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MTC Returns $5.125 Million to Mississippi for “Ghost Workers” at Private Prisons by Utah-based Management & Training Corporation (MTC) announced on September 18, 2023, that it returned $5.125 million to the Mississippi Department of Corrections (DOC), after a state investigation found the private prison operator understaffed lockups operated for DOC. …
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Treat No Evil: Centurion and the Curse of For-Profit Prison Healthcare by J.D. Schmidt by J.D. Schmidt On November 14, 2022, the Florida arm of Centurion Health, one of the nation’s largest private prison and jail healthcare companies, filed a lawsuit in Putnam County …
Record-Setting $7 Million Settlement Caps LaSalle’s Legacy at Texarkana Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A $7 million settlement reached in April 2023 marked the latest chapter in a sordid tale of mismanagement at Bi-State Jail (BSJ) in Texarkana, Texas, by former private operator LaSalle Corrections. But the family-owned …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
California Bail Bondsman Accused of Faking Captures to Bilk Courts by A California bail bondsman was arrested on June 2, 2023, for allegedly using phony photos to defraud several county governments of $528,000 in bail refunds for defendants who in reality had never been apprehended. Fausto Alitano, 60, who was …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Aramark Sparks Nevada Prison Hunger Strike by Mark Wilson By Mark Wilson Approximately 40 Nevada prisoners at a maximum-security lockup near Reno started a hunger strike on December 1, 2022, that lasted at least nine days. Top officials with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) claimed the strike at Ely …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Insider Trading Charges Dropped Against JPay Founder by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 5, 2022, federal prosecutors moved to dismiss insider trading charges against JPay founder Ryan Shapiro, 45. For a hefty fee, the firm provides financial and communications services to people incarcerated in jail and prisons. JPay …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
California City Ends Private Jail Operator’s Contract After Mass Employee Resignations by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On September 7, 2022, the city council in California’s Costa Mesa voted to hire 11 full-time jailers to keep the city lockup open. But at an estimated cost of $1.12 million, the city …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Oregon Supreme Court Holds Corizon Health and Other Jail Contractors Liable Under State Disability Rights Laws by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On June 3, 2022, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled that private companies providing services in jails and prisons are liable under state disability rights laws — even though …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
After Paying $500,000 to Consultant Outed for Corruption Ties, Iowa DOC Accused of Allowing “Corporate Dodge” by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett After two staff members were brutally beaten to death by prisoners in March 2021, the Iowa Department of Corrections (DOC) hired prison consultant CGL Companies to review security …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
$250,000 Paid to Woman Forced to Give Birth in California Jail Cell by Guards and CFMG Nurses by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh Dye A woman who gave birth in a cell in 2017 at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, California, has been awarded $250,000 to settle a lawsuit she …
At Least 35 Florida DOC Employees and Contractors Arrested in Just Over a Year by Jo Ellen Nott By Jo Ellen Nott An examination of Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) employee and contractor arrests from March 2021 to April 2022 revealed that 18 were charged with introducing contraband, and another …
Federal Judge in Georgia Grants Class Action Status to Prisoners’ Suit Against Global Tel*Link by Monday, November 30, 2020, was a big day for a group of Georgia prisoners suing their phone service provider, Global Tel*Link (GTL), over the company’s allegedly hidden policy of confiscating any unused funds in their …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Global Tel*Link Hit with Sanctions For Discovery Violations in Georgia Prison Call Class Action by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Global Tel*Link (GTL) has long been one of the principal beneficiaries of the $1 billion prisoner call industry, through a combination of astute business practices, intense lobbying, and a business …
Article • October 5, 2020
PrimeCare, Berks County Prisoner Who Loses Leg Agree to $850,000 Settlement by PrimeCare Medical agreed to an $850,000 settlement in a civil rights action alleging it failed to provide care for a prisoner at Pennsylvania’s Berks County Prison (BCP). The prisoner suffered amputation of her left leg below the knee. …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Lawsuit Over Hellish 9-Day Prisoner Transport Reinstated by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On April 29, 2020, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a grant of summary judgment to Inmate Services Corp. (ISC), allowing to continue a civil rights action alleging a pretrial detainee’s constitutional rights were violated …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Texas Execs Sentenced for Providing Bad Food to BOP by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Nearly every resident of a prison will quickly tell anyone who asks that what passes for food there leaves a lot to be desired. It is a good bet that the moniker “mystery meat” originated …
Romero v. Securus Technologies, Inc, CA, Motion, Telephone Surveillance, 2020 Case 3:16-cv-01283-JM-MDD Document 175 Filed 05/18/20 PageID.5351 Page 1 of 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NICHOLAS J. FOX (SBN 279577) nfox@foley.com FOLEY & LARDNER LLP 11988 El Camino Real, Suite 400 San Diego, CA …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Report: Oaks of Justice Pitch to Help Prisoners Return Home Appears Shady by Bill Barton by Bill Barton It’s scarcely news that people incarcerated in federal prison are often desperate for any possible chance to return home. Unfortunately, prisoners aren’t really in a position to verify the legitimacy of assorted …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
More Than 200 Convicted of Corruption at Baltimore Department of Corrections; More Charges Announced by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss More than 200 guards, prisoners and civilians have been convicted of corruption at the Baltimore Department of Corrections’ prison system over the last four years. In a major new case …
Continuing Problems at Texas Jail Roil County’s Relationship with GEO Group by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke As previously reported in PLN, Florida-based GEO Group has had a litany of problems at the jail it operates for Liberty County, Texas. During a rocky 57-day stretch in mid-2019, there were prisoner …
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