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PLN Publisher Wins Settlement Records from Centurion 
in Florida Prisoner’s Wrongful Death
Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025
Filed under: Centurion, Systemic Medical Neglect, Medical Records, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Public Records Act, HRDC Litigation
PLN Publisher Wins Settlement Records from Centurion in Florida Prisoner’s Wrongful Death by Chuck Sharman On June 24, 2025, Florida’s Seventh Judicial Circuit Court for Putnam County ruled that Centurion of Florida, LLC was acting as the functional equivalent of a state agency when it contracted with the state Department …
HRDC Wins $480,000 in Legal Fees from Centurion for Denied New Mexico Records
Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025
Filed under: Centurion, Systemic Medical Neglect, Medical Records, Misdiagnosis, Failure to Treat, Malpractice, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Public Records Act, HRDC Publications, HRDC Litigation
HRDC Wins $480,000 in Legal Fees from Centurion for Denied New Mexico Records by Chuck Sharman On February 17, 2025, Paul Wright, Executive Director of the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), signed an agreement accepting a $480,000 payment to resolve claims for records made in a suit filed in state …
Former Centurion Owner Accused of Helping Florida Governor Kill Legalized Weed
Article • June 1, 2025 • from PLN June, 2025
Filed under: Centurion, State Legislation, Marijuana Laws/Issues
Former Centurion Owner Accused of Helping Florida Governor Kill Legalized Weed by D uring a hearing on April 9, 2025, Florida lawmakers pieced together an elaborate money trail from the former owner of prison and jail medical giant Centurion Health, which pumped $10 million into an ultimately successful effort by …
Florida Prisoner Released to Die Settles With Centurion Over Ignored Prostate Cancer
Article • May 1, 2025 • from PLN May, 2025
Filed under: Centurion, Cancer, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Deliberate Indifference
Florida Prisoner Released to Die Settles With Centurion Over Ignored Prostate Cancer by In a lawsuit filed by a former Florida prisoner who was released to die from prostate cancer that private prison healthcare giant Centurion allegedly ignored, officials with the company agreed to an undisclosed settlement and claims were …
Failures Brought to Light in Arizona Prison System’s COVID-19 Response
Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
Filed under: Centurion, Systemic Medical Neglect, COVID-19
Failures Brought to Light in Arizona Prison System’s COVID-19 Response by The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Re-entry (DCRR) has faced bitter criticism for the healthcare provided to state prisoners, which a federal judge in 2022 called “plainly, grossly inadequate,” as PLN reported. [See: PLN, Dec. 2022, p.1.] So …
Federal Charges Dropped Against Former Centurion Exec After Death of Co-Defendant Former Tennessee Prison Official
Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
Filed under: Centurion, Federal Funds
Federal Charges Dropped Against Former Centurion Exec After Death of Co-Defendant Former Tennessee Prison Official by On December 6, 2025, federal prosecutors dismissed their case against Jeffrey Scott Wells, 54, a former Vice President of private prison medical contractor Centurion Health caught colluding with a former Tennessee Department of Correction …
Centurion’s $8 Million Track Record of Abuse and Neglect as New Mexico’s Correctional Medical Provider
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Filed under: Centurion, Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Centurion’s $8 Million Track Record of Abuse and Neglect as New Mexico’s Correctional Medical Provider by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford The New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD) has long outsourced its constitutional obligation to provide prisoners adequate medical care to private, for-profit corporations with little incentive to do so. Before …
HRDC Wins Massive New Mexico Records Trove from Centurion
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Filed under: Centurion, Settlements, Public Records, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), HRDC Litigation
HRDC Wins Massive New Mexico Records Trove from Centurion by This month’s PLN cover story covers documents pried loose from Centurion Correctional Healthcare of N.M., LLC, which held the contract to provide medical care for the state Corrections Department (NMCD) in 2020, when a request was filed under the state …
Human Rights Defense Center v. Centurion Corr. Healthcare, NM, Order on Summary Judgment, Public Records, 2024
Filing • August 30, 2024
Filed under: Centurion, Public Records Act, HRDC Litigation
Human Rights Defense Center v. Centurion Corr. Healthcare, NM, Order on Summary Judgment, Public Records, 2024 FILED 1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Santa Fe County 8/30/2024 9:27 AM KATHLEEN VIGIL CLERK OF THE COURT Jill Nohl STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE …
Human Rights Defense Center v. Centurion Corr. Healthcare, NM, Order on Summary Judgment, Public Records, 2024
