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.
For any type of search, click on the magnifying glass icon to enter one or more keywords, and you can refine your search criteria using "More search options." Note that searches for "CCA" and "Corrections Corporation of America" will return different results.
example, when Kitsap County recently put out a request for a medical provider, only their current provider responded, Everhealth LLC, a subsidiary of Alabama-based NaphCare. As a result, Kitsap County
...
Cabell Huntington Hospital v. WV Jail Authority, WV, Complaint, Unpaid Medical Expenses, 2018 FILED IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF KANAWHA COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA 2018 APR -9 AH II: 52 CABELL HUNTINGTON HOS PITAL. TNC. a West Virginia not for profit corporation. CATHY S. GA'f SOH. C ~ KANAWHA COUNTY CIRCUIT …
for calling charges
through the department’s biannual adjustment
process. In addition, the budget act included
provisional language allowing the Department
of Finance (DOF) to augment or reduce this
funding
...
New York Counties, Corizon Reach $1.85 Million Settlement in Detainee’s Death
by
Two New York counties agreed to pay $1.85 million to settle a lawsuit over the July 2011 death of detainee
...
North Carolina DOC Medical Overpayments Exceed 10% of Total Bills by North Carolina DOC Medical Overpayments Exceed 10% of Total Bills The North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Division of Corrections (DOC), is in need of the services of a professional recovery audit firm, an audit by the state’s Auditor …
Oregon Considers Subsidizing Prison Medical Costs Through Medicaid by With health care expenses for prisoners consuming more than $208 million of the biennial budget for the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) – a 67% increase since 2005 – prison officials are desperate to contain costs. Correctional Health Partners (CHP), which …
the complaint to determine the fair value of the company in an appraisal action following its acquisition by GEO Care, Inc. (formerly a subsidiary of privateprison firm GEO Group). According to the complaint
...
funding, citing potential losses of up to $3 million a month and stating, “it is our intent to cease the delivery of correctionalhealthservices.” [See: PLN, April 2012, p.24]. The Texas
...
Oklahoma County Jails Responsible For Initial Cost of Treating Prisoner’s Pre-Existing Condition by David Reutter Oklahoma County Jail Responsible for Initial Cost of Treating Prisoners’ Pre-Existing Conditions by David Reutter The Oklahoma Supreme Court has held that a county’s liability for prisoners’ medical care includes pre-arrest health conditions. The Court …
, the SCSO had had a contract with PrisonHealthServices (PHS) to provide medical services to prisoners in its jail. That contract was worth $2.4 million yearly. With the contract expiring on October 1
...
healthcare, Robert Sillen, took umbrage with Florida-based privatecontractorMedicalDevelopmentInternational (MDI) by withholding $2.6 million in fees and locking MDI out of two southern California prisons
...
. Introduction
There has been a large increase in contracting out for health care in U.S. prisons. As of
2004, 32 states contract for some or all prisonhealthservices (LaFaive 2006). Despite
the massive shift
...
Federal Court Orders California DOC to Pay $58 Million In Overdue Medical Bills by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On March 30, 2006, the U.S. District Court, N.D. Cal., ordered the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to pay its backlog of overdue medical subcontractors bills within 60 …
California County Jail Settles Overdue Prisoner Hospital Bills For $1.5 Million by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Settling a long-simmering dispute in billing rates for medical treatment of jail prisoners, San Diego County has agreed to pay $1.5 million to multiple hospitals for bills dating back over three years. …
Florida County Bucks Paying $300,000 in Prisoner Medical Bills by Florida's Brevard County has been sued by three local hospitals seeking payment for medical care rendered to prisoners who incurred injuries during their arrests. The County refused to pay, arguing the detainees technically were not in custody at the time …
definitions of what constitutes largest, the company with the most market share is constantly changing. At any given time either CMS or its rival PrisonHealthServices (PHS) will be the largest" privateprison
...
California State Auditor Criticizes Prison Outside-Hospital Contract Costs by In a detailed 98 page report to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the California Legislature, the California State Auditor criticized the California Department of Corrections' (CDC) lax management of contract outside-hospital medical services for CDC prisoners. The July 27, 2004 report observed …
.
The Auditor was highly critical of VDOC's failure to document why it awarded the medical services contract to CorrectionalHealthServices (CHS) in November 2000 when Correctional Medical Services (CMS
...
CCA Medical Contract Doesn't Violate 8th Amendment by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated an injunction holding a contract between Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and a private doctor; Dr. Robert B. Coble, was unconstitutional. The contract at issue required Dr. Coble to, among other things, "determine the …
