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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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Article • January 15, 2007 • from PLN January, 2007
Wisconsin “Boondoggled” Into Buying Broken Down New Private Prison by Wisconsin "Boondoggled" Into Buying Broken Down New Private Prison After buying a private prison for $87.1 million ...
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 ...
Hawaiian Women Prisoners File Suit Over Sex Abuse, Torture in Oklahoma Private Prison by Lonnie Burton When the State of Hawaii opted in 1998 to send its female prisoners to a privately run ...