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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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In the Public Interest - An Examination of Private Financing for Correctional and Immigration Detention Facilities, 2018

Publication • June 1, 2018

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Staff Assault, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Industries, Workplace Injury, Work Conditions/Safety, Prison Gangs, Staffing, Security Systems, Guard Brutality/Beatings

private prison companies, CoreCivic (formerly Corrections Corporation of America, or CCA) and GEO Group, are actively pushing governments to consider the use of private financing to build new facilities ...

Fifth Circuit: Wyoming Prisoner May Sue Texas Private Prison Officials

Article • May 15, 2011

Filed under: Classification, Out of State Transfers, Correctional Services Corp., Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Seizure of Prisoner Funds

Fifth Circuit: Wyoming Prisoner May Sue Texas Private Prison Officials by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 16, 2008, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a Wyoming state ...

CMS Insurer Must Pay Wyoming Suicide Settlement

Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008

Filed under: CMS, Civil Procedure, Damages, Parties, Suicides

CMS Insurer Must Pay Wyoming Suicide Settlement by CMS Insurer Must Pay Wyoming Suicide Settlement The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that an insurer is required to indemnify ...

Wyoming and CMS Settle Suit Over Diabetic Prisoner’s Loss of Foot

Article • October 15, 2007 • from PLN October, 2007

Filed under: CMS, Medical, Diabetes, Amputations

Wyoming and CMS Settle Suit Over Diabetic Prisoner’s Loss of Foot by Matthew Clarke Wyoming and CMS Settle Suit Over Diabetic Prisoner's Loss of Foot by Matthew T. Clarke In June 2006, CMS ...

Management & Training Corp. Struggles to Maintain Market Share

Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Management and Training Corporation, Contractor Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Organizing, Prison Rebellion, Strip Searches, Arrestee Searches, Failure to Protect (General), Immigration, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides, Assaults on Staff, Employee Litigation

Management & Training Corp. Struggles to Maintain Market Share by Gary Hunter For-profit private prison operator Management & Training Corporation (MTC) has recently lost lucrative contracts ...

Guards Rape, Sexually Harass and Smuggle at Colorado Prisons

Article • October 15, 2005 • from PLN October, 2005

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Dominion Group, Staff-Staff Harassment, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Staffing

Guards Rape, Sexually Harass and Smuggle at Colorado Prisons by by Matthew T. Clarke There are new troubles at several prisons in Colorado. At a 250-bed GRW-run private prison in Brush ...

PHS Redux: Sued In A Dozen States, Contract Losses, Stock Plummets, Business Continues

Article • December 15, 2003

Filed under: Prison Health Services, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, OB/GYN, Stroke, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

PHS Redux: Sued In A Dozen States, Contract Losses, Stock Plummets, Business Continues by by John E. Dannenberg Prison Health Services (PHS), a subsidiary of America Service Group, Inc ...

Wyoming Prison Officials Settle Poisoning and Medical Suits for over $200,000

Article • July 15, 2001 • from PLN July, 2001

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Prison Labor, Workplace Injury, Work Conditions/Safety, Cardiovascular, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Accidents

the above plaintiffs. He said that Wexford has been replaced by Correctional Medical Services, another private prison health care company, "which shows greater expertise in administration and even a worse ...

Health Problems in WY

Article • July 15, 1995 • from PLN July, 1995

Filed under: Private Prisons, Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect

is Wexford Health Services, Inc. Their home office address is 4500 PGA Blvd. Suite 302, Palm Beach, FL 33418. It is rumored that they provided services in Alabama ten years ago and were kicked out. Besides ...