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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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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 ...

Insider Trading Charges Dropped Against JPay Founder

Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023

Filed under: JPay, Inc., Contractor Misconduct, Insider Trading

Insider Trading Charges Dropped Against JPay Founder by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 5, 2022, federal prosecutors moved to dismiss insider trading charges against JPay founder Ryan Shapiro, 45. For a hefty fee, the firm provides financial and communications services to people incarcerated in jail and prisons. JPay …

JPay Founder Ryan Shapiro Indicted for Securities Fraud

Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022

Filed under: JPay, Inc., Securities Fraud, Insider Trading

JPay Founder Ryan Shapiro Indicted for Securities Fraud by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss On January 6, 2022, Ryan Shapiro, the 44-year-old founder of prison financial services firm JPay, was charged in federal court in Boston with conspiracy to commit securities fraud. Also named in the criminal complaint was Shapiro’s …

Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign Files Suit Seeking to Sever University’s Financial Ties With Prison Industrial Complex

Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020

Filed under: Private Prisons

, but it includes at least $3 million invested in an equity fund that owns shares in the country’s two largest private prison operators, Florida-based GEO Group, Inc. and Tennessee-based CoreCivic, with 2019 ...

Mississippi Attorney General Settles with Third Company in Epps Bribery Scandal

Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018

Filed under: Private Prisons, Attorneys General, Telephones

, p.42]. Hood announced on November 29, 2017 that a third company had settled. Sentinel Offender Services, LLC, which provides electronic monitoring, paid $1.3 million to resolve the litigation ...

Provider Manual, Massachusetts Partnership for Correctional Healthcare, 2015

Publication • February 11, 2016

Filed under: Private Contractors

. A single-page demographic form is the only requirement for CAQH participating providers. Credentialing materials can be found in the Provider section of the Centurion website ...

Community Education Centers Acquires CiviGenics

Article • August 15, 2011

Filed under: Private Prisons, Civigenics, Community Education Centers

Community Education Centers Acquires CiviGenics by In June, 2007, Roseland, New Jersey-based Community Education Centers, Inc, (CEC), the nation’s largest private provider of re-entry ...

Summary Judgment for Massachusetts DOC Medical Provider Reversed

Article • May 15, 2011

Filed under: Private Prisons, CMS, Contractor Misconduct, Dental Care, Private Contractors, Malpractice

Correctional Medical Services, Inc. (CMS), various CMS personnel and Quality Plan Administrators, Inc. (QPA), a CMS subcontractor responsible for providing dental care to state prisoners. Sullivan alleged ...

Massachusetts Court of Appeals Reinstates Prisoner’s Dental Negligence Suit

Article • January 15, 2010 • from PLN January, 2010

Filed under: Private Prisons, Correctional Medical Care, Dental Care, Contractor Liability, Sovereign Immunity

and violation of the Eighth Amendment by Department of Correction (DOC) officials and medical personnel employed by Correctional Medical Services (CMS) and University of Massachusetts Correctional Health (UMCH ...

Sexual Abuse by Prison and Jail Staff Proves Persistent, Pandemic

Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Cornell Corrections, GRW Corp., Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution

and Jacqueline Overturf, were being held at the Brush Correctional Facility, a private prison operated by GRW Corp., when they were sexually assaulted by prison guard Russell E. Rollison. They filed a lawsuit ...

$885,437.24 Award for CMS Massachusetts Jail Nurse Barred for Reporting Prisoner Abuse

Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009

Filed under: CMS, Misconduct/Corruption, Jail Misconduct, Retaliation against Staff, Whistleblowing, Employee Litigation

$885,437.24 Award for CMS Massachusetts Jail Nurse Barred for Reporting Prisoner Abuse by $885,437.24 Award for CMS Massachusetts Jail Nurse Barred for Reporting Prisoner Abuse ...

$50,000 Jury Award To Massachusetts Nurses Wrongfully Discharged By Correctional Medical Services

Article • July 15, 2008

Filed under: CMS, Private Contractors, Contractor Liability, Guards/Staff, Employee Litigation

Medical Services (CMS) for defamation of character after being fired over baseless accusations of one alleged eyewitness. The jury awarded them $50,000 collectively. After holding a door open for a guard ...

Spectrum Health Systems Pays Massachusetts $7.5 Million for Fraud in Concert with Civigenics

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

Filed under: Private Prisons, Civigenics, Contractor Misconduct, Contractor Liability

Spectrum Health Systems Pays Massachusetts $7.5 Million for Fraud in Concert with Civigenics by To settle charges that it misused state money, Spectrum Health Systems, Inc. has agreed to pay ...

Prisons Nationwide Fail to Treat HCV Epidemic

Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004

Filed under: CMS, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Hepatitis

Prisons Nationwide Fail to Treat HCV Epidemic by John E Dannenberg Prisons Nationwide Fail To Treat HCV Epidemic by John E. Dannenberg The JeopardyTM answer is: "The national average treatment rate for HCV-infected prisoners." The winning question is: "What is approximately 1%?" With HCV [Hepatitis-C] infection rates in state prisons …

Denial of Wheelchair Claims Survive Summary Judgment

Article • January 15, 2003 • from PLN January, 2003

Filed under: Transfers, Private Prisons, CMS, Disabled Prisoners, Americans with Disabilities Act, Qualified Immunity

. When he objected, he was not provided with an alternative wheelchair. Navedo brought suit against various MDOC officials including Maloney, Correctional Medical Services, Inc. (CMS) and various CMS ...

CMS Overdoses Five Boston Jail Prisoners

Article • October 15, 2002 • from PLN October, 2002

Filed under: CMS, Contractor Misconduct, Medical, Medication

CMS Overdoses Five Boston Jail Prisoners by Five prisoners at Boston's Suffolk County jail in Massachusetts were rushed to a nearby hospital after receiving the wrong medication. Jail ...