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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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Brief • August 13, 2024
LaSalle Corrections Transport LLC, LaSalle Corrections West LLC, LaSalle Management Company LLC Global Precision Systems LLC, TransCor America LLC, CoreCivic, Inc., and United States of America ...
, perhaps a first for the secretive company that operates jails and prisons in multiple states. LaSalle is unique among large private prison companies in that it is owned by a family. William McConnell ...
of a custom or practice to use the Four-Way to physically abuse detainees. Both the city and its private contractor could be held liable for such policies and customs, under Monell v. Dep’t of Soc. Servs ...
distribution and theft. The jail, managed by Ruston-based LaSalle Management Company, was earlier the site where a handicapped detainee was allegedly neglected and mistreated by staff of previous operator ...
detention beds to house immigration detainees. 17% of ICE detainees are held in USMS-contracted facilities. ICE may also contract directly with a private prison company such as CoreCivic, GEO Group ...
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
, news broke in March 2020 that Louisiana-based private prison firm LaSalle Management Company had settled for $177,500 a lawsuit over a 2016 incident in which five prisoners were pepper-sprayed while ...
of the Wrongful Death Estate of Roxsana Hernandez, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. Management & Training Corporation, LaSalle Corrections Transport LLC, Global Precision Systems LLC, TransCor ...
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Lawsuit Proceeds Over Death of Prisoner at Privately-Run Jail by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Michael Todd Sabbie, 35, died on July 22, 2015 at the Bi-State Jail, which sits astraddle the border between Texas and Arkansas. He left behind four children. U.S. Magistrate Judge Caroline Craven, in a 169-page …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
that Louisiana-based private prison company LaSalle Corrections, which operates eight jails in Texas, employs a former Texas Ranger whose son oversees that law enforcement agency. The Texas Rangers are responsible ...
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
, finding it was “not in the best interests of the Estate of Morgan Angerbauer.” The case remains pending in federal court. See: Houser v. LaSalle Management Company, LLC, U.S.D.C. (E.D. Texas ...
Texas Towns with Private Prisons Experience Job Losses by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke Over a decade ago, with the promise of cost savings as well as stable jobs for the community, local ...
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Lawsuit Against Private Prison Firm Over Prisoner’s Death at Texarkana Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke The family of a prisoner who died at the Bi-State Jail in Texarkana has filed ...
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
object to protect the jobs and financial benefits the facilities provide. Further, the private prison industry is firmly entrenched in Louisiana; one company, LaSalle Corrections, operates eight facilities ...
; Community Education Centers of New Jersey – could not fill the beds because it was unsuccessful attracting government contracts. It was for that reason the county contracted with LaSalle Corrections ...
, who previously served as Senior Vice President for Operations of Community Education Centers (CEC), a private prison firm that runs 17 jails and 34 halfway houses. Vose currently serves on CEC's Board ...
LaSalle Corrections: A Family-Run Prison Firm by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Unique circumstances have combined to make northern Louisiana a prime location for private prisons ...
Louisiana Private Prison Warden Arrested for Malfeasance by Leroy Holiday, Sr., 55, a regional warden for LaSalle Management Company, LLC (LMC), a private prison firm, was released on $5,000 ...