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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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leading health-care contractors — Corizon, Wellpath Holdings Inc., NaphCare, PrimeCare Medical Inc. and Armor Correctional Health Services Inc. — death rates ran anywhere from 18% to 58% higher ...
Article • August 23, 2016
have done prior to his receiving the additional injuries. Jones 'as subsequently incarcerated at SCI-Gatersford and various Philadelphia-area jails. Prison Health Services was the contracted health care ...
Filing • March 10, 2016
Prison Legal News v. PHS (Corizon), VT, Complaint, public records, 2010 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT WASHINGTON UNIT CIVIL DIVISION Docket No. PRISON LEGAL NEWS Plaintiff v. PRISON HEALTH ...
Publication • February 24, 2016
Filed under: Prison Health Services
Amendment to Contract between TNDOC and Prison Health Services 2001 06/25/2001 16:01 615-741-4605 TN CCRR ADMIN SERV FAGE AMENDMENT SIX TO CONTRACT FA-96·11837-00 BETWEEN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE ...
Cunningham v. FBOP, CO, Order on CLA Assn Standing, Mental Health in Prisons, 2015 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 12-cv-01570-RPM HAROLD CUNNINGHAM, CARLTON DUNBAR, JOHN W. NARDUCCI, JR., JEREMY PINSON, JOHN J. POWERS, ERNEST NORMAN SHAIFER, and MARCELLUS WASHINGTON, each individually …
Article • November 2, 2015
On December 20, 2013, the Vermont Supreme Court held that Corizon Health, Inc. – formerly Prison Health Services, Inc. (PHS) – was required to defend the State against a wrongful death action ...
Article • January 13, 2015
, arguing it not only submitted a cheaper bid, but that Centurion lacks the requisite experience to bid. Corizon, a company created by the merger of Prison Health Services and Correctional Medical Services ...
by GEO Group in 2013 and (acquired by Correct Care Solutions in April, 2014) is the only private prison corporation involved in this segment. They operate five residential psychiatric treatment hospitals ...
the industry. Corizon’s competitors include Wexford Health Sources, Armor Correctional Health Services, NaphCare, Correct Care Solutions and Centurion Managed Care – the latter being a joint venture ...
to Christie’s estate. The jail’s for-profit medical contractor, Prison Health Services (PHS), now known as Corizon, was named as a defendant in the federal lawsuit and included in the settlement agreement ...
Publication • February 10, 2014
Letter to Corizon from PA Controller 2014 ...
Publication • September 19, 2013
Contract between Corizon/Prison Health Services and Alameda County CA 2013 ZACHARY FECHHEIMER 2005 Lyon Street, San Francisco, California 94115 Office (415) 885-5918 Fax (415) 885-0685 E-mail ...
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
New Mexico Prison Doctor Fingered in Lawsuits by Two lawsuits filed in March 2013 seek compensatory and punitive damages against former prison physician Mark E. Walden, GEO Group, Corizon ...
$450,000 Settlement in Prisoner’s Heroin Withdrawal Death Suit by In May, 2003, Prison Health Services (PHS) agreed to pay the family of Candace “Candy” Brown $450,000 to settle a lawsuit ...
of Prison Health Services and Correctional Medical Services – would be paid $229 million annually to provide care for prisoners in Florida's northern and central regions (FDOC Regions I, II and III), while ...
of his complaint on that basis was improper. See: Davis v. Prison Health Services, 679 F.3d 433 (6th Cir. 2012). Following remand, Davis voluntarily dismissed his suit so it could be re-filed after he ...
Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013
verdict that found Corizon Health, Inc., formerly Prison Health Services (PHS), had a policy or custom of refusing to send prisoners to hospitals. The appellate court also held it was reasonable ...
from his abusive treatment of a prisoner. Dr. John F. Noak was the medical director for Prison Health Services (PHS), which provided medical care for the Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC ...
Rippee, deceased, and Charlotte Rippee, as an Heir at Law ofJohn Bradley Rippee, deceased, v. Prison Health Services, Inc., now known as Corizon Health, Inc., a Delaware Corporation and Patty Rice ...
Henson, the Director of Nursing for Prison Health Services (PHS), the company that provided medical care to Santa Rita jail prisoners. According to Davis, who worked for PHS for over 15 years and received ...
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