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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 • September 15, 2011
California DOC Officials Enjoy Absolute Immunity From Tort Liability Under Civil Code by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg When a private prison corporation sued Director Jeanne Woodford ...
California County’s 2005 Purchase of Private Prison Still Clouded in Conflict of Interest Questions by Marvin Mentor California County’s 2005 Purchase of Private Prison Still Clouded ...
of Columbia. Its donations totaled $184,983. Correctional Services Corp. (CSC), which was acquired by GEO after the study period, oversaw 8,000 prisoners in six states. CSC ponied up $128,390 in seven states ...
Problematic California Private Prison Sold to San Bernardino County by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg In the continuing saga of a troubled private prison in Adelanto, California ...
Article • February 15, 2006 • from PLN February, 2006
Private Prison Contractor Who Allegedly Diverted $1.6 Million in Telephone Revenues Sues California DOC by Private Prison Contractor Who Allegedly Diverted $1.6 Million in Telephone ...
to influence the state to expand its use of private prisons, in November 2004 the Geo Group had hired former California Finance Director Donna Arduin ten days after she left her top-level job overseeing all ...
California Demands $1.6 Million In Diverted Telephone Revenues From Private Prison Contractor by John E Dannenberg California Demands $1.6 Million In Diverted Telephone Revenues From ...
Article • October 15, 2000 • from PLN October, 2000
prisoners were sent to hospitals near the Adelanto, California, medium security private prison operated by Marantha Private Corrections LLC. Fighting began at 7:00 P.M. and allegedly ended a few minutes ...