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TransCor May Face Punitive Damages for Prisoner's Death

Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Transport Companies, Exposure to Heat, Damages

TransCor May Face Punitive Damages for Prisoner's Death by Christopher Zoukis TransCor America, LLC, a for-profit prisoner transportation company and subsidiary of Corrections Corporation ...

Schilling v Transcor Ca First Am Class Action Compl Pretrial Detainee Transport Conditions and Force 2008

Brief • 2008

Schilling v Transcor Ca First Am Class Action Compl Pretrial Detainee Transport Conditions and Force 2008 1 2 3 4 Mark E. Merin (State Bar No. 043849) Joshua Kaizuka (State Bar No. 212195) LAW ...

DC Circuit Reverses CCA/TransCor Non-Exhaustion Dismissal

Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Transport Companies, Retaliation, Retaliatory Transfers, Toilets, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Restraints, Summary Judgment

DC Circuit Reverses CCA/TransCor Non-Exhaustion Dismissal by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (DC) Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s lawsuit ...

For-Profit Transportation Companies: Taking Prisoners, and the Public, for a Ride

Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Transport Companies, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Escapes, Conditions of Confinement, Staffing, Transportation, Shootings, Accidents, Federal Legislation

are multi-million dollar corporations such as TransCor, the undisputed market leader. Most private transportation companies share similar characteristics, they own their own fleet of vehicles, move prisoners ...

Schilling v Transcor Ca Order on Mot for Class Cert Pretrial Detainee Transport Conditions and Force 2010

Brief • February 6, 2010

Schilling v Transcor Ca Order on Mot for Class Cert Pretrial Detainee Transport Conditions and Force 2010 Case3:08-cv-00941-SI Document110 Filed02/16/10 Page1 of 19 1 2 3 4 5 IN THE UNITED STATES ...

Escape Costs Private Transport Company

Article • August 15, 2000 • from PLN August, 2000

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Transport Companies, Escapes

who spent three months as a fugitive after escaping from one of its buses. Convicted child killer Kyle Bell was being transported from North Dakota to Oregon by TransCor America, Inc. when he escaped ...

Private Transportation Company Owes No Legal Duty To Escapee's Victim's Family

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Transport Companies, Escapes, Standing, Immunity/Liability, Contractor Liability

. Transcor America Inc., a private prison transportation company, was contracted by the state of North Dakota to transport Bell to a maximum security prison in Oregon. Bell escaped. The North family alleges ...

CCA Lawsuits Info

Publication • July 26, 2016

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic

CCA Lawsuits Info Previous Lawsuits Incident Date 6/17/2005 Type of Outcome Settlement 9/12/1999 Settlement 10/18/1999 Settlement 8/28/2000 Settlement Contract 10/18/2002 Settlement Medical 10/3/2005 Settlement Nature of Action Matter Name Cole, Denna v. Corrections Corporation of America D/B/A B.M. Moore Correctional Center 2005-450 Koronka, Betty a/n/f Daniel Simmons, et al vs, …

Texas: $5 Million Settlement in TransCor Sex Abuse Case

Article • April 15, 2011

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Transport Companies, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Transportation

Texas: $5 Million Settlement in TransCor Sex Abuse Case by In October 1999, prisoner Cheryl Schoenfeld was sexually assaulted by two TransCor employees while being transported through Texas ...

Class Action Certified in California Federal Civil Rights Suit Against TransCor

Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011

Filed under: Transport Companies, Transportation, Civil Procedure, Class Certification

Class Action Certified in California Federal Civil Rights Suit Against TransCor by On February 16, 2010, a California U.S. District Court certified a class action lawsuit against Nashville ...

HRDC comments to Surface Transportation Board re PTS merger - Aug. 2016

Publication • August 8, 2016

Filed under: Transport Companies, Transportation, HRDC Publications

of the industry are multi-million dollar corporations such as TransCor, the undisputed market leader. Most private transportation companies share similar characteristics – they own their own fleet of vehicles, move ...

Gwynn v. TransCor America, Inc.-26 F.Supp.2d 1256 (D Colo. 1998)

Case • 1998

Gwynn v. TransCor America, Inc. - 26 F.Supp.2d 1256 (D Colo. 1998) - 1998 JOANN GWYNN, Plaintiff, v. TRANSCOR AMERICA, INC., a Tennessee corporation, JACK TER LINDEN, RANDY GOODMAN, Defendants ...

Aguirre v. CoreCivic, NM, Amended Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2018

Brief • October 18, 2018

Filed under: Failure to Protect (General), Restraints, Negligence/Reckless Endangerment

MEXICO Christopher Aguirre, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) Corrections Corporation of America ) AKA CoreCivic, TransCor America, ) Warden Chad Miller ) Miller, Corrections Corrections Officer ) Brenda L ...

PA Long-Arm Statute Reaches Out-of-State Civil Rights Violations in TransCor Suit

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Transport Companies, Medical, HIV/AIDS, Transportation

PA Long-Arm Statute Reaches Out-of-State Civil Rights Violations in TransCor Suit by PA Long-Arm Statute Reaches Out-of-State Civil Rights Violations in TransCor Suit On May 5, 2000, Jerry ...

Private Transportation Company Liable Under 42 USC § 1983

Article • October 15, 1999 • from PLN October, 1999

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Transport Companies, Contractor Misconduct, Contractor Liability

. § 1983. Under a contract for extradition transportation between TransCor America, Inc., a subsidiary of the Corrections Corporation of America, and the Colorado Department of Corrections, former TransCor ...

Prisoner's Dismissed § 1983 Assault Claim Against TransCor America Reinstated

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Threats by Staff, Eighth Amendment, Transportation, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Civil Procedure, Limitations

Prisoner's Dismissed § 1983 Assault Claim Against TransCor America Reinstated by Prisoner's Dismissed § 1983 Assault Claim Against TransCor America Reinstated The U.S. Sixth Circuit ...

Unreasonable Search Claim Survives Summary Judgment

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Transport Companies, Searches, Strip Searches, Transportation

by a private transport company (Transcor) employee under contract with New Hampshire was unreasonable and violated her right to privacy under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Elliott was arrested ...

Sentences Upheld for TransCor Driver Who Raped and Terrorized Prisoners

Article • January 15, 2004 • from PLN January, 2004

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Transport Companies, Criminal Prosecution, Conditions of Confinement, Transportation, Restraints

Sentences Upheld for TransCor Driver Who Raped and Terrorized Prisoners by Sentences Upheld for TransCor Driver Who Raped and Terrorized Prisoners by Matthew T. Clarke A Texas court ...

Escape From TransCor Van Not a Crime in Montana

Article • December 15, 2007

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Escapes, Transportation

Escape From TransCor Van Not a Crime in Montana by On January 11, 2006, a Montana state district court set aside two prisoners, convictions for escape and acquitted them after holding ...

Escape From TransCor Van Not a Crime in Montana

Article • July 15, 2007 • from PLN July, 2007

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Escapes, Transportation

Escape From TransCor Van Not a Crime in Montana by On January 11, 2006, a Montana state district court set aside two prisoners' convictions for escape and acquitted them after holding ...