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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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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 ...

Prisoner’s Escape from Understaffed Private Prison Results in Staff Discipline

Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017

Filed under: Private Prisons, Disciplinary Hearings, Staff Training

Prisoner’s Escape from Understaffed Private Prison Results in Staff Discipline by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Four guards at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Center in Central Falls ...

Problems Persist at Privately-Operated Rhode Island Jail

Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

cost the jail $100,000 a week in lost revenue, and threatened its ability to finance its debt. “This administration takes any allegation of inadequate medical care or ill treatment seriously ...

Federal Detainee May Pursue Bivens Action Against Private Prison Guards

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Cornell Corrections, Failure to Protect (General), Civil Procedure, Parties, Contractor Liability

." 2) Sarro could not maintain a Bivens action against Cornell pursuant to Correctional Services Corp. v. Malesko, 534 U.S. 61, 122 S.Ct. 515, 151 L.Ed.2d 456 (2001). 3) Neither Cornell nor the guards ...

BOP Prisoner Can Sue Cornell Run Jail in Rhode Island under § 1983

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Cornell Corrections, Civil Procedure, Complaints, Parties, Service

to provide the U.S. Marshals Service with space for federal pre-trial detainees. The plaintiff initially sued the Detention Facility, which is a building, rather than the Cornell Corrections Corp. The court ...

Private Prison Denied Wiretap Exception

Article • September 15, 1999 • from PLN September, 1999

Filed under: Cornell Corrections, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Standing, Telephones, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring

Private Prison Denied Wiretap Exception by A federal district court in Rhode Island held that a private jail is neither a "law enforcement" agency, nor a federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP ...