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Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Ohio Appellate Court Orders Review of State Budget Over Private Prison Sale by Gary Hunter Ohio Appellate Court Orders Review of State Budget Over Private Prison Sale by Gary Hunter Ohio Governor John Kasich joined legislators in protesting an order by Ohio’s Tenth District Court of Appeals that instructed a …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Pennsylvania Detainee’s Estate Claims Financial Incentive Motive for Denial of Medical Care; $325,000 Settlement by David Reutter Pennsylvania Detainee’s Estate Claims Financial Incentive Motive for Denial of Medical Care; $325,000 Settlement by David Reutter A Pennsylvania federal district court ordered medical personnel employed by Correctional Medical Care, Inc. (CMC) to …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders Files “Justice is Not for Sale Act” by Derek Gilna Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders Files “Justice is Not for Sale Act” by Derek Gilna Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, along with Rep. Raul Grijalva of Arizona in the House, filed companion …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Idaho Prisoner Wins $602,000 Settlement against Corizon by Derek Gilna Idaho Prisoner Wins $602,000 Settlement against Corizon by Derek Gilna An Idaho state prisoner, William A. Bown, obtained a $602,782.50 settlement from Corizon Health in July 2014 for damages resulting from deliberately indifferent medical care arising from a heart attack …
Brief • October 25, 2015
Menocal et al v. GEO Group, CO, Docket, DHS ICE immigration forced labor minimum wage, 2015 Case: 1:14-cv-2887 As of: 10/25/2015 08:30 PM MDT 1 of 8 MJ CIV PP U.S. District Court District of Colorado (Denver) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:14−cv−02887−JLK Menocal et al v. The GEO Group, …
Article • October 23, 2015
Florida City Can Deny Water Service to CCA Site Outside its Boundaries by Florida City Can Deny Water Service to CCA Site Outside its Boundaries Florida’s Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court held that the City of Pembroke Pines has no duty to provide water and sewage services to a site owned …
Article • October 21, 2015
Filed under: Private Prisons
Private Prisons: Just Bit Players in Mass Incarceration by James Kilgore Private Prisons: Just Bit Players in Mass Incarceration by James Kilgore              Copyright, Truthout.org. This article was originally published on October 19, 2015; reprinted with permission. Social justice activists love to hate private prisons. The loathing is easy to justify. Making …
Patient A v. Vermont Agency of Human Services, VT, Order on Mot for SJ, CCS Medical Malpractice, 2015 Case 5:14-cv-00206-gwc Document 85 Filed 10/23/15 Page 1 of 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF VERMONT PATIENT A, Plaintiff, v. VERMONT AGENCY OF HUMAN SERVICES, VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL …
Rice v. Wexford, IL, Amended Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2015 AO 440 (Rev. 05/00) Summons in a Ci,·il Action UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTI-JERNDISTRICT OF ILLINOIS SUMMONS IN A CIVIL CASE Craig D. Rice, Plaintiff CASE NUMBER: V. WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., ERIC MIZUNO, THOMAS HASSEN, PATRICIA QUICK, THEODORE UCHIEK, and …
Report Says Prison Privatization Expanding Internationally by Joe Watson A recent report from The Sentencing Project, based in Washington, D.C., concludes that the mass-privatization of American prisons has encouraged, not deterred, many countries—including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Brazil—to hand over the responsibility of its prisoners to for-profit companies. …
Article • October 15, 2015
Federal Court Denies Former Prisoner Right to Catholic Television by Federal Court Denies Former Prisoner Right to Catholic Television The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s equal protection suit as frivolous. Raymond Gutierrez, a California prisoner housed at …
Article • October 14, 2015
Nevada: Incorrect Analysis of Fact and Law is Harmless Error in Denying Motion for New Trial by Nevada: Incorrect Analysis of Fact and Law is Harmless Error in Denying Motion for New Trial The Nevada Supreme Court held that a trial court abused its discretion by wrongly categorizing a fact …
Vermont DOC Practive of Imprisoning People After Rejecting Parole Plan by Vermont DOC Practive of Imprisoning People After Rejecting Parole Plan The Vermont Department of Corrections’ (VDOC) process of reviewing prisoners’ post-prison accommodations plan is the subject of a prisoner’s lawsuit alleging VDOC abuses its discretion in denying prisoners release …
Article • October 9, 2015
Prisoner Calls 911 on Escapees by Prisoner Calls 911 on Escapees On Tuesday, September 24, 2013, Joshua Silverman was one of eight prisoners being transported to their respective destinations, in different states, by the Prison Transport Service. (PTS) The van transporting the prisoners parked at a hospital while the drivers …
Lester v. Hickson, NM, Settlement, Inadequate Healthcare and Retaliation, 2015 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE For the consideration of the sum of SEVENTY-TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND 0/100 DOLLARS ($72,500.00), paid by CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA ("CCA"), the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, CAROL LESTER ("Releasor") does hereby …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
PLN Settles Censorship Suit against GEO Group at Indiana Prison by PLN Settles Censorship Suit against GEO Group at Indiana Prison In August 2015, Prison Legal News settled a federal lawsuit against The GEO Group, the nation’s second-largest for-profit prison company, over First Amendment violations at the New Castle Correctional …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
CCA Prison in Ohio Loses BOP Contract by CCA Prison in Ohio Loses BOP Contract The privately-owned Northeast Ohio Correctional Center (NOCC) in Youngstown no longer holds prisoners for the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) after the federal agency declined to renew its contract with Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). According …
California: Private Medical Provider can be Liable for ADA Violations; Class-action Suit Settles by David Reutter California: Private Medical Provider can be Liable for ADA Violations; Class-action Suit Settles by David M. Reutter A California federal district court held in September 2014 that a jail’s private medical provider may be …
Inside the Small California Town with a Lot of Prisons, but Not Much Opportunity by Matt Tinoco Inside the Small California Town with a Lot of Prisons, but Not Much Opportunity by Matt Tinoco Adelanto, California is a small high desert town just a two-hour drive northeast of Los Angeles, but …
Article • September 24, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
More Jurisdictions Don’t Renew Corizon Contracts – Including Big Loss in New York City by Greg Dober More Jurisdictions Don’t Renew Corizon Contracts – Including Big Loss in New York City by Greg Dober Recent news for for-profit prison and jail healthcare provider Corizon with respect to contract renewals has …
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