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Private Prison Executive Sentenced in Fraud Scheme
Loaded on July 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
July, 1996, page 12
In 1993 Clifford Todd, 68, was chairman of Kentucky based U.S. Corrections Corporation, a private prison firm. In March of this year he was sentenced by a federal judge to a 15-month prison term.
Filed under:
Private Prisons,
U.S. Corrections Corp,
Contractor Misconduct,
Jail Misconduct,
Criminal Prosecution.
Location:
Kentucky.
Todd pleaded guilty to mail fraud last year for his part in a bribery and extortion …
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