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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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Military Contractors Granted Summary Judgment

Article • May 15, 2010

Filed under: Titan Corp., Discrimination, Political Prisoners, Summary Judgment, Prisoners-International, Political Prisoners (International), Alien Tort Statute (International)

to CACI was reversed. The plaintiffs' remaining claims were dismissed. See: Saleh v. Titan Corp., D.C. Circuit, Case No. 08-7008 (consolidated with Case No. 08-7009). ...

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 ...

GAO: Private Contractors Perform Poorly At Overseas Military Prisons

Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006

Filed under: Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Contractor Misconduct, Prison Rebellion, Food, Military, Military Prisons

GAO: Private Contractors Perform Poorly At Overseas Military Prisons by Matthew T. Clarke A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released April 29, 2005, criticized the militarys ...

Controversial Ex-Prison Official Lane McCotter Appointed Utah J.P.

Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005

Filed under: Management and Training Corporation, DOC/BOP misconduct, Court Access, Judiciary

out of office two months after the restraining chair incident, McCotter became a prison consultant and an executive for Management Training Corporation, a Utah-based private prison company. Meanwhile ...

No Restraint, No Consequences: Privatizing Overseas Intelligence Extraction

Article • November 15, 2004 • from PLN November, 2004

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Titan Corp., Contractor Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Restraints, Contractor Liability, Military Prisons

charges were horrifically abused and murdered while falsely imprisoned by the U.S. in Iraq. See: Saleh v. Titan Corp., USDC SD CA, Case No. 04-CV-1143R (NLS). The suit was primarily filed under the Alien ...

Iraqi Dungeons and Torture Chambers Under New, American Trained Management

Article • September 15, 2004 • from PLN September, 2004

Filed under: Private Prisons, Management and Training Corporation, Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Political Prisoners, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Prisoners-International, Military Prisons

director of the Arizona Department of Corrections (1995-2002) and as a consultant for the private prison firm Advanced Correctional Management. According to Donna Hamm, founder and Executive Director ...