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Article • February 22, 2018
Class Action Suit Over Private Probation Company's Illegal Fees by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Southern Center for Human Rights filed a class action lawsuit against Sentinel Offender Services, a private probation company, on behalf of persons in Atlanta who were forced by Sentinel to pay illegal fees …
Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Private Probation Company Agrees to End Drug Testing Absent Court Order by David Reutter by David Reutter In a preliminary consent order, Sentinel Offender Services, a private probation company, agreed to stop its practice of drug testing probationers without court approval. The order was entered in a class-action case challenging …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Filed under: Sentinel, Overdetention
Private Probation Company Agrees to Multiple Settlements in Georgia by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In July 2016, just before trial, Sentinel Offender Services, a private probation company, agreed to pay a $200,000 settlement to LaSaundria J. Walker for illegally keeping her in jail after she completed her term of …
New Orleans Sheriff Ends Oversight of Electronic Monitoring Program by David Reutter The Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office’s (OPSO) administration of New Orleans’ Electronic Monitoring Program (EMP) was an almost “total failure,” according to the city’s Inspector General, Ed Quatrevaux, who found deficiencies in the program compromised public safety and wasted …
List of major for-profit prison services and companies U.S. FOR-PROFIT PRIVATIZED CORRECTIONAL SERVICES January 2017 – Not a full listing Facility Operations CoreCivic (Corrections Corp. of America) The GEO Group Management & Training Corp. Community Education Centers LaSalle Corrections Emerald Companies Medical / Mental Health Care Corizon Health (Beecken Petty …
Brief • March 31, 2016
Luse v. Sentinel Offender Services, GA, Consent Order, private parole, 2016 Case 2:16-cv-00030-RWS Document 16 Filed 03/31/16 Page 1 of 5 R ( *R)%()R!,)R R R '@/<CJ;8IR R R OR - !R+ &%R R R )%+ %!R &%(R )(-)R!"R R %&R - (.)R R 343C2/CJIR R +:<IR DCI3CJR&G23GR<IR IM0B;KJ32R /C2R …
Brief • February 18, 2016
USA v. Simmons, MS, Plea Offer, MDOC Sentinel corruption, 2016 Case 1:16-cr-00010-HSO-RHW Document 10 Filed 02/18/16 Page 1 of 6 Case 1:16-cr-00010-HSO-RHW Document 10 Filed 02/18/16 Page 2 of 6 Case 1:16-cr-00010-HSO-RHW Document 10 Filed 02/18/16 Page 3 of 6 Case 1:16-cr-00010-HSO-RHW Document 10 Filed 02/18/16 Page 4 of 6 …
Brief • February 17, 2016
Luse v. Sentinel Offender Services, GA, Complaint, private parole, 2016 Case 2:16-mi-99999-UNA Document 24 Filed 02/17/16 Page 1 of 34 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA GAINESVILLE DIVISION _________________________________ ) RITA SANDERS LUSE, ) ) MARIANNE LIGOCKI, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) CLASS ACTION v. ) …
Brief • February 11, 2016
USA v. Simmons, MS, Indictment, MDOC Sentinel corruption, 2016 Case 1:16-cr-00010-HSO-RHW Document 1 Filed 02/11/16 Page 1 of 4 Case 1:16-cr-00010-HSO-RHW Document 1 Filed 02/11/16 Page 2 of 4 Case 1:16-cr-00010-HSO-RHW Document 1 Filed 02/11/16 Page 3 of 4 Case 1:16-cr-00010-HSO-RHW Document 1 Filed 02/11/16 Page 4 of 4 Case …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Georgia’s Privatized Probation Statute Facially Constitutional, but Problems with Administration by David Reutter Georgia&rsquo;s Privatized Probation Statute Facially Constitutional, but Problems with Administration by David M. Reutter While declining to rule on the constitutionality of a state law authorizing privatized probation services, on November 24, 2014 the Georgia Supreme Court …
Article • April 10, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
The Spread of Electronic Monitoring: No Quick Fix for Mass Incarceration by James Kilgore The Spread of Electronic Monitoring: No Quick Fix for Mass Incarceration by James Kilgore In a troubled criminal justice system desperately looking for alternatives to incarceration, electronic monitoring is trending. North Carolina has tripled the use …
Article • January 15, 2014 • from PLN January, 2014
Controversy, Litigation and Performance Problems Plague Private Probation Services by David Reutter by David M. Reutter and Alex Friedmann Defendants who are placed on probation and ordered to pay a growing array of fines and fees levied by local governments facing budget deficits, combined with additional fees charged by private …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
Georgia’s Privatized Probation System Traps the Poor by David Reutter by David M. Reutter As the prison industrial complex has continued to grow, critics of privatization have adamantly warned that it would lead to financial incentives for for-profit companies to keep people ensnared in the criminal justice system. The privatized …