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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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Return from darkness, a road without a path. Lessons on humane and effective punishment from the Nordic Countries

Article • December 13, 2018

Filed under: Private Prisons, Statistics/Trends, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, International

; Pulling the curtain, the Truth Behind For-Profit Prisons The merits of for-profit prisons (private prisons) are often discussed with regard to differential costs, liability, level ...

Danish Security Firm Buys Out the Wackenhut Corporation

Article • October 15, 2002 • from PLN October, 2002

Filed under: Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Financing

but industry observers wonder who would buy it. Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the Nashvillebased private prison operator, is a candidate buyer but most Wall Street analysts believe CCA already has ...