

Filed under: Naphcare, Medical, HIV/AIDS, Failure to Treat, Settlements, Class Certification

medication supply. Any mental health evaluations and treatment of HIV-positive prisoners shall conform with the settlement agreement in Bradley v. Haley. ADOC presently employs Tennessee-based Prison Health ...

Alabama Workers' Comp Act No Bar to Psychological Torts

Article • August 15, 2005 • from PLN August, 2005

Filed under: CMS, Prison Rebellion, Contractor Liability, Guards/Staff, Assaults on Staff, Employee Litigation, Failure to Protect (Staff)

alleging purely psychological injuries. Three female employees of Correctional Medical Services, Inc. (CMS) brought suit against CMS employees of the Alabama Department of Corrections and others ...

PHS Redux: Sued In A Dozen States, Contract Losses, Stock Plummets, Business Continues

Article • December 15, 2003

Filed under: Prison Health Services, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, OB/GYN, Stroke, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

PHS Redux: Sued In A Dozen States, Contract Losses, Stock Plummets, Business Continues by by John E. Dannenberg Prison Health Services (PHS), a subsidiary of America Service Group, Inc ...