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U.S. Supreme Court: No Immunity for Private Prisons

Loaded on Sept. 15, 1997 by Paul Wright published in Prison Legal News September, 1997, page 1
Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Restraints, Qualified Immunity, Contractor Liability. Location: Tennessee.
The U.S. supreme court, in a five to four ruling, held that employees of privately owned and operated prisons are not entitled to qualified immunity from suit. In the January, 1997, issue of PLN we reported McKnight v. Rees, 88 F.3d 417 (6th Cir. 1996) where the court of appeals …

 

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