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Turn Key Health Clinics: Another Private Jail Medical Provider Leaving a Trail of Death and Misery

Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024

Filed under: Private Contractors, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

). The parties notified the district court that they had reached a settlement on August 9, 2024, but as with many settlements involving private contractors, details remain secret. Buchanan is represented by Tulsa ...

GED Cheating Scheme Uncovered at Montana CoreCivic Prison

Article • July 19, 2022

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Education

of the program, HiSET, on April 13, 2022. CCC, which hold 758 male prisoners, is operated for the state Department of Corrections (DOC) by private prison firm CoreCivic. The discovery, according to the state ...

Lake v. CoreCivic, MT, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2022

Brief • March 21, 2022

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Staff)

Lake v. CoreCivic, MT, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2022 Case 4:21-cv-00116-BMM Document 17 Filed 03/21/22 Page 1 of 13 Melinda A. Driscoll FRED LAW FIRM, PLLC 214 N. 24th Street P.O. Box 2157 Billings, MT 59103-2157 (406) 294-8396 (T) (406) 294-8398 (F) mdriscoll@fredlawfirm.com Attorney for Plaintiff IN THE UNITED STATES …

Montana Renews CoreCivic Contract; Major Water and Sewage Problems Persist

Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Sewage, Water

Montana Renews CoreCivic Contract; Major Water and Sewage Problems Persist by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The private prison industry has been under fire recently across the country ...

Montana Parolee Sues CoreCivic Over Prison Assault, Brain Injury

Article • July 3, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Brain Injury, Parole, Parole Conditions

Montana Parolee Sues CoreCivic Over Prison Assault, Brain Injury by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A former prisoner at the Crossroads Correctional Center near Shelby, Montana is suing the facility’s private operator, CoreCivic (formerly Corrections Corporation of America) and its contract medical provider, alleging staff allowed another prisoner to assault him …

Privately-run Montana Jail Remains Mostly Empty Since 2007

Article • March 31, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017

Filed under: Private Prisons

2011, p.34; Dec. 2009, p.1]. The situation is dire for Hardin. The facility sat vacant for seven years until TRA entered into a contract with Louisiana-based Emerald Correctional Management to operate ...

$565,500 Jury Verdict in Montana Jail Prisoner’s Wrongful Death Suit

Article • March 30, 2016

Filed under: Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Private Contractors, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

$565,500 Jury Verdict in Montana Jail Prisoner’s Wrongful Death Suit by Matthew Clarke On October 24, 2014, a Montana state jury found Missoula County liable in the wrongful death of a jail prisoner and assessed an award of $565,500 against the county. The county agreed not to appeal and to …

Contract Between Two Rivers Authority and City of Hardin Montana, TRA, 2009

Publication • February 15, 2016

Filed under: Private Prisons

hcen duly rasscd and arc now in full forec and enGel. XV). AMENDM/(NT 16.01 This Ar,rl'emenl may he amenckd only by a written in~;l"ument specifically purportinp. 10 "mend this IIgr(;cm(;l1t and (;xc ...

Montana Town Gives up on Failed Jail Venture

Article • August 15, 2013 • from PLN August, 2013

Filed under: Private Prisons

., a Texas company. The deal was brokered by James Parkey with Corplan Corrections. The bondholders, comprised of four large money managers and two individuals, "ran out of patience" with Two Rivers' efforts ...

Investors in Montana Prison Left Holding the Bag as New Prison Sits Empty

Article • August 15, 2011

Filed under: Civigenics, Crime/Demographics, Statistics/Trends

and federal government agencies. The plan included allowing CiviGenics Texas, Inc. to operate the prison. The feasibility study prepared by GSA Ltd. of Durham, N.C. concluded that with an 80% occupancy level ...

Improbable Private Prison Scam Plays Out in Hardin, Montana

Article • December 15, 2009 • from PLN December, 2009

Filed under: Financing, Contractor Misconduct, News

attracted a company that made city officials an offer they simply couldn’t refuse. On Sept. 10, 2009, Hardin announced a 10-year contract with the American Private Police Force Organization (APPF) to house ...

Behind Montana Jail Fiasco: How Private Prison Developers Prey on Desperate Towns

Article • December 15, 2009 • from PLN December, 2009

Filed under: Financing, Contractor Misconduct, Commentary/Reviews

Behind Montana Jail Fiasco: How Private Prison Developers Prey on Desperate Towns by Justin Elliott With the unraveling of the deal for the shadowy American Private Police Force to take over ...

PLN helps break news story on private prison in Hardin, MT and American Police Force!

Article • September 15, 2009

Filed under: Private Prisons, American Private Police Force

PLN helps break news story on private prison in Hardin, MT and American Police Force! by Alex Friedmann Investigative Research re American Private Police Force Organization (APF) by Alex ...

Attorney withdraws from American Private Police Force

Article • September 15, 2009

Filed under: Private Prisons, American Private Police Force, Contractor Misconduct

Attorney withdraws from American Private Police Force by Alex Friedmann Attorney Withdraws from American Private Police Force Hardin, MT – On September 30, Prison Legal News (PLN), a non ...

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 ...

Escape From TransCor Van Not a Crime in Montana

Article • December 15, 2007

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Escapes, Transportation

Escape From TransCor Van Not a Crime in Montana by On January 11, 2006, a Montana state district court set aside two prisoners, convictions for escape and acquitted them after holding that no evidence had been presented that they were in the custody of a peace officer, a requirement for …

Escape From TransCor Van Not a Crime in Montana

Article • July 15, 2007 • from PLN July, 2007

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Escapes, Transportation

Escape From TransCor Van Not a Crime in Montana by On January 11, 2006, a Montana state district court set aside two prisoners' convictions for escape and acquitted them after holding that no evidence had been presented that they were in the custody of a peace officer, a requirement for …

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 …