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Six Deaths in Eleven Months at Washington Jail

Article • May 1, 2025 • from PLN May, 2025

Filed under: Private Contractors, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Six Deaths in Eleven Months at Washington Jail by The South County Correctional Entity, a jail shared by six cities in Washington’s King County and located in the Seattle suburb of Des Moines, recorded its sixth death in 11 months on February 1, 2025. Known locally as SCORE, the lockup …

$1 Million Partial Settlement for Washington Jail Detainee’s Leg Amputation

Article • April 1, 2025 • from PLN April, 2025

Filed under: Naphcare, Systemic Medical Neglect, Settlements

by their privately contracted provider, NaphCare, Inc. One detainee at the Pierce County Jail in Tacoma lost his leg in 2018 after NaphCare staffers allegedly missed a blod clot that led to an infection, ultimately ...

Securus/JPay Video Calling Service Potentially Threatened by New Rate Caps

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

Filed under: JPay, Inc., Telephone Rates, Video Visitation, Securus

Securus/JPay Video Calling Service Potentially Threatened by New Rate Caps by On November 19, 2024, prison telecom Securus Technologies, Inc., along with subsidiary JPay, notified users of services provided by the firms at prisons and jails of steps being taken to comply with a recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) order. …

Court Strikes Washington Statute to Regulate GEO Group’s Notorious ICE Lockup

Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Enforcement of Immigration Laws, Bid-Rigging, Price-Fixing, etc., Immigration Law/Offenses, Prison Regulations

Court Strikes Washington Statute to Regulate GEO Group’s Notorious ICE Lockup by The Northwest ICE Processing Center (NWIPC) in Tacoma, Washington, owned by private prison giant The GEO ...

Securus Wipes Out Months of Washington Prisoners’ Writing—Again

Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024

Filed under: JPay, Inc., Electronic Tablets, Securus

Securus Wipes Out Months of Washington Prisoners’ Writing—Again by Writers are intimately familiar with the effort it takes to organize ideas and direct them through a keyboard into text. Most have the comfort of knowing their draft work waits for them to take the next step. But incarcerated writers do …

Naphcare’s Lack of Care Leads to $26.75 Million Verdict for Washington Jail Death

Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023

Filed under: Naphcare, Systemic Medical Neglect, Settlements

Naphcare’s Lack of Care Leads to $26.75 Million Verdict for Washington Jail Death by “The jury sent a strong message that Naphcare’s conduct was completely unacceptable,&rdquo ...

Second Hunger Strike Met With Pepper Spray at Washington GEO Group Lockup Where ICE Detainees Allege Widespread Sexual Abuse

Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Hunger Strikes, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas

of 50 people gathered outside the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Washington. They were there to support a hunger strike staged by some 100 detainees held inside by private prison giant GEO ...

Linear v. Securus Technologies Dba Jpay LLC, WA, Statement of Claims, Unfair Charges, 2022

Brief • December 30, 2022

Filed under: JPay, Inc., Telephone Rates

Linear v. Securus Technologies Dba Jpay LLC, WA, Statement of Claims, Unfair Charges, 2022 1 2 3 4 5 AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION 6 7 MICHAEL LINEAR, 8 9 10 11 12 NO. 01-22-0000-3053 Claimant, CLAIMANT MICHAEL LINEAR’S STATEMENT OF CLAIMS AND DAMAGES v. SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES, d.b.a. JPAY, LLC, Defendant. 13 …

$14.3 Million in Costs, Attorney Fees and Interest Awarded Against GEO Group in Suits for Not Paying Minimum Wage to Immigrant Detainee Workers in Washington

Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Labor, Attorney Fee Awards, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

the firm is ordered to pay to $37.6 million by Matt Clarke On December 14, 2021, a Washington federal court issued additional orders in lawsuits against Florida-based private prison operator GEO Group ...

Federal Jury Orders GEO Group to Pay $23 Million for Immigrant Detainee Slave Labor in Washington

Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Labor

this year, the state passed a bill banning private prisons, and other bills like it have been passed in California and elsewhere. The work program at the Northwest ICE Processing Center has since been halted ...

