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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 • February 22, 2018
Class Action Suit Over Private Probation Company's Illegal Fees by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Southern Center for Human Rights filed a class action lawsuit against Sentinel ...
Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Private Probation Company Agrees to End Drug Testing Absent Court Order by David Reutter by David Reutter In a preliminary consent order, Sentinel Offender Services, a private probation ...
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Filed under: Sentinel, Overdetention
Private Probation Company Agrees to Multiple Settlements in Georgia by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In July 2016, just before trial, Sentinel Offender Services, a private probation company ...
to 2009 defendants subject to electronic monitoring were overseen by a private contractor, Total Sentencing Alternatives Program (T-SAP). T-SAP lost its contract following criticism that it failed to timely ...
Brief • March 31, 2016
Luse v. Sentinel Offender Services, GA, Consent Order, private parole, 2016 Case 2:16-cv-00030-RWS Document 16 Filed 03/31/16 Page 1 of 5 R ( *R)%()R!,)R R R '@/<CJ;8IR R ...
Brief • February 18, 2016
USA v. Simmons, MS, Plea Offer, MDOC Sentinel corruption, 2016 Case 1:16-cr-00010-HSO-RHW Document 10 Filed 02/18/16 Page 1 of 6 Case 1:16-cr-00010-HSO-RHW Document 10 Filed 02/18/16 Page 2 of 6 ...
Brief • February 17, 2016
Luse v. Sentinel Offender Services, GA, Complaint, private parole, 2016 Case 2:16-mi-99999-UNA Document 24 Filed 02/17/16 Page 1 of 34 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT ...
Brief • February 11, 2016
USA v. Simmons, MS, Indictment, MDOC Sentinel corruption, 2016 Case 1:16-cr-00010-HSO-RHW Document 1 Filed 02/11/16 Page 1 of 4 Case 1:16-cr-00010-HSO-RHW Document 1 Filed 02/11/16 Page 2 of 4 Case ...
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
of the contractor, Sentinel Offender Services, failing “to abide by the limited statutory authority granted.” Next, the Supreme Court held the practice of tolling a misdemeanant’s probation sentence ...
Article • April 10, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
corporate players in the electronic monitoring industry prompt further concern. BI, which controls about a third of the national market, is a totally-owned subsidiary of notorious private prison operator ...
Article • January 15, 2014 • from PLN January, 2014
was later acquired by another private probation company, Sentinel Offender Services, LLC. A July 2, 2012 article in The New York Times highlighted the experience of one Georgia resident whose case ...
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
of that warning. When Georgia discontinued providing probation services for State Courts in 2001, many counties hired private com-panies to operate such programs. Richmond County currently contracts with Sentinel ...