Another private probation company with multiple contracts in Georgia has been hit with a civil rights lawsuit. The sixth federal lawsuit against a for-profit company overseeing misdemeanor probationers was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Brunswick against Providence Community Corrections. The lawsuit, which seeks class-action status, was filed on behalf of Christina Brinson, who has been held in a Wayne County jail for more than a month because, according to the lawsuit, she is indigent and unable to pay old fines. read more