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CSC Cancels Florida Juvenile Facility Contract
Loaded on Dec. 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
December, 1999, page 11
Correctional Services Corp. (CSC) announced Aug. 23, 1999 that it was withdrawing from an $8.7 million-a-year contract to operate the Pahokee Youth Development Center, a 350 bed Florida juvenile facility, 8 months before the contract is due to expire.
Filed under:
Esmor/CSC,
Contractor Misconduct,
Conditions of Confinement,
Totality of Conditions,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Education,
Disclosure of Records,
Wrongful Imprisonment.
Location:
Florida.
The announcement came six weeks after the Pahokee facility failed a …
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