Brief • August 30, 2024
Filed under: Centurion, Public Records Act, HRDC Litigation
Human Rights Defense Center v. Centurion Corr. Healthcare, NM, Order on Summary Judgment, Public Records, 2024 FILED 1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Santa Fe County 8/30/2024 9:27 AM KATHLEEN VIGIL CLERK OF THE COURT Jill Nohl STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE …
Robinson v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2024
Brief • July 5, 2024
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Robinson v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2024 Centurion 003189 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ("Agreement") 1s executed this 5 day of -3 ~ ,'j 2024, by Andrew Robinson ("Plaintiff'), an unmarried individual. …
Vermont Court Orders Centurion to Cough Up Records in HRDC Suit
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Filed under: Centurion, Public Records Act, HRDC Litigation
Vermont Court Orders Centurion to Cough Up Records in HRDC Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke   On November 7, 2023, a Vermont court ruled in favor of the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), publisher of PLN and Criminal Legal News, in its request for records from Centurion of …
Lujan v. Eyzaguirre, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2024
Brief • May 30, 2024
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Lujan v. Eyzaguirre, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2024 Centurion 003079 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is executed this ~ day of Ml>j 2024, by Plaintiff Monica Lujan (hereafter, "Plaintiff'). RECITALS A. Plaintiff filed a Complaint for Personal Injuries …
Two Kansas Prison Guards Fired, Six Disciplined for Mocking Injured Prisoner and Refusing Her Help
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
Filed under: Corizon, Centurion, Guard Misconduct, Failure to Treat
Two Kansas Prison Guards Fired, Six Disciplined for Mocking Injured Prisoner and Refusing Her Help by On October 17, 2023, a month after a Topeka Correctional Facility prisoner fell and had to crawl back to her cell because guards refused to help her, the Kansas Department of Corrections (DOC) fired …
Mathis v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Wrongful Death (Medical), 2024
Brief • March 20, 2024
Filed under: Centurion, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Mathis v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Wrongful Death (Medical), 2024 Centurion 003092 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETILEMEN T AGREEMEN T THIS RELEASE IN FULL AND SEITLEMENf AGREEMENT ("Agreement'') is t)1} executed this day of March 2024, by Eugenio Mathis, as personal representative …
Salazar v. Centurion Detention Health Services, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Wrongful Death (Medical), 2024
Brief • February 6, 2024
Filed under: Centurion, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Salazar v. Centurion Detention Health Services, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Wrongful Death (Medical), 2024 Centurion 003139 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ("Agreement") executed t h i s·t1, ~ day of - ttm:11.aDj 1s 2024, by Anna Salazar, Personal Representative to …
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Treat No Evil: Centurion and the Curse of For-Profit Prison Healthcare
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Filed under: MHM Inc., Corizon, Centurion, Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Retaliation, Systemic Medical Neglect, Cancer, Private Contractors, Frivolous Litigation, Disclosure of Records, Declaratory Judgment, Public Records, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, PLN Litigation, Censorship, Articles About PLN, Public Records Act, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), HRDC Litigation
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 …
How “Big Capital” Learned to Love Mass Incarceration
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Corizon, JPay, Inc., Centurion, Commentary/Reviews, Lobbying, Securus
How “Big Capital” Learned to Love Mass Incarceration by How “Big Capital” Learned to Love Mass Incarceration “Who is accountable for the imposition of punishment in our carceral system?” asked Laura I. Appleman, Professor of Law at Willamette University, in an article published on April 13, 2023. An answer is …
Robinson v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Amended Complaint, Medical Malpractice, 2023
Brief • November 17, 2023
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
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Lucero v. CoreCivic, Inc., et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2023
Brief • August 17, 2023
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Lucero v. CoreCivic, Inc., et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2023 Centurion 003073 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGRE EMEN T THIS RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ("Agree ment") 1s executed this fl_ day of JL\{} -1.. r>\ 2023, by Leonardo Lucero , a single person. RECITALS A. …
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