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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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O.F. V. Walden, NM, Settlement, Sexual Assault, 2019

Brief • August 30, 2019

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Corizon, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Malpractice, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Deliberate Indifference

' or "Releasor"), Mark Walden, The GEO Group, Inc. (hereinafter "GEO") and Corizon, LLC fka Corizon, Inc. (hereinafter known as "Corizon"). Corizon & GEO explicitly includes all employees and independent ...

Review of Facility Rfps, NH DOC, April, 2013

Publication • February 9, 2016

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Audits

the operational plans submitted as part of the subject proposals; and A Financial Team - Made up of individuals from the Departments with backgrounds in finance and accounting . This team focused on evaluating ...

HRDC letter to NH legislature on prison privatization Jan 2013

Publication • January 10, 2015

Filed under: Private Prisons, HRDC Publications

savings that private prison companies claim can be achieved. There is extensive research on the cost effectiveness of prison privatization, and most credible studies – those not financed by the private ...

New Hampshire Cancels Private Prison Bids, but Bill Prohibiting Prison Privatization Fails to Pass

Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Management and Training Corporation, LaSalle Management Company, Organizing, State Legislation

, 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 ...

LaSalle Corrections: A Family-Run Prison Firm

Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, LaSalle Management Company, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Escapes, Rehabilitation/Recidivism

LaSalle Corrections: A Family-Run Prison Firm by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Unique circumstances have combined to make northern Louisiana a prime location for private prisons ...

Thou Shalt Not: Sexual Misconduct by Prison and Jail Chaplains

Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Staff-Staff Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Staff-Staff Harassment, Supervisor-Staff Harassment, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Clergy, Failure to Protect (Juveniles), Juvenile Prisons

Thou Shalt Not: Sexual Misconduct by Prison and Jail Chaplains by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Traditionally, the role of a chaplain in the correctional setting is to serve as a spiritual advisor to prisoners and help them meet the requirements of their religious faiths. Equally traditionally, chaplains have …

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 ...

Unreasonable Search Claim Survives Summary Judgment

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Transport Companies, Searches, Strip Searches, Transportation

by a private transport company (Transcor) employee under contract with New Hampshire was unreasonable and violated her right to privacy under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Elliott was arrested ...