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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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Report Says Prison Privatization Expanding Internationally

Article • October 16, 2015

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, G4S/Group 4, International, Immigration

. "Research to date on private prisons has found that they perform no better than publicly operated facilities, are not guaranteed to reduce correctional costs, and provide an incentive for increasing ...

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 ...

100+ Canadian Prisoners Attempt to Escape From Private Superjail

Article • December 15, 2003

Filed under: Management and Training Corporation, Prison Rebellion, Protests, Escapes, International, Prisoners-International

was limited to a 175-man housing area and all of the prisoners were back in there cells less than two hours after the disturbance began. CNCC is run by U.S. private prison company Management and Training ...

100+ Canadian Prisoners Attempt to Escape from Private Superjail; Racial Profiling Alleged

Article • November 15, 2003 • from PLN November, 2003

Filed under: Private Prisons, Management and Training Corporation, Racial Discrimination, Escapes, Prisoners-International

by Management and Training Corporation (MTC), a Utah-based private prison company. It was designed to help replace 20 older jails around the province. The plan calls for two more superjails in Maplehurst ...