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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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PLN Publisher Wins Settlement Records from Centurion 
in Florida Prisoner’s Wrongful Death by Chuck Sharman On June 24, 2025, Florida’s Seventh Judicial Circuit Court for Putnam County ...
HRDC Wins $480,000 in Legal Fees from Centurion for Denied New Mexico Records by Chuck Sharman On February 17, 2025, Paul Wright, Executive Director of the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC ...
Article • June 1, 2025 • from PLN June, 2025
Former Centurion Owner Accused of Helping Florida Governor Kill Legalized Weed by D uring a hearing on April 9, 2025, Florida lawmakers pieced together an elaborate money trail from ...
that private prison healthcare giant Centurion allegedly ignored, officials with the company agreed to an undisclosed settlement and claims were dismissed on March 27, 2025. That left claims by Elmer Williams ...
Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
: Eat standard meals or nothing. At Huachuca Unit in Kingman, which is run for DCRR by private prison contractor The GEO Group, cooking allegedly ceased, and prisoners were fed uncooked food. Prisoners ...
Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
Filed under: Centurion, Federal Funds
Jeffrey Scott Wells, 54, a former Vice President of private prison medical contractor Centurion Health caught colluding with a former Tennessee Department of Correction (DOC) official to rig bidding ...
release from prison. On November 3, 2022, Centurion settled the case for $75,000. Unusually, the settlement agreement specifically did not resolve claims against individual NMCD defendants or private prison ...
,” the Court opined. Instead it found that the Court of Appeals also provided guidance in a similar case against Corizon Health, Centurion’s predecessor in providing NMCD healthcare. Quoting N.M ...
Filing • August 30, 2024
Human Rights Defense Center v. Centurion Corr. Healthcare, NM, Order on Summary Judgment, Public Records, 2024 FILED 1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Santa Fe County 8/30/2024 9:27 AM KATHLEEN VIGIL ...
Brief • August 30, 2024
Human Rights Defense Center v. Centurion Corr. Healthcare, NM, Order on Summary Judgment, Public Records, 2024 FILED 1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Santa Fe County 8/30/2024 9:27 AM KATHLEEN VIGIL CLERK ...
Brief • July 5, 2024
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Robinson v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2024 Centurion 003189 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS RELEASE ...
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Vermont Court Orders Centurion to Cough Up Records in HRDC Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke   On November 7, 2023, a Vermont court ruled in favor of the Human Rights Defense Center ...
Brief • May 30, 2024
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Lujan v. Eyzaguirre, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2024 Centurion 003079 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ("Agreement ...
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
denied any systemic issues with the prison or its medical care provider, Centurion Health. DOC tapped Centurion Health to replace Corizon Health, saying it hoped to improve a poor quality of care ...
Brief • March 20, 2024
Mathis v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Wrongful Death (Medical), 2024 Centurion 003092 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETILEMEN T AGREEMEN T ...
Brief • February 6, 2024
Salazar v. Centurion Detention Health Services, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Wrongful Death (Medical), 2024 Centurion 003139 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS RELEASE IN FULL ...
.29.] GEO Group, also publicly traded, owns psychiatric hospital subsidiary GEO Care; electronic monitoring firm BI, Inc.; and halfway house operator Community Education Centers. HIG Capital, a private ...
Brief • November 17, 2023
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Robinson v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Amended Complaint, Medical Malpractice, 2023 [\]^_`abbcdecffghicjklcm[n___jodpq^rs_ht___uvw^x_``ỳgybz___{\|^_`_o}_z ...
Brief • August 17, 2023
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Lucero v. CoreCivic, Inc., et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2023 Centurion 003073 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGRE EMEN T THIS RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ...
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