News Articles
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.
For any type of search, click on the magnifying glass icon to enter one or more keywords, and you can refine your search criteria using "More search options." Note that searches for "CCA" and "Corrections Corporation of America" will return different results.
Legal Briefs: Consent Decrees
To search our Brief Bank library, select a Brief category from the drop-down list below to see all entries in that category; you can then search within the category by entering a keyword in the search box. Or you can start by entering a keyword in the search box below. Either way, after searching by keyword you can then filter the search results by specific Brief category or year.
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