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CCA Fined for Florida Jail Escape; County Commission Poised to Impose More Fines by After a series of escapes, prisoner suicides and thefts by employees over the past year, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) promised it would take action to prevent similar incidents at Florida?s Hernando County Jail (HCJ). The …
Prison Privatization Launders Taxpayer Dollars into Political Contributions by David Reutter by David M. Reutter If you know a company is not saving you money or performing its contractual obligations, why would you continue to use that company? The normal consumer would end the relationship quickly. When it comes to …
Article • August 15, 2007 • from PLN August, 2007
New Orleans Prisoners Work on Judge’s House by New Orleans Prisoners Work on Judge's House To facilitate learning construction skills, prisoners at the Orleans Parish Prison (OPP) participate in a government-funded private vocational program. That program, the Opportunities Industrialization Center of Greater New Orleans, Inc. (OIC), a non-profit, is not …
Delaware Forced to Clean-up Medical Care by DOJ Settlement by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After a nine-month investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a report finding prisoners in four Delaware prisons ?suffer harm or are placed at the risk of harm from constitutional deficiencies in certain …
Delaware DOC Still Defends Abysmal Medical Care, Prisoners Still Die From Medical Neglect by After media reports detailed incidents showing prisoners within the Delaware Department of Corrections (DDOC) were being maimed or dying because of deplorable medical care, Stan Taylor, DDOC's Commissioner, charged the reports were "sloppy reporting." Taylor's testimony …
Tennessee DOC’s Double Standard by G.A. Bowers Tennessee DOC's Double Standard by Greg Bowers The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) applies a double standard to ethical violations committed by its employees and those committed by prisoners. TDOC staff who commit ethical violations are typically reassigned. Even when fired, they have …
California DOC Chief Health Care Official Ousted by The top California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) health-care official, a gubernatorial appointee, was forced to resign by the federal court appointed healthcare Receiver, Robert Sillen. Dr. Peter Farber-Szekrenyi, who was hired in November 2005 to head CDCR?s Division of Health …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
Guards Convicted of Stealing, Bringing Drugs into Washington State Private Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke Security Specialists Plus (SSP) is a 60-employee firm operating out of Bellingham, Washington?s Irongate industrial area. It provides animal control services to unincorporated parts of Whatcom County, hires out private security guards, …
Private Prison Companies Bilk Florida Taxpayers Out of Millions by David Reutter by David M. Reutter From its inception, privatization of Florida prisons has been touted as a way to save taxpayers money. Yet, a 2005 audit by Florida's Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) revealed that …
Florida’s Broward County Jail: Abuse and Misconduct As Usual by David Reutter Florida's Broward County Jail: Abuse and Misconduct As Usual by David M. Reutter Despite Florida's Broward County jail (BCJ) being under the supervision of a court-appointed monitor, recent incidents reveal prisoners are still at danger. BCJ has been …
Michigan Prisons: Another CMS Failure in Privatized Prisoner Health Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Another state prison system that subjected itself to the experiment of privatized medical services has learned the same hard lesson suffered by other states: a trail of inadequate care that leaves prisoners dead …
Texas Suicide Suit Alleging Medical Malpractice Settles For $288,130 by On June 23, 1993, a lawsuit arising from the suicide death of a prisoner in the Jefferson County (Texas) Detention Center settled for $288,130. The suit had alleged that STAT Care, the jail's contract medical provider, failed to properly screen …
Private Industries Employee Liable for using Disciplinary Hearing to Secure Restitution by Private Industries Employee Liable for using Disciplinary Hearing to Secure Restitution A Kansas federal district court denied in part and granted in part a motion for summary judgment filed by defendants in a 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 action …
Former PHS Employee Awarded $200,000 for Retaliation, Age Discrimination by On August 16, 2001, a Maine jury awarded $200,000 to a registered nurse who claimed she was fired by Prison Health Services (PHS) for voicing concerns about the quality of care being provided to juvenile prisoners and because of her …
Private Medical Services Skirmish Over INS Contract by A Delaware Chancery Court denied a motion to dismiss filed by Prison Health Services, Inc. The motion sought to dismiss the complaint of Up and Up Health Services, Inc. Both companies were bidding for a contract to provide managed health care services …
County and Private Health Company Liable for Retaliatory Firings by The plaintiffs, registered nurses allegedly fired from their jobs at the county jail for criticizing the county's department of mental health, stated a First Amendment claim against various defendants. There is a question of fact whether the private medical provider …
New Jersey Auditor: Life Skills Academy Prison Contract Improperly Monitored by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke A report by the New Jersey State Auditor released in July 2005, finds that the $1.5 million Life Skills Academy (LSA) contract was not properly monitored by prison system officials. The problems included …
Article • May 15, 2007 • from PLN May, 2007
Audit of California DOC Contracted Healthcare Expenditures Reveals Rampant Waste, Abuse and Management Deficiencies by Marvin Mentor In August 2006, State Controller Steve Westly reported his fiscal review of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation?s (CDCR) prisoner healthcare delivery system expenditures to Robert Sillen, Receiver for the California Prison …
PLN Uncovers Secret Sweetheart Settlement Between PRIDE and Former Board Members by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In its continual effort to expose corruption within prisons, PLN has uncovered the confidential settlement between Florida?s Prison Rehabilitation Industries and Diversified Industries (PRIDE) and the corporations spawned by its former directors? …
Article • May 15, 2007
Prison Mattress Manufacturer Denied PI by The United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana has denied a preliminary injunction (PI) to a manufacturer of prison mattresses against a competitor. Derby Industries, Inc. manufactures mattresses for prisons. One of its competitors is Chestnut Ridge Foam, Inc. Chestnut Ridge …
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