State of WA v GEO Group, WA, Amended Civil Judgment, Minimum Wage in Detention Centers, 2021

Brief • November 4, 2021

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Labor, Money/Property, Immigration

State of WA v GEO Group, WA, Amended Civil Judgment, Minimum Wage in Detention Centers, 2021 Case 3:17-cv-05806-RJB Document 633 Filed 11/04/21 Page 1 of 1 1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 5 6 STATE OF WASHINGTON, 7 Plaintiff, 8 THE GEO …

State of WA v. GEO Group, WA, Jury Verdict 2, Minimum Wage in Detention Centers, 2021

Brief • October 29, 2021

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Labor, Money/Property, Immigration

State of WA v. GEO Group, WA, Jury Verdict 2, Minimum Wage in Detention Centers, 2021 Case 3:17-cv-05769-RJB Document 519 Filed 10/29/21 Page 1 of 1

State of WA v. GEO Group, WA, Jury Verdict 1, Minimum Wage in Detention Centers, 2021

Brief • October 27, 2021

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Labor, Money/Property, Immigration

State of WA v. GEO Group, WA, Jury Verdict 1, Minimum Wage in Detention Centers, 2021 Case 3:17-cv-05769-RJB Document 508 Filed 10/27/21 Page 1 of 1

“Progressive” Seattle Mayoral Candidate Exposed as Shill for the Private Prison Industry

Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021

Filed under: Private Prisons, Lobbying

“Progressive” Seattle Mayoral Candidate Exposed as Shill for the Private Prison Industry by Ken Silverstein By Ken Silverstein “I’m running for Mayor so every family can see ...

Washington State Governor Signs Bill Banning Private Prisons Statewide

Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut

Washington State Governor Signs Bill Banning Private Prisons Statewide by Juliette LaMarr by Juliette LaMarr Washington Governor Jay Inslee in April 2021 signed House Bill 1090, which bans ...

Private Medical Contractor Wellpath Pays $4.5 Million in Death of Mentally Ill Jail Detainee After Judge Finds It Destroyed Evidence

Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021

Filed under: Private Contractors, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Mental Health, Evidence - Destruction/Fabrication/Manipulation of

, the infirmary was run by Correct Care Solutions (CCS), the corporate predecessor of Wellpath, both Tennessee-based firms. One of the country’s largest private healthcare providers to prisons and jails ...

Washington State Pays Prisoners Slave Wages While Suing Others for Doing the Same

Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Labor

Washington State Pays Prisoners Slave Wages While Suing Others for Doing the Same by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The GEO Group is one of the largest private prison companies in the United States ...

Dawson, et al. v. South Correctional Entity (SCORE), et al., WA, complaint, wrongful death, 2019

Brief • December 5, 2019

Filed under: Naphcare, Food, Water, Jail Specific, Americans with Disabilities Act, Wrongful Death, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Fourth Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Sixth Amendment

SANTOS; MANDI JARAMILLO; WILLIAM WOO; BENDA SCOTT a/k/a BRENDA SCOTT; ETHAN GLOVER; CHRISTOPHER FOY; JANE DORE; COLMINTON ALLEN; AARON SEIPP; SCORE JOHN DOES 1-10; NAPHCARE, INC., an Alabama Corporation ...

Federal Court Dismisses GEO Group’s Defenses in Lawsuit Over Pay for Immigrant Detainees

Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Immigration

Federal Court Dismisses GEO Group’s Defenses in Lawsuit Over Pay for Immigrant Detainees by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Undocumented immigrants in the United States often face wage theft when their employers underpay or refuse to pay them for their labor. A federal class-action lawsuit filed by the Attorney General …

State of Washington DOC Contract-JPay, Amendment No. 9

Publication • August 1, 2019

Filed under: JPay, Inc., Private Phone Contractors

of Corrections, hereinafter referred to as “Department,” and JPay, Inc., hereinafter referred to as the “Contractor,” for the purpose of amending the above-referenced Contract, heretofore entered into between ...

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