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This site contains over 2,000 news articles, legal briefs and publications related to for-profit companies that provide correctional services. Most of the content under the "Articles" tab below is from our Prison Legal News site. PLN, a monthly print publication, has been reporting on criminal justice-related issues, including prison privatization, since 1990. If you are seeking pleadings or court rulings in lawsuits and other legal proceedings involving private prison companies, search under the "Legal Briefs" tab. For reports, audits and other publications related to the private prison industry, search using the "Publications" tab.

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Articles about Private Prisons

$7,000 Settlement for CCA’s Negligence Causing Prisoner’s Broken Arm

$7,000 Settlement for CCA’s Negligence Causing Prisoner’s Broken Arm

by David M. Reutter

Corrections Corporation of America paid $7,000 to settle a negligence lawsuit stemming from a prisoner falling off a bunk. During his intake at CCA’s Silverdale Detention Facility, prisoner Jeremy Shinn informed guards that he had a pre-existing ...

$6,000 Settlement for Negligent Failure to Treat at CCA Tennessee Prison

$6,000 Settlement for Negligent Failure to Treat at CCA Tennessee Prison

by David M. Reutter

Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $6,184.71 to settle a lawsuit brought by a prisoner at Metro Davidson County Detention Facility (MCDF). The complaint alleged the faucet overflowed the sink in the cell of prisoner ...

$6,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured During Transport

$6,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured During Transport

by David M. Reutter

Corrections Corporation of America paid $6,000 to settle a claim that a prisoner was injured during a transport from Silverdale Detention Center in Tennessee. The settlement came following a demand letter from attorney Bill Pemerton.

The letter stated ...

$5,000 Settlement for Harmful Treatment at CCA Tennessee Prison

$5,000 Settlement for Harmful Treatment at CCA Tennessee Prison

by David M. Reutter

Corrections Corporation of America paid $5,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming it caused harm to Silverdale Detention Center prisoner Angela Mooney.

The July 30, 2009 settlement agreement does not detail the total factual scenario, but states that ...

$3,750 Settlement for CCA Prisoner in Failure to Treat Suit

$3,750 Settlement for CCA Prisoner in Failure to Treat Suit

by David M. Reutter

Corrections Corporation of America paid $3,750 to settle a prisoner’s civil rights action alleging he was denied adequate medical care at the Hardeman County Correctional Facility (HCCF) in Tennessee.

Prior to entering HCCF, prisoner Gary Oelrich ...

$3,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner in Slip and Fall

$3,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner in Slip and Fall

by David M. Reutter

Corrections Corporation of America paid $3,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a prisoner slipped and fell in her cell at the Hamilton County Workhouse.

Prisoner Kelia Robinson alleged that the ceiling in her cell had multiple leaks ...

$1,500 Settlement for CCA Prisoner in Slip and Fall Suit

$1,500 Settlement for CCA Prisoner in Slip and Fall Suit

by David M. Reutter

Corrections Corporation of America paid $1,500 to settle a lawsuit involving a slip and fall at the Silverdale Workhouse. While walking down a hallway on the way to church on May 8, 2005, prisoner Shirley Hambrick ...

$999.99 Settlement for Excessive Force against CCA Prisoner

$999.99 Settlement for Excessive Force against CCA Prisoner

Corrections Corporation of America paid $999.99 to settle a lawsuit by prisoner Timothy Groce, who alleged guards used excessive force upon him at Whiteville Correctional Facility.

Groce refused to remove his arm from his segregation cell “bean flap” on March 18, 2010, ...

$13,000 Jury Award to Tennessee Prisoner Held on Invalid Escape Warrant

$13,000 Jury Award to Tennessee Prisoner Held on Invalid Escape Warrant

A Tennessee federal jury awarded $13,000 to a former prisoner alleging he was unconstitutionally imprisoned and denied medical treatment while held in Tennessee prisons.

Samuel C. Key was serving a Georgia-imposed sentence in April of 1994 when he was ...

$4,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured During Transport

$4,000 Settlement for CCA Prisoner Injured During Transport

 by David M. Reutter

Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $4,000 to settle a negligence claim stemming from a prisoner being injured during a transport from a drug and rehabilitation facility to CCA’s Silverdale Detention Center in Hamilton County, Tennessee.

The settlement ...