Prisoner Transportation Services

Established in 2001,[1] it is based in Nashville, Tennessee and headed by Joel Brasfield.

[2] It was the largest such firm in the United States and it transports more than 100,000 persons each year.

The firm's subsidiaries include U.S. Prisoner Transport and U.S. Corrections.

[3] Since 2012, at least five people have died on private extradition vans operated by Prisoner Transportation Services, leading to a Justice Department investigation.

[4] An April 2018 lawsuit filed against the company alleges negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and violation of 14th Amendment rights by a detainee held in a Prisoner Transportation Services van for 18 consecutive days.