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Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut
Public Relations Firm Terminates Contract With GEO Group by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer GEO Group, a private prison company, had hired Edelman, the world’s largest public relations firm, to improve its public image. But Edelman found itself with a PR problem of its own because of its ties to …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Private Prisons
Senator Warren Has Plan To Ban Private Prison Contracts by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Massachusetts Democratic Senator and current presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren introduced a plan last June that would essentially ban all government entities, at any level, from contracting with private prison companies. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Death Highlights Need for Change in Texas GEO-Run Prison by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Eagle Pass Correctional Facility (EPCF) have been investigated by the Maverick County, Texas Sheriff’s Office, the Idaho Department of Corrections (IDOC), Corizon Correctional Healthcare, and the GEO Group after 56-year-old Kim Sargent Taylor died in …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Pennsylvania GEO-Run Jail Boss Resigns After Media Reveals Complaints of Racism, Abuse at Private Prison by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The superintendent of Pennsyl­vania’s George W. Hill Correc­tional Facility, which is run by GEO Group, resigned in November after a media investigation uncovered a buried whistleblower complaint …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Correct Care Solutions
Major Prison Health Care Companies Funnel Campaign Contributions to Sheriffs, Get Rewards by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Campaign contributions from private medical provider Wellpath to Virginia’s Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman may be legal under Virginia law but are raising ethical questions. Wellpath is already under federal …
Green v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2020 MUTUAL RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT In exchange for the following full and complete consideration provided by Wexford Health Sources, Inc. ( 11 Wexford 11), on behalf of itself and the Estate of Saleh Obaisi (the "Estate11 and, together with Wexford, the "Wexford …
Article • March 3, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Corizon, Medical
Neither Fines Nor Lawsuits Deter Corizon From Delivering Substandard Health Care by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In 2018, Corizon Health was the largest for-profit provider of prisoner health care in the country. It contracted with 534 correctional facilities in 27 states holding about 15 percent of the nation’s prisoners. …
Brief • February 20, 2020
Grano v. State of New Mexico, et al., NM, Complaint, Wrongful Death (Medical), 2020 Case 1:20-cv-00147-PJK-KK Document 3 Filed 02/20/20 Page 1 of 12 Centurion 001253 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO MARC GRANO, as personal representative of The WRONGFUL DEATH ESTATE OF JONATHAN …
Warnock v. GEO Group, NM, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2020 CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE ("Agreement") is entered into by Kenton Warnock ("Plaintiff'' or "Releasor") and GEO Corrections and Detention, LLC, and The GEO Group, Inc. (hereinafter "GEO" or "Releasee" or "Defendant"). "GEO," …
Degrado v. Carter, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2020 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION THOMASPAULDEGRADO Plaintiff, No. 13-cv-5978 v. Hon. Andrea R. Wood, District Judge IMHOTEP CARTER, et al., Defendants. SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ("Agreement"), made effective as of …
Smith v. Shicker, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2020 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and General Release of all Claims (the "Agreement'') is made effective as of the Effective Date defined below. In full and complete consideration of the payment by Coverys Specialty Insurance Company …
Quinn v. Hardy, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2020 United States District Court Northern District of Illinois EASTERN DIVISION SAMUEL QUINN Plaintiff, V. No. 11 C 1173 MARCUS HARDY, PARTHASARATHI GHOSH, AND WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES INC. Hon. John Z. Lee, District Judge Defendants. SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS …
Brief • February 6, 2020
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Lucero v. CoreCivic, Inc., et al., NM, Complaint, Medical Malpractice, 2020 Centurion 001219 FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF SANTA FE STATE OF NEW MEXICO FILED 1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Santa Fe County 2/6/2020 2:25 PM KATHLEEN VIGIL CLERK OF THE COURT Corinne Onate LEONARDO LUCERO (#58471) Plaintiff, CASE NO.: …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Washington State Pays Prisoners Slave Wages While Suing Others for Doing the Same by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The GEO Group is one of the largest private prison companies in the United States. Its primary reason for existence is to generate profit by warehousing people for the states and …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
CoreCivic Booted from LGBT Chamber of Commerce in Hometown by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Nashville’s LGBT Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) has removed for-profit prison company CoreCivic from its membership rolls. The October 8, 2019 decision to return the company’s membership fee came after a vocal outcry from …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Members of Congress Investigate Private Equity Firms that Own Companies Providing Prison Services by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 30, 2019, U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren and U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sent letters to five private equity firms – BlueMountain Capital Management, H.I.G. …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Filed under: Private Prisons
California Begins Weaning Itself from Private Prisons – More or Less by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon California governor Gavin Newsom entered office in early 2019 vowing to end the use of private prisons – including those in which federal immigration authorities detain asylum seekers – because for-profit prisons “lead …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Deaths and Abuse During Private Prisoner Transport Trips by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Many prisoners transported by Prisoner Transportation Services of America, LLC (PTS) report being denied restroom breaks, food, liquids and essential prescription medications such as insulin, occasionally with fatal results. Others say they were physically or sexually …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Corizon Settles EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit for $950,000 by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer On September 18, 2018, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) filed suit in Arizona against Corizon Health, Inc. and Corizon LLC. The purpose of the litigation was “to correct Corizon’s nationwide unlawful employment policies and practices …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
The Private Option by Marsha McLeod One company has become the biggest provider of jail health care. Sheriffs are worried: “If you’re the only dance in town, you can pretty much call your own shots.” Story by Marsha McLeod, The Atlantic WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – In the span of 24 days in May …